Women of Service for the Glory of God: Ursulines of Bruno
Using archives, letters, diaries and newspaper articles, has compiled the first thorough and compelling history of the Ursuline Order in Bruno, Saskatchewan.
Sorceress
An unwilling witness to the murder of a FireDrake while on her way to the safe haven of Toth, the now powerless Magdalen is captured by a marauding band of Imperial Dog Soldiers. Forsaking his duty to the order, Sir Rodney, the Balorian knight responsible for her downfall, feels strangely compelled to rescue her. Originally from Winnipeg, now calls the small resort community of Penticton his home. Sorceress is his second novel, and he is already well on the way to completing the third book in his series.
Pinch Me: A Long Walk From the Prairies
Pinch Me follows the life of from her childhood on the prairies through her years as a teacher and then in her retirement to the founding of the African Canadian Continuing Education Society (ACCES), a non-profit agency dedicated to supporting literacy in Africa. Just as her Saskatchewan roots are humble, her yardstick for happiness is also refreshingly simple: “someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to.”
Originally from Saskatchewan, now lives in Surrey, BC. Net proceeds from the sale of Pinch Me will be donated to ACCES.
Seek the Sunrise
Seek the Sunrise reflects the quiet moments that are part of the rhythm of everyday activity. It captures the patterns and emotions, calling us to be present to the moment in its complexity and gift while being open to tomorrow in its uncertainties and promise, and reminding that ‘to rest is to bless’.
is a poet and writer originally from the Muenster, Saskatchewan area. She has published one other book, Prairie Pulse.
A Cloth Diaper Workshop from the owner of Baby Luv Boutique in Humboldt, SK.
Are you a new parent? Thinking about using cloth diapers? Not sure where to start? Join us for a workshop to learn what types are available, what you need to get started, how to care for cloth diapers, cost versus disposables, a question and answer session, and more.
Come and see samples first hand and learn how easy it is to use today’s modern cloth diapers. Seating is limited so please contact us to register by calling (306) 682-5746 Toll Free 1-866-231-5135 or email us at: workshop@babyluvboutique.com
From Above With Love
Join celebrated author, educator and clairvoyant, , for a reading from her book From Above with Love. is a Clairvoyant with over 20 years experience doing readings and counseling as well as working with the Divinatory Arts, Spirits (and communication with them), Ghosts (the communication and clearing of them), Past Life Regressions and Guided meditation.
Backpacking the South Pacific
Students, Youth and Budget Travelers will receive advice and helpful ideas to plan their trip downunder.
Waiting for Joe
On a chilly early morning in late spring, Joe Beaudry and his wife, Laurie, wake up in circumstances that would challenge saints: they are on the lam in a stolen motor home parked in a Walmart parking lot. They've gone bust: lost the house, the business, and Joe has stuck his ancient father in a nursing home so they could flee their creditors. Pushed to figure out what to do next, Joe simply takes off hitchhiking...leaving Laurie waiting for Joe, and Joe wondering how he will ever find meaning in a world that has disappointed his every expectation.
is the award winning author of The Rüsslander and Children of the Day. She lives in Regina.
Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada’s Oilsands
In Ethical Oil, best selling author turns his attention to another hot-button topic: the ethical cost of our addiction to oil. While many North Americans may be aware of the financial and environmental price we pay for a gallon of gas or a barrel of oil, Levant argues that it is time we consider ethical factors as well. He asks tough questions and exposes the hypocrisy of the West's dealings with the reprehensible regimes from which we purchase the oil that sustains our lifestyles, and offers solutions to this dilemma.
is a best selling author, lawyer, journalist, and political activist.
In My Mother’s Garden
In My Mother's Garden is a mind symphony that holds all the treasures and traumas of a little girl. The nine-year-old narrator, Cally Steinbach, brings us into her mother’s garden. It is in mama’s garden that every sense is awakened: the aroma of cinnamon bread, the songs harmonized after supper, the tangy touch of a gooseberry on the tongue and the first cracking of ice in the spring.
is the ninth child of a Saskatchewan farm family. Connie has been involved in the arts all her life. Gardening, writing, painting, counselling and all the renaissance studies are part of her life on Vancouver Island with the unfailing support of her husband.
World Peace, Really!
World Peace, Really! takes you on a journey to where world peace really begins – inside your own mind. It applies some of the most profound concepts in cognitive psychology to the cause of peace and challenges you to think about your thinking. Your journey begins with a better understanding of how your own mind works. It is the kind of information we all need to know, the kind of education we should be teaching and sharing with our children as they grow. Because world peace really is possible, if we all put our minds to it.
is an author, consultant and leadership coach whose first book, Love Leadership, challenged traditional corporate conditioning by positioning love as a more effective leadership style.
Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven
A Governor General’s Award–winning author recounts the turbulent years during which a group of young Canadian painters went from obscurity to international renown. Beginning in 1912, Defiant Spirits traces the artistic development of Tom Thomson and the future members of the Group of Seven, over a dozen years in Canadian history. Working in an eclectic and sometimes controversial blend of modernist styles, they produced what an English critic celebrated in the 1920s as the “most vital group of paintings” of the 20th century.
Finding Christopher: A Journal of Grief, Love and Faith
Grieving for your child is an appalling prospect, truly a parent's worst nightmare. Through a mist of pain and sorrow, struggled to find some measure of peace and, in doing so, rediscover herself after the accidental death of her 24-year-old son, Chris. Shattered by the loss, she is not the person she was—her is life forever divided into "before" and "after," defined by membership in a fraternity of grieving parents who function every day in a disbelieving fog.
Crime Machine
In this long awaited 5th John Cardinal novel, it’s a year after the death of his beloved and troubled wife, Catherine, and John has moved into a new, but very humid, condo. The quiet of a snow-covered Algonquin Bay is shattered when the decapitated bodies of two people are found in a summer home on Trout Lake. The victims, visitors from Russia, are in Algonquin Bay attending the annual fur auction. This is by no means a routine murder investigation as Cardinal soon discovers, but a horrific piece of a very twisted puzzle.
is the award-winning author of 4 other John Cardinal mysteries. He lives in Toronto.
South Asian Adventures with the Active Poor
Climb up into Wahid’s bicycle rickshaw and ready yourself for the ride of your life. Take a rare journey into the real slums of South Asia, into the secret heart of what may be the world’s least known, least cosmopolitan, most surreal major city, and into the hearts of its poorest inhabitants, where struggles for survival, love and dignity don’t lead to game shows. is a poet, writer and painter who, with his wife Tanyss, is the co-Director of the Amarok Society
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