Barbara Nickel and her novel Dear Peter, Dear Ulla have been chosen as a 2023 Northern Lights Nominee for the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Awards! Congratulations Barbara! The Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award promotes reading to grade 4-9 by offering them the chance to vote for their favourite Canadian book. You can find out more

Thistledown Press is proud to announce that two of our authors have been shortlisted for the 2022 Saskatchewan Book Awards! Theressa Slind, for the short story collection Only If We’re Caught, has been nominated for:-the Ministry of Culture, Recreation, and Sport First Book Award-the Fiction Award-the Regina Public Library Book of the Year Award Honouring

Katherine Walker’s All Is Well has been announced as a finalist for the Best First Crime Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada! The winners will be announced May 26. Learn more: https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/54-awards/current-contest/1877-2022-shortlists

Saturday May 7 @ 2 PMTHE PENNY UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE in Regina Join local poet Robert Currie for the Regina launch of his new book, Shimmers of Light: New and Collected Poems. With poems drawn from early chapbooks to brand new poems never before collected in print, this volume represents a lifetime of writing by the

Join Thistledown Press and McNally Robinson Booksellers on Thursday Apr 28 2022 at 7:00 pm to celebrate the launch of Shimmers of Light: New and Selected Poems. Robert will be in-conversation with David Carpenter. The launch will be hosted live in the Travel Alcove of McNally Robinson Booksellers, Saskatoon and also available as a simultaneous YouTube stream

Barbara Nickel’s Dear Peter, Dear Ulla has been selected as a finalist for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize!

In celebration of National Poetry Month, we’re offering 30% off all poetry titles till the end of April! Use coupon code POETRY30 at checkout. Browse our poetry selection here

Join us on Wednesday, May 4th at 7:00 pm in the Moose Jaw Public Library Theatre for the launch of Robert Currie’s newest book, “Shimmers of Light: New and Selected Poems”. Admission is free. https://www.facebook.com/events/2369413253194615

All of us at Thistledown Press are saddened by the news that author Harold Johnson passed away on February 9, 2022. We are very proud to have been his first publisher, and to have been able to publish five books of his extraordinary fiction. His work will live on. https://thistledownpress.com/contributor/harold-johnson/

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We are thrilled to see Robert Currie’s Shimmers of Light: New and Selected Poems on CBC’s list of 46 Canadian poetry collections to watch for in spring 2022! Read the full article: https://www.cbc.ca/books/46-canadian-poetry-collections-to-watch-for-in-spring-2022-1.6283877?fbclid=IwAR1DmW8ygjkv1NhX3EzQJTfBravTCx3QWWMp5ydWG9VQT42Hq3fQ8e8IeaM

Due to overwhelmingly positive feedback, we have given the greenlight to reprinting The Fifth Window by Russell Thornton! This volume of poetry, originally published in a small print run back in 2000, was recently the subject of a viral TikTok. It started simply enough: the original poster of the video heard the title of the book spoken

“A masterful and intriguing assemblage of plot elements.” – Quill & Quire Read the full review: https://quillandquire.com/review/the-beautiful-place/?fbclid=IwAR0660Egpv4jviSlAlmPoiDIyTPC8n-py5-U7gJNai4ftakHgEoGw-V8rEM

Listen to Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt discuss her new memoir, Peacekeeper’s Daughter, With Heige S. Boehm on A Writer’s Life! https://open.spotify.com/episode/7KcsdJ8KuJ3DGZTw3hI4Ii?si=jInPCwZUQyePntiqGO3vsg&nd=1

Katherine Walker: In this episode of Meet the Writer Katherine Walker (author of All Is Well) and Simon the Cat (works unknown) let us know what they are reading and talk about their favourite bookstores! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QTeLI0KLfE&t=2s Lee Gowan: In this episode of Meet the Writer Lee Gowan talks about Montaigne, first edition Hemingway, and his

Watch the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwW1HjI1lD4&feature=youtu.be … Live on Zoom – SUNDAY NOVEMBER 21 AT 2PM (EDT). Join Thistledown Press and Brome Lake Books for the virtual launch of Peacekeeper’s Daughter (Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt) and All Is Well (Katherine Walker). This event will be hosted by Naomi K. Lewis! REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-double-book-launch-tanya-bellehumeur-allatt-katherine-walker-tickets-204039586897

Watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0FUYZva3yE Live on Zoom – WEDNESDAY 20 OCTOBER 2021 at 7 PM (CMT) / 5 PM (PDT). Join Thistledown Press and McNally Robinson Booksellers for the virtual launch of Dear Peter, Dear Ulla by Barbara Nickel. Barbara will be in conversation with Pat Cooley. Don’t forget to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-book-launch-barbara-nickel-dear-peter-dear-ulla-w-pat-cooley-tickets-177381511877?fbclid=IwAR1-gIO7UUl7cdbC75WKI6WoKSMc2JcfvuM9Ys-SInI5LEct82Tbfl2v95o

Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt’s Peacekeeper’s Daughter is a finalist for the Quebec Writers’ Federation 2021 Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction! Congratulations Tanya! This award will be announced November 24th 2021, check it out: https://qwf.org/prize/the-mavis-gallant-prize-for-non-fiction/

Watch the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeOaEMApVGE Live on Zoom – Oct 13 at 7 PM (EST)/5 PM (CMT). Join Thistledown Press and U of T Bookstore to celebrate the launch of Lee Gowan’s new novel The Beautiful Place. Lee will be in conversation with Thom Vernon. Please register here: https://zoom.us/…/tJEsfuytpzkiE9EFpeiUHbZDVmUHv33L1IdB

Watch the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxHMwnm77Uc Live on Zoom – THURSDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2021 at 7 PM (CMT). Join Thistledown Press and McNally Robinson Booksellers for the virtual launch of Only If We’re Caught by Theressa Slind. Theressa will be in conversation with Leona Theis. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-book-launch-theressa-slind-only-if-were-caught-w-leona-theis-tickets-175043067527