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Garrison Keillor celebrates Mennonites
May 3, 2015A Prairie Home Companion was broadcast live from Sauder Concert Hall at Goshen College on May 2, 2015, featuring the Goshen College Choir and other local talent.
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Novelist Rudy Wiebe meets Omar Khadr, one of his readers
April 28, 2015The Transforming Power of Fiction!
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Report on Mennonite/s Writing VII at Fresno Pacific University
April 11, 2015Melanie Zuercher reports on the Mennonite/s Writing VII conference at Fresno Pacific University in The Mennonite World Review: Writing Conference Goes West for a Changed Landscape, April 13, 2015
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Envoi Literary Festival in Winnipeg, May 29-June 5, 2015
April 11, 2015Victor Enns, Program Director, recommends the Envoi Literary Festival, May 29-June 5, 2015 in Winnipeg. Lots of Menno Writers, including the "Missing Mennonite Cabaret" on Monday Evening, June 1, with Patrick Friesen, Di Brandt, Joanne Epp, Angeline Schellenberg, Ted Dyck, Nikki Reimer, and Nathan Dueck.
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2015 updates for Bibliographies of Mennonite Literature, Folklore, and Folk Arts
April 11, 2015The latest updates to Ervin Beck's bibliographies on Mennonite/s Writing in the USA and Canada (with Hildi Froese Tiessen), as well as his bibliography on Mennonite and Amish Folklore and Folk Arts, are now available on our site.
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Miriam Toews wins the Rogers Writer's Trust Award
November 4, 2014Miriam Toews won $25,000 and the Rogers Writers Trust Award for a novel she "wishes she didn't have to write." All My Puny Sorrows, informed by the suicide of Toews' sister, was published earlier this year. Carrie Snyder was a finalist for her new novel, Runner Girl.
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Are you looking for a roommate at Mennonite/s Writing VII in Fresno?
October 21, 2014Are you looking for a roommate at Mennonite/s Writing VII in Fresno? Post a query on the Mennonite/s Writing Facebook page. For registration or travel and lodging information visit: http://www.fresno.edu/mennos-writing
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Register for Mennonite/s Writing VII in Fresno, CA by Feb. 15 and receive a discount
October 21, 2014Don't forget to register for Mennonite/s Writing VII taking place at Fresno Pacific University March 12-15. Register before February 15 for a lower rate. Register online at www.fresno.edu/mennos-writing.
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Miriam Toews's 'All My Puny Sorrows' receives high recognition
October 10, 2014Miriam Toews's newest novel, All My Puny Sorrows, is a finalist for the 2014 Rogers Writers' Trust Award as well as the 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
All My Puny Sorrows, released by Knopf Canada in April 2014, tells the story of two sisters, both accomplished, one suicidal and the other struggling to keep her sister alive.
Toews's novel was selected as one of five finalists for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, which honors the best novel or short story collection of the year. Each finalist received $2,500, and the winner will receive $25,000. Toews's book was …
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Carrie Snyder finalist for Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
October 10, 2014Carrie Snyder newest novel, Girl Runner, is a finalist for the 2014 Rogers Writers' Trust Award.
Girl Runner, released by House of Anansi in August 2014, is the story of a fictional female runner who competes in the 800-meter race at the Olympic Games.
Snyder's novel was selected as one of five finalists for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, which honors the best novel or short story collection of the year. Each finalist received $2,500, and the winner will receive $25,000. Girl Runner was selected from 127 submissions.
Snyder, from Waterloo, Ontario, is the author of …