On Feb. 10 students in the University of Manitoba’s Women’s and Gender Studies program will host their annual launch of “FAQ: The University of Manitoba Feminist and Queer Undergraduate Review”.
This book is part of the highly interdisciplinary program and is published annually by an editorial collective of Women’s and Gender Studies students.
This book launch is […]

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Professor Warren Cariou, Director of the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Creative Writing/Oral Culture, and Lecturer Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair are launching an anthology of Manitoba Aboriginal Literature tomorrow at the Forks Market.
The book, Manitowapow:  Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water, is a comprehensive collection of writing by Aboriginal people in Manitoba, from rock paintings […]

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University of Manitoba professors Jill Oakes and Rick Riewe are launching their book “History of Lyncrest Airport” on April 9 by hosting a read and fly event: buy a book, book a flight in an antique airplane.
The event takes place on Saturday, April 9, 2011, at Lyncrest Airport located at 57119 Murdock Rd in Winnipeg. […]

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After the Abitibi paper mill closed, Kenora residents had to find new ways to make a living. As a result, the confrontations between the federal government and First Nation leaders in 2003 turned into a show of cooperation in 2007 and 2008.
The events that lead to this transition and the lessons learned from them are […]

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University of Manitoba art history professor Oliver Botar will release his latest book, A Bauhausler in Canada, Andor Weininger in the ‘50s, tomorrow at Gallery One One One, located on the main floor of the Fitzgerald Building on the Fort Garry Campus.
The book explores the Canadian years of Weininger, one of only two artists from […]

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Nobody knows. They’re too busy screwing each other.
Or so the popular belief goes. According to the media and popular culture, teens and university students are engaging in random group sex and casual oral sex more frequently than 70s porn stars. Apparently, sex has become the new hello, requiring as little commitment as accepting a new […]

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The debut release from Winnipeg author Hester Rumberg will take centre stage on tomorrow evening at McNally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park location in Winnipeg. The Canadian launch of Ten Degrees of Reckoning will take place beginning at 7:30 pm. inside the one of the city’s largest book stores. It will be the only […]

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