SASKATOON BOOK LAUNCH: LLOYD RATZLAFF

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM, McNally Robinson Saskatoon, Travel Alcove & YouTube Join us for the Saskatoon launch of Lloyd Ratzlaff’s poetry collection Walking Upstream (Thistledown Press), with special guest Rita Bouvier and host Elizabeth Phillips. This event will be held live in the Travel Alcove and also available as a simultaneous YouTube stream. This collection by the author of three books […]

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REVIEW: Lloyd Ratzlaff — Walking Upstream on SaskBooks Reviews

Check out this stellar review of Lloyd Ratzlaff’s Walking Upstream on the SaskBooks Reviews website: https://reviews.skbooks.com/walking-upstream/ “Ratzlaff possesses a gift for evoking emotion in just a few poignant lines—some might consider this poetry’s raison d’être—and his poems reflect that over a lifetime, the former counsellor’s mastered the oft-ignored art of listening.” —Shelley A. Leedahl, SaskBooks

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Guy Vanderhaeghe, Marlis Wesseler Shortlisted for 2025 Saskatchewan Book Awards

Thistledown Press is thrilled to announce that two of our titles have been shortlisted for the 2025 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Because Somebody Asked Me To: Observations on History, Literature, and the Passing Scene by Guy Vanderhaeghe (Sept 17, 2024), and The Beech Forest by Marlis Wesseler (June 4, 2024). Congratulations to Guy and Marlis, and

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The Economy of Sparrows by Trevor Herriot wins 2024 Glengarry Book Award Prize

Congratulations to Trevor Herriot for winning the 2024 Glengarry Book Award Prize for his debut novel, The Economy of Sparrows! Launched by the Saskatchewan Foundation For the Arts (SFFA) in 2021, the Glengarry Book Award Prize was created to support and foster Saskatchewan’s literary culture. According to Claire Kramer, founding trustee of the SFFA, “The

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REVIEW: Guy Vanderhaeghe—Because Somebody Asked Me To in Postmedia Network

“Vanderhaeghe is an award-winning historical novelist who has managed to bridge the tricky gulf between populist appeal and literary fiction — and here we’re seeing how it all began. This is a book of many rewards.” Thank you to Jamie Portman from Postmedia Network for the excellent review of Because Somebody Asked Me To by

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REVIEW: Guy Vanderhaeghe — Because Somebody Asked Me To on SaskBooks Reviews

“. . . a feast of compelling material, a peeling back of the curtain sure to enthrall existing fans of Vanderhaeghe, CanLit enthusiasts, and general readers.” “The subjects of this collection truly are his obsessions. The voice in these pages really is his voice. Because Somebody Asked Me To is Guy Vanderhaeghe: wise, wry, authentic, and principled.”—Brandon

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