Folk/Rock Trio
The Horseman's Last Call (Touchwood Editions)
The Horseman’s Last Call presents the closing chapters in the life of Wild Jack Strong. The story opens with Jack content on the ranch he had always dreamed of, with a loving wife and an adopted son. His good friend Jim Spencer and Jim’s family live just down the road, so life couldn’t be better. However, things take an unwanted turn when war breaks out in Europe and Jack once more feels the need to heed his country’s call. But the war changes his life in unexpected ways as he discovers that not only does loyalty sometimes go unrewarded, it can also be one-sided. The Horseman’s Last Call is the third and final volume in the Wild Jack Strong trilogy that began with The Frog Lake Massacre followed by The Luck of the Horseman. The series recounts how one man’s life is impacted by the great events of Canadian history, from the Riel rebellion in 1885, through the Anglo Boer War and World War I, to the Boxcar Rebellion of 1935. is a well-known singer and songwriter who has also worked as an air-traffic controller and taught social studies. He is the author of The Frog Lake Massacre and The Luck of the Horseman, the first two books in the Wild Jack Strong trilogy. He has also written several other novels, which include The Promise: Love, Loyalty and the Lure of Gold; The Journey: The Overlanders’ Quest for Gold; A Man Called Moses: The Curious Life of Wellington Delaney Moses; and Deadly Innocent.
Instrumental Guitar
I am a finger style acoustic guitar player. All of my songs are originals. My music is easy listening, but it also offers the listener the enjoyment of the technical aspects of the guitar. Some of my influences are Bob Evans, Bruce Cockburn, Don Ross, Antoine Dufour, and Andy McKee. When I perform, I like to create a relaxed atmosphere and present myself in a casual style. I have a simple set up of a chair, foot stool, and guitar. In between some of my songs I interact with the audience, sharing the inspiration behind them. My goal is that people who come to my show will walk away relaxed, have a greater appreciation of acoustic guitar music, and be inspired to start playing guitar. – Wayne Bargen
With guest reader
was started in 2011 by a group of community volunteers. Following in the steps of Toronto’s SlutWalk movement, we wanted to address issues of sexual assault and victim blaming. At our first planning session, the subject of the controversial nature of SlutWalk was discussed at length. Our team decided that, while SW is a valuable movement for many reasons, it also has its weaknesses-chief among them being how it fails to address the ways in which race and class intersect with gender and sex-negativity to contribute to sexual violence. We wanted to find a way to combine the radical and exciting nature of SlutWalk with a more accessible event that targeted the specific needs of our community and made space to expand upon the conversations started by the SlutWalk movement. Thus, ConsentFest was born. The sole intentions of our collective efforts (including events) include educating the general public (of Saskatoon and area) about sexual violence against all gender identities, about what consent is, and how to foster healthier relationships through providing accurate information, encouraging the use of community programs and making it clear what is and is not acceptable in any form of a sexual relationship. "Whether a fellow slut or simply an ally, you don’t have to wear your sexual proclivities on your sleeve, or make a political statement. We believe that rape, harassment and sexual abuse, and the victim blaming afterwards, should not be tolerated regardless of any gender identification, sexual orientation, age, ethnic background, and religious or political belief. Sexual assault is sexual assault, no matter how little clothing is worn or how much alcohol has been consumed. With your support, we can spread the word. Please, join us in the movement to help educate our communities and end victim blaming." Join organizers for an evening of information, readings, and lively discussion!
A Three-Continental Professional Odyssey
was born in Mill Hill, a working class suburb of Blackburn, England. After serving in WWII, Dr. McLeod devoted a lifetime’s work to the field of education through research and teaching. He taught in several types of schools before becoming educational psychologist at Wallasey, on Britain’s Merseyside. He became Deputy to Sir Fred Schonell at the Remedial Education Centre at the University of Queensland before coming to Canada in 1968. Here he was the first Director of the University of Saskatchewan’s Institute of Child Guidance and Development, inaugurating a program that became the prototype for the national SEECC Report (Standards for Educators of Exceptional Children in Canada). In 1985, Dr. McLeod received the highest education research grant ever awarded by the Social Services and Humanities Council of Canada.A Three-Continental Professional Odyssey is an account of his professional life from his early years in England through his nine years in Australia before he came to the U of S. His other memoir, Where I'm Coming From, covers his life from birth until immediately after World War 2, and goes back to some of his forebears, even to the 1870s. Together they cover some over fifty years of personal involvement with education in three different countries, as student, teacher, educational psychologist, administrator and university professor, and reflect some of the changes that have taken place in the educational - and social - climate.
has authored or co-authored five professional books, six standardized tests, and over a hundred monographs, articles and papers in refereed journals, and has lectured or presented papers in sixteen countries over four continents. He has been Scholar-in-Residence at Harvard University and Priorsfield Fellow at Birmingham University in the United Kingdom. He was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2004; listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in the World 1982-3; and in The Canadian Who’s Who since 2006.
Collier's Popular Press (Conundrum Press)
This book collects the work of Canadian cartoonist , published over the last 30 years in various publications such as The National Post, Nerve, The Globe and Mail, and The Saskatoon Star Phoenix, and it contains the entire 1995 collection of his Saskatoon Sketches. With new introductions by the artist himself and plenty of added ephemera, this is the volume that Collier completists have been waiting for.’s first comic strip was published in 1986 in the -edited magazine Weirdo, and his work has been published in numerous other comics anthologies, including Duplex Planet Illustrated, Drawn and Quarterly, The Comics Journal, and Zero Zero, as well as in 's American Splendor. Since 1990, Collier has also done comics and illustrations for Canadian newspapers. He lives in Hamilton.
Thin Pink Lines: My Life as a Nurse & Beyond (Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing)
The inspiring story of a girl from Kenaston, Saskatchewan, who had a dream... And her dream changed a province.has seen many changes in Saskatchewan since her birth on the Prairies in 1920: the Saskatoon City Hospital is now a gleaming structure of steel and glass with ten floors and a central transparent elevator, a transformation from the brick structure where she trained and worked as a young nurse in the 1940s. Health care too has changed a great deal since then; nursing has been transformed, and the status of women revolutionized. is a registered doctoral psychologist with Mental Health and Addiction Services, Saskatoon Health Region. She lives in Saskatoon with her husband, Robin. Thin Pink Lines is her second book.
Acoustic Pop Duo
Dr. J is the host of Expansions, which combines the best in old school funk, boogie and hip hop. Listen for him Friday nights from 9:00 – 10:30 on 90.5 FM CFCR. Visit CFCR for more information
KPMG Enterprise presents: That’ll Never Work (Penguin Group Canada)
Have you ever pictured yourself as an entrepreneur? Wondered what it takes to start your own business? Fought to shrug off your personal doubts and join the ranks of independent business owners living their dream? Join KPMG Enterprise for the launch of the number one best selling non-fiction book in Canada, That’ll Never Work: Business Lessons from Successful Canadian Entrepreneurs, and an evening filled with stories of entrepreneurial trials and triumphs. A finalist from the University of Saskatchewan Wilson Centre's i3 Idea Challenge and Charlie Spiring, the former founder, Chairman, and CEO of Wellington West, and one of the entrepreneurs profiled in That’ll Never Work, will share their entrepreneurial journeys. All guests that attend can receive a copy of That’ll Never Work in return for a $20 donation to READ Saskatoon.6:30pm to 7:00pm - Doors open 7:00pm to 8:30pm - PresentationRSVP to Brianna Bergeron at 306.934.6263 or bbergeron@kpmg.ca.
Prairie Life
Poems about the seasons, farming, nature, places, buildings, the death of farms, towns, elevators.This book of poems takes you through the four seasons of life on the prairie. It is for you who farm, who work outdoors, who enjoy nature, who see the beauty, and understand the challenges of life on the prairie.
, a retired school teacher, grain farms with her husband Jim, at Lacadena, Saskatchewan. She views the prairie with the eyes of a painter and the heart of a native and farmer. She writes poetry on many and any subject, some of which include character sketches (serious and humorous), political issues, social issues, religious issues, farming issues, memories of childhood, and everyday life and events (serious and humorous).
Kookum’s Red Shoes (Pemmican Publications)
Kookum is a little girl taken away from her home to live in a residential school. Wanting very much to leave, she decides that only by being good will she be released. After all, Kookum only wants to be with her parents and her baby brother and to wear her bright red shoes. 's Kookum's Red Shoes is a story of one girl's strength in the face of oppression. Acclaimed illustrator has provided beautiful pictures to compliment Kookum's story.It is my hope that Kookum's Red Shoes will be a gentle reminder to all Canadians of the importance of nurturing our children, protecting them and providing them with a safe positive environment, regardless of their race, culture or creed. - Peter Eyvindson.is a Saskatchewan author and storyteller who lives in Clavet. After completing Bachelor degrees in Arts and Education, he became a teacher-librarian, partially fulfilling his passion for books and teaching children about them. While at the Snow Lake School in northern Manitoba he began writing for children. In 1983, he decided to indulge his passion full time and has since then written some very popular children's books, all of them best sellers. First published in 1996, Red Parka Mary is currently in its seventh edition. It was adapted for television recently for the PBS network series, Between the Lions. Other enduring titles include Chester Bear, Where are You?, The Wish Wind and The Missing Sun.
Peter is a writer and storyteller who continues to give numerous readings yearly to children across Canada. He uses a high-energy presentation to introduce children to the writing and publishing process.
Jazz Ensemble
Don Sawchuk - guitar, mandolin and vocals
Todd Gursky - drums and vocals
Matt Gruza - bass
Jazz
That Summer in Franklin (Second Story Press)
A Long Ago Summer. A Long Held Secret. In 1955, two fifteen-year-olds with immeasurable optimism shared a summer working as waitresses in the small town of Franklin's flourishing Britannia Hotel. Forty years later, Hannah, now a successful teacher with a younger lover, rushes home from Toronto to find her mother in hospital while Colleen, still in Franklin and married with five children, copes with her alcoholic father. Both women try to deal with the pain and guilt of admitting their parents to the local nursing home. Meanwhile, an ambitious young reporter has begun to chronicle the Britannia Hotel’s history and has uncovered the mysterious unsolved death of Charlie Eliott in the summer of 1955. It’s time for Hannah and Colleen to finally talk about what they witnessed that summer in Franklin. They owe it to the memory of Charlie, a gentle soul who worked as a handyman at the hotel and made everyone’s lives easier that summer. By rescuing Charlie’s story from obscurity both women find a sense of peace with their own lives and the decisions they’ve made. The sadness and frustration that Hutsell-Manning captures as her characters try to cope with their aging parents will hit home for many. As well as the realization that, while life does not often turn out the way we imagine it will in our youth, the lives we build and the people we come to love will sustain us. 's writing career spans thirty years and includes poetry, plays, children's television, short fiction and novels, including the juvenile Wonder Horn series. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Linda now lives near Cobourg, Ontario.| 1 2 3 4 - Next > |
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