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Ainsley Bloomer book launch

April 7, 2025

A Viking Legend Book Launch

by Roxane Anderson Jessica Smithies, MWG’s Book Launch Coordinator, welcomed author Ainsley Bloomer to present her book, A Viking Legend: The Descendants of Odin, in front of a captive audience at Artspace on a sunny Sunday afternoon on April 6. Ainsley Bloomer is passionate about Old Norse Mythology. The audience was spellbound by her descriptions of Norse Eddas and Sagas, gods and goddesses, the nine realms of the Norse universe, and of Odin, the supreme …

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I am a fiction author, ghostwriter, business communications and marketing writer, and songwriter living and working in Winnipeg. Thus far, I have some short stories published and I am always looking for a home for my remaining unpublished stories, along with my first novel manuscript. Currently working on my second novel manuscript, as well.

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