Turnstone Press
The latest titles from Turnstone Press
- Mike Grandmaison's Prair…
- Dating: a novel
- Drift
- Hang Down Your Head
- Alert to Glory
- Dadolescence
- What the Bear Said
- Portraits of Winnipeg
Mike Grandmaison's Prairie and Beyond
In lush full colour, award-winning photographer Mike Grandmaison’s expert lens captures the vastness of sky and land that define the prairie landscape.
Read moreDating: a novel
Jenkins never dreamed he’d live long enough to be dating again. Hilarious, touching, and a little saucy, Dating proves that life is full of surprises no matter how old you are.
Read moreDrift
South Africa is long way from Canada. In 1899, two prairie boys throw themselves into the conflict of the Second Boer War looking for something their small-town lives cannot provide. With breathtaking grace, Leo Brent Robillard delivers an unstoppable story.
Read moreHang Down Your Head
Join Randy Craig for a roller coaster read with more twists than the Mindbender. Hang on to your hat for Hang Down Your Head. It’s Janice MacDonald at the top of her game. —Suzanne North, author of the Phoebe Fairfax
Read moreAlert to Glory
"Sound the trumpets! Sally Ito’s Alert to Glory is a clarion call … A transformative book both salt and sweet." — Susan McCaslin
Read moreDadolescence
"This witty meditation on manly manliness is a head-butt at academic pretension and the Sword of Damocles that is the PhD thesis. A new novel so good, you’ll actually finish it." - Al Rae, Artistic Director, CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival.
Read moreWhat the Bear Said
What the Bear Said is a marvellous collection of fables. The stories are immediate, the characters, both human and supernatural, crackle with life . . . —W. P. Kinsella
Read morePortraits of Winnipeg
Winnipeg artist and designer, Robert J. Sweeney, captures Winnipeg’s urban landscape in this remarkable collection of sketches, Portraits of Winnipeg: The River City in Pen and Ink.
Read moreMelissa Steele reading at MWG Symposium
A number of authors who have recently published books with Turnstone Press will be reading at the Manitoba Writers' Guild Symposium on Manitoba Writing: Let the Stars Shine in Our Bones, May 9-12, 2012. A list of readings can be found here. All readings listed below are located at the Canadian Mennonite University, 500 Shaftesbury Boulevard, Winnipeg.
Thursday, May 10 at 11:00 am
Chandra Mayor
Melissa Steele (author of Beautiful Girl Thumb, Winner of the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction)
Lori Cayer
Readings by Klassen, Arnason, Steele, Mierau, Toone, Leblanc at MWG Symposium
A number of authors who have recently published books with Turnstone Press will be reading at the Manitoba Writers' Guild Symposium on Manitoba Writing: Let the Stars Shine in Our Bones, May 9-12, 2012. A list of readings can be found here. All readings listed below are located at the Canadian Mennonite University, 500 Shaftesbury Boulevard, Winnipeg.
Beautiful Girl Thumb
Winner: Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction.
Being naughty has its perks, and Beautiful Girl Thumb and other stories offers the perfect advice on how to accomplish just that.