Bumper crop of local fiction coming this fall

Winnipeg Free Press

3 days ago

A number of local authors are gearing up to introduce new works to the world this fall.
David A. Robertson concludes his wildly popular middle-grade Misewa Saga series with The World's End, the sixth book in the collection, which publishes Tuesday (via Tundra books).
The Narnia-inspired series concludes with Eli and an likely ally teaming up to save a life as the Sleeping Giant awakens and colonization looms over Misewa.
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Raye Anderson's latest Roxanne Calloway mystery, Had A Great Fall, hits store shelves on Friday; published by Signature Editions, the book follows Calloway's investigation into a body found in a field of sunflowers in Manitoba's Interlake.
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The same day, Winnipeg novelist and poet Catherine Hunter's new book Seeing You Home, a short-story collection, will also be published by Signature Editions. The interconnected stories chronicle a couple's relationship through the years, from their first meeting to the husband's cancer diagnosis and beyond.
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Lauded Winnipeg novelist David Bergen is back with his latest, Days of Feasting and Rejoicing, which publishes Sept. 2 via Goose Lane Editions. The novel follows Esther, an American expat in Thailand, whose roommate drowns, and who takes over her identity as local police begin to string together disturbing incidents.
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And St. Andrews author Lauren Carter returns with her new novel The Longest Night, which publishes Sept. 9 via Freehand Books. The book chronicles the plight of a Minnesota teen who, when locked out of her family home one night, crashes at her mysterious neighbours' place and awakens to find the world has been altered significantly.
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Watch for information on book launch events for many of these books (and more) in the weeks to come.
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Edmonton's NeWest Press has announced a new imprint dedicated to speculative fiction, named after its longtime, late president.
The Longest Night
Barbour Books, named in honour of Douglas Barbour, will focus on writing from Western Canada in the fields of fantasy, horror, speculative fiction and more, with an emphasis on 'underrepresented voices' in said genres.
C.J. Lavigne's slim novel The Drowned Man's Daughter will be the imprint's first published book — it's slated to hit shelves on Sept. 9.
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A number of Canadian fiction writers, poets and more have landed on the list of finalists for the annual Lambda Literary Awards (affectionately known as the Lammies), which celebrate LGBTTQ+ writing across a number of genres.
In 2025 the Lammies will dole out awards in 26 categories at the virtual awards ceremon on Oct. 4, but have recently released the lists of finalists, which include, among others: Sarah Leavitt for her graphic novel Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love, in the LGBTQ+ comics category; Julie Delporte for her book Portrait of A Body, as well as Erica N. Cardwell for Wrong is Not My Name, in the lesbian memoir/biography category; both Zoe Whittall and Jes Battis in the LGBTQ+ poetry category for, respectively, No Credit River and I Hate Parties; and Harman Burns for Yellow Barks Spider in the transgender fiction category.
For a complete list of categories and finlists, see wfp.to/ilz.
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Ben Sigurdson is the Free Press's literary editor and drinks writer. He graduated with a master of arts degree in English from the University of Manitoba in 2005, the same year he began writing Uncorked, the weekly Free Press drinks column. He joined the Free Press full time in 2013 as a copy editor before being appointed literary editor in 2014. Read more about Ben.
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