April 1, 2026
Join us on April 8th for our next virtual Book Chat with Leia Getty. Leia is a prolific fantasy writer. To RSVP for this online Zoom event, email . Our next virtual Book Chat will be held April 8th at 7PM on Zoom, featuring L. T. (Leia) Getty, who will read from her latest novel A Fable of Wood and String and answer questions from the audience. About the author:L.T. Getty is a paramedic who …
September 12, 2025
Cheryl Parisien is a Red River Métis writer who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Treaty 1 territory. Her ancestors lived on the river lots of St. Norbert and her roots stretch back to the beginning of the Métis homeland. Loosely based on her family’s history, The Unweaving is her first novel. She’s had short stories published by Unleash Press and received honourable mention in the 2024 Dave Williamson Short Story Competition. The Unweaving was recently long …
January 16, 2023
Our first Book Chat of 2023 will take place on February 8th at 7 pm. Our featured author will be Méira Cook. To receive the Zoom instructions to join us, email us at . Méira is the award-winning author of the novels ‘Once More With Feeling’; ‘The House on Sugarbush Road’, which won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award; and ‘Nightwatching’, which won the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction. She has also published …
May 17, 2022
Please join us for a chat with Harriet Zaidman, whose book, Second Chances, was just nominated for the 2023 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Northern Lights Award. To attend this event, email to receive the Zoom instructions. Harriet Zaidman is a 3rd generation Canadian, the descendant of Russian Jews who experienced all the hardship and discrimination society had to offer in the early 1900s. Her successes are a result of their hard work and sacrifice. …
May 17, 2022
Our August Book Chat will feature Guild member Nancy Chislett. She recently launched her debut novel Bombing the moon. To hear her read from her novel and answer questions, such as what it was like to launch her first novel, email for the Zoom instructions. About Nancy: Nancy is an avid traveler, having visited almost 50 countries on six continents. She also plays classical music on piano and composes a little jazz. Career-wise, she …
April 26, 2021
On May 12, 2021, (7 pm) at our next Book Chat, prolific Manitoba writer, Ron Hore will read something from his huge body of work. To be a part of this online event, email for the Zoom instructions. When asked to send in his bio for the Book Chat, this is what Ron had to say: A reader of genre fiction since an early age, I got down to serious attempts at writing over …
