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Prairie books NOW is a widely read publication dedicated to promoting books by Prairie publishers and writers. The full magazine is available online.

PbN is available free of charge at bookstores, libraries, and many other venues across Canada.

06/19/2025

“I reinforce that my body is my own,” Tea Gerbeza says, “and how I navigate my bodily experiences is also mine amongst the medical and societal ableism I receive along the way.”

Read more about the long poem How I Bend into More by Tea Gerbeza at https://prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/long-poem-shares-process-of-building-kinship-with-pain-rebuilding-sense-of-self

06/18/2025

“It shows in our women. My god these powerful women who live there, who come from there and who then go out into the world, or who build community there. It’s as big or bigger than how much loss has been experienced.”

Read more about the play Rise, Red River by Tara Beagan at https://prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/trilingual-play-set-in-post-apocalyptic-future-tackles-treatment-of-women-girls-and-two-spirit-peoples

06/17/2025

“Linked stories have characters reappear, which lets our relationship grow, at least a little. We get to see what happens to them over time. And I really enjoyed writing this book for that same reason.”

Read more about Tunnel Island by Bill Gaston at https://prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/linked-short-stories-reflect-intimacies-and-challenges-of-living-on-compact-rural-island

06/12/2025

“The Festival theme is an important part of Franco-Manitoban culture,” Diane Freynet Therrien says, “and through this picture book, I wanted to tell the story of where French-Canadians from the West, and Manitoba in particular, come from and what they represent.”

Read more about Grand-maman raconte au Festival du Voyageur by Diane Freynet Therrien, illustrated by Francesca Da Sacco, in your choice of English or French at https://prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/rhyming-picture-book-brings-festival-to-life-celebrating-franco-manitoban-traditions

06/11/2025

“It was a lot of fun creating a world where a cat runs the show,” says Colleen Nelson.

“She’s a celebrity with her own staff, so when she goes missing, it has to be kept under wraps, which makes solving the crime even harder for Elodie.”

Read more about Mystery at the Biltmore #2: The Classified Catnapping, as well as Making A Splash – two new releases from Colleen Nelson – at https://prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/double-feature-mystery-where-a-cat-runs-the-show-and-a-history-of-humanitys-relationship-to-water

06/10/2025

“What surprised me the most was the wide range of Shields’ interests, from travel to divorce and from petals to purses.”

Read more about The Canadian Shields, a collection with previously unpublished work by Carol Shields, edited by Nora Foster Stovel, at https://prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/previously-unpublished-stories-essays-by-carolshields-join-magazine-articles-in-new-collection

06/05/2025

“Métis children need to be protected and nurtured. I believe in fostering their sense of wonder and imagination in the world around us, opening their minds to the hope and happiness in our history and culture.”

Read more about Maddy's Sash by Marion Gonneville at https://prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/delightful-and-magical-visit-to-metis-family-farm-fills-new-childrens-book.

06/04/2025

“I wanted to ensure the play didn’t take a stance but instead created space for multiple perspectives to coexist, allowing audiences to engage with the moral and ethical complexities on their own terms.”

Read more about the play In Seven Days by Jordi Mand at https://prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/playwright-examines-polarizing-topic-of-maid-and-jewish-faith-with-flashes-of-humour.

06/03/2025

“Writing is like time travel. For me to be sitting at my desk in Regina while a version of me chastises obnoxious baboons in Bigodi is almost witchy. For this reason alone, I believe I will always be a writer.”

Read more about Everything is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe at https://prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/debut-novel-explores-coming-of-age-in-uganda-amid-social-pressure-homophobia

06/02/2025

Tanya Nepinak, Morgan Harris, Ashlee Shingoose, also known as Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, Marcedes Myran, Rebecca Contois, Annie Yassie, Melissa Ivy Chaboyer, Hillary Angel Wilson, Lorlene Bone, Marcia Koostachin, Jennifer Leigh Catcheway, Tammy Nattaway, Kendara Ballantyne and many more – the list o...

05/29/2025

Our Spring/Summer2025 issue is now available in print and online, and it's jam-packed with dozens upon dozens of excellent Prairie books to inspire your summer reading list.

While the physical copies make their journey out into the world, the pdf version of this issue is available to read in full on our website, where each article is also individually posted.

Happy reading!

https://prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/issue/issue-86-spring-summer-2025

08/07/2024

“I am constantly blown away by the complexity of my home in all of its parts – something that doesn’t come across from those who come into this city for a few days and make declarations about it. I hope our complicatedness in all of its beauty comes across in this book.”

Read more about Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre by Niigaan Sinclair (McClelland & Stewart) at https://prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/optimism-complexity-tie-together-collection-of-writings-on-winnipeg.

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