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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.

Dating: 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.

Drift

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.

Hang 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

Alert to Glory

"Sound the trumpets! Sally Ito’s Alert to Glory is a clarion call … A transformative book both salt and sweet." — Susan McCaslin

Dadolescence

"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.

What 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

Portraits 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.

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Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:00

Manitoba Book Awards Gala

Five out of Turnstone's eight 2011 titles were shortlisted in eight different categories of the Manitoba Book Awards, some with multiple nominations. Bob Armstrong, whose comic novel Dadolescence was published by Turnstone Press in September of 2011, was nominated for the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer. Bandit: A Portrait of Ken Leishmanby Wayne Tefs was shortlisted for five different categories. The awards will be presented on April 28 at the Centre culturel franco-manitobain. Turnstone Press would like to congratulate all of nominees for the deserved recognition of their work.

The awards will be presented on April 28 at the Centre culturel franco-manitobain. Cocktails are at 7:00 p.m. and the ceremony will start at 8:00 p.m.

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Thursday, 03 May 2012 00:00

Readings from Margaret McWilliams Award short-listed books -- Tefs' Bandit up for Popular History

WINNIPEG: Turnstone Press is proud to announce that Bandit: A Portrait of Ken Leishman by Wayne Tefs has been short listed for the Margaret McWilliams Award 2011 for Popular History.

The Margaret McWilliams Award is one of the oldest literary awards in Canada, named in honour of writer Margaret McWilliams.

Readings from short-listed books will be given on Thursday, 3 May 2012, 7:00 PM at McNally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park, Winnipeg. All are invited to attend this free event.

Winners will be announced on Manitoba Day 2012 (12 May) and presented at Dalnavert Museum on Saturday, 9 June 2012 at 1:00 PM during the Annual General Meeting of the Manitoba Historical Society.

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Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:26

Bandit short listed for the Margaret McWilliams Award for Popular History

WINNIPEG: Turnstone Press is proud to announce that Bandit: A Portrait of Ken Leishman by Wayne Tefs has been short listed for the Margaret McWilliams Award 2011 for Popular History.

The Margaret McWilliams Award is one of the oldest literary awards in Canada, named in honour of writer Margaret McWilliams.

Readings from short-listed books will be given on Thursday, 3 May 2012, 7:00 PM at McNally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park. All are invited to attend this free event.

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Wednesday, 14 March 2012 12:40

Turnstone Titles Dominate Manitoba Book Awards Shortlists

WINNIPEG-Turnstone Press books will be competing against each other again this year at the Manitoba Book Awards. Five out of Turnstone's eight 2011 titles were shortlisted in eight different categories, some with multiple nominations. Bob Armstrong, whose comic novel Dadolescence was published by Turnstone Press in September of 2011, was nominated for the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer. Bandit: A Portrait of Ken Leishman by Wayne Tefs was shortlisted for five different categories. Other nominated shortlisted titles include Alert to Glory by Sally Ito, Dadolescence by Bob Armstrong, Portraits of Winnipeg by Robert J. Sweeney, The Valedictorians by David Annandale, and What the Bear Said, by W.D. Valgardson. Turnstone Press would like to congratulate all of nominees for the deserved recognition of their work.

The awards will be presented on April 28 at the Centre culturel franco-manitobain. Cocktails are at 7:00 p.m. and the ceremony will start at 8:00 p.m.

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Thursday, 01 March 2012 14:40

"Real Steal" online sale: 35% off Bandit until March 11

McNally Robinson's Manitoba top seller of 2011

Exactly 46 years ago this coming weekend, the biggest gold heist in Canadian history was foiled by...a Winnipeg blizzard.

After pulling off what could have been the perfect theft of 12 bars of gold bullion from the Winnipeg airport, Ken Leishman and his gang hid their treasure in a snow bank while the entire city was paralyzed by the white stuff from March 3 to 4, 1966.

To commemorate that force of nature and Leishman's gutsy masterminding, Turnstone Press is offering a "Real Steal" sale of 35% off the cover price for all online purchases from our website of Bandit: A Portrait of Ken Leishman, Wayne Tefs' bestselling novel. The sale ends March 11, the day Leishman was caught.

Bandit was released last May and was named McNally Robinson's top Manitoba bestseller (fiction) for 2011.

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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 14:06

Bob Armstrong recommends Bandit by Wayne Tefs on the Advent Book Blog

"Bandit, by Winnipeg novelist Wayne Tefs, will satisfy giver and receiver," says Armstrong. Read more about why Bob Armstrong recommends Bandit by Wayne Tefs on the Advent Book Blog: http://www.adventbookblog.com/2011/12/13/bob-armstrong-recommends-bandit-by-wayne-tefs/

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Tuesday, 25 October 2011 13:36

Word on the Water Festival a success

Five Turnstone Press Authors took part in Kenora's Word on the Water Literary Festival October 21 to 23. David Annandale (the Jen Blaylock action series), Karen Dudley (the Robyn Devara mystery series), and Dennis Cooley (Irene, seeing red) were all kept busy on Saturday, October 22, speaking on discussion panels and giving readings. Panels included mystery and crime fiction, fantasy genres, poetry and memoir. Discussion also turned to the future of getting published in the 21st Century. Wayne Tefs (Bandit) and Armin Wiebe (Murder in Gutenthal, Tatsea) were the guests of honour at the Saturday Night Page Turner event. Wiebe, Cooley, and Annandale were also on duty at workshops during Sunday, October 23. Though she wasn't a participant this year, author Lil Anderson (Beavers Eh to Bea and Pond Memories) was one of the Festival's organizers. See an article on the festival in the Kenora Daily Miner here.

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Saturday, 22 October 2011 00:00

Word on the Water swimming with Turnstone Authors

Word on the Water Literary Festival features five Turnstone authors

Word on the Water Literary Festival
October 21, 2011, October 22, 2011, October 23, 2011
Kenora, Lake of the Woods, ON

Participating Turnstone authors include David Annandale, Dennis Cooley, Karen Dudley, Wayne Tefs, and Armin Wiebe

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Thursday, 01 September 2011 15:50

Thin Air Thick with Turnstone Authors

Thin Air Festival begins on Sunday

Turnstone Press authors will fill the air with their words at this year's Winnipeg International Writers Festival.

Wayne Tefs, W.D. Valgardson, David Annandale, Simone Chaput, Steven Ross Smith, and Di Brandt with translators Charles Leblanc and Erica Ens will appear in a total of 16 different events between September 18 and 24.

Monday, September 19, 12:15 – 12:45 pm, Thin Air’s The Nooner with Wayne Tefs at the Millennium Library
Monday, September 19, 2:30 to 3:30 pm, Thin Air Afternoon Book Chat with Wayne Tefs and Elizabeth Hay at McNally Robinson Booksellers
Monday, September 19, 8:00pm, Wayne Tefs appearing on Thin Air’s Mainstage: Trouble at MTYP
Tuesday, September 20, 7:00 pm, Thin Air Rural Tour with Wayne Tefs at the Portage La Prairie Regional Library in Portage La Prairie, MB
Tuesday, September 20, 7:00 pm, Thin Air’s Soirée Francophile with Simone Chaput and Lise Gaboury-Diallo at Alliance française, 934 avenue Corydon
Tuesday, September 20, 8:00 pm, W.D. Valgardson appearing at Thin Air Mainstage: Who We Are at MTYP
Wednesday, September 21, 4:00 – 5:15 pm, W.D. Valgardson’s Thin Air campus reading at University of Winnipeg, Manitoba Hall, Room 2M70, 515 Portage Avenue
Thursday, September 22, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, Thin Air’s RECONTRE avec Charles Leblanc et Dany Laferrière, Salle académique (1531), Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, Salle 01333, 200, avenue de la Cathédrale
Thursday, September 22, 2:30 – 3:30 pm, Thin Air Afternoon Book Chat with Di Brandt & David Homel at McNally Robinson Booksellers
Thursday, September 22, 8:00 pm, Di Brandt with Charles Leblanc and Erica Ens appearing onThin Air’s Mainstage: Listening Across Languages at MTYP
Friday, September 23, 10:30 – 11:30 pm, Thin Air’s After Words Jazz Club: Steven Ross Smith with Steve Kirby and Kristopher Ulrich at Aqua Books
Saturday, September 24, 10:00 am – noon, Thin Air’s Boot Camp for Writers with Steven Ross Smith at the Millennium Library
Saturday, September 24, 3:00-4:30 pm, Thin Air’s A Pint of Bitter Murder co-hosted by David Annandale and Alison Preston at the Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street, Winnipeg, Admission $5
Saturday, September 24, 8:00pm, Wayne Tefs’s Bandit part of Thin Air’s Mainstage: Manitoba Reads at MTYP

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Saturday, 24 September 2011 00:00

Mainstage: Manitoba Reads

Based on the wildly popular Canada Reads, four lively panelists champion their chosen title to a grueling finish, when we all will know the Manitoba title for our winter bookshelf! Panelists: Alison Gillmor, Vincent Ho, Paul Jordan, Niigonwedom James Sinclair -- Thin Air Festival 2011

8:00 to 10:00 pm
Saturday, September 24
Shaw Performing Arts Centre (MTYP), The Forks
$12/ $10 student/senior

Bandit: A Portrait of Ken Leishman has made it to the final shortlist of CBC's Manitoba Reads. After being chosen by the public to be one of the final eight books, Wayne Tefs's gritty take on Canadian outlaw Ken Leishman will be defended by Paul Jordan, CEO of the Forks.

Joining Bandit on the shortlist are Reading by Lightning by Joan Thomas, The Life of Helen Betty Osborne by David Alexander Robertson and Where Nests the Water Hen by Gabrielle Roy.

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