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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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Book Club Questions

Looking for your next book club pick? Turnstone Press is pleased to offer book club questions for many of its titles. Contact us directly to arrange for special book Club Offers or to have a Turnstone Press author speak to your reading group.

Thursday, 22 September 2011 09:52

Book Club Questions for Drift

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To give you and your book club a little jump Leo Brent Robillard has put together a number of questions relating to his latest historical novel Drift. To invite Brent to your book club or to purchase a set of books for your book club please contact us here.

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Thursday, 18 August 2011 10:50

Book Club Questions for Dadolescence

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Book Club questions for Dadolescence Bill and his two friends are all indulging in fantasies of traditional masculinity (explorer, builder, inventor, cop, cowboy). Why? What personal reasons do they have for their fantasy obsessions? To what historical forces and social trends are they responding? With his constant references to history, philosophy, literature, soccer, and pop culture, Bill is a bit…

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Wednesday, 03 August 2011 19:49

Bookclub Questions for Bandit: A Portrait of Ken Leishman

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Bandit: A Portrait of Ken Leishman examines the man behind the headlines of some of Canada's greatest crimes. Below are a few conversation starters for you and your bookclub. Leishman was called “the gentleman bandit” but was he really? He also easily could be called a socio-path with an eye to the main chance. Which seems more accurate? When…

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Thursday, 21 August 2008 20:04

The Sundog Season by John Geddes: Book Club Questions

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This novel opens with a prologue that introduces the town, West Spirit Lake, and the narrator's family. The prologue tells the story of a drowning death at break-up time on the lake. How does this episode foreshadow the main story, which occurs eight years later? The weather and the cycle of freeze and thaw are touched on frequently. What role…

Thursday, 21 August 2008 20:00

Santiago by Simone Chaput: Book Club Questions

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Almost right from the beginning of the novel, Dominique comes across as critical, aggressive and abrasive. Does she have any redeeming qualities at all?How does one explain Dominique's cynical attitude towards art? (p. 25) What is the significance of the tableau of the "trial of virginity" in the context of the whole novel? Can Dominique be blamed for leaving David?…

Thursday, 21 August 2008 13:31

Moon Lake by Wayne Tefs: Book Club Questions

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Moon Lake is set in an actual Manitoba location and deals with events that occurred many years ago. How might that effect someone's reading of the novel? The novel opens with a violent scene: what might be the point of such an opening? In the early going of the novel there's some confusion about who is referred to by certain…

Thursday, 21 August 2008 13:29

Mallory by Margaret Gunning: Book Club Questions

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How does Mallory learn to survive as a social outcast in school and an outsider in her own family? Why does Mallory hurt herself, and what purposes might this habit serve? What is the significance of sexuality in the novel? How do males and females differ in their attitudes towards it? Discuss the various forms of power that are highlighted…

Thursday, 21 August 2008 13:21

Lost in Moscow by Kirsten Koza: Book Club Questions

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Why did the Soviet Union pay for children from around the world to come to their nation and experience Summer Camp, when much of what was offered could only be ridiculed by first world nations? Do you think the luggage was actually lost? For what reasons would it be taken? Why would some luggage be returned and not other pieces?…

Thursday, 21 August 2008 11:15

Leaving Wyoming by Leo Brent Robillard: Book Club Questions

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The real lives of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid have been explored, investigated, sifted, and mythologized in both literature and film for more than one hundred years. What does Robillard add to the weight of volumes by writing about them now – if anything? Why does he include them in Wyoming’s story? Wyoming's tale is told in four distinct…

Wednesday, 20 August 2008 18:24

4X4 by Wayne Tefs: Book Club Questions

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Book Club Questions for 4 X 4, a novel by Wayne Tefs