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3casaloma
A good portion of The Englishman's Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe is set in Saskatchewan.
4kathrynnd
Yes, I was going to mention Englishman's Boy, I have it on my to read list.
Sharon Butala writes novels, short stories, and non fiction about this same south west corner of Saskatchewan. The award winning The perfection of the morning is her most well known book.
Sharon Butala writes novels, short stories, and non fiction about this same south west corner of Saskatchewan. The award winning The perfection of the morning is her most well known book.
5John_Graves_Simcoe Erste Nachricht
W.O. Mitchell's Who Has Seen the Wind is also set in rural Saskatchewan.
6kathrynnd
Elizabeth Hay's A student of weather is set for the first part of the book in Saskatchewan, later in Ottawa. Why are these touchstones taking so long to load?
7tripleblessings
Hello, I've just found this group and joined today.
Farley Mowat grew up in Saskatchewan, and his beloved childhood stories Owls in the Family and The Dog who wouldn't be are set in Saskatchewan, near Saskatoon.
Anthony Bidulka has written a mystery series set in Saskatoon, with a gay private detective who often travels to other provinces and countries.
I'll try to add more books another day.
Farley Mowat grew up in Saskatchewan, and his beloved childhood stories Owls in the Family and The Dog who wouldn't be are set in Saskatchewan, near Saskatoon.
Anthony Bidulka has written a mystery series set in Saskatoon, with a gay private detective who often travels to other provinces and countries.
I'll try to add more books another day.
8tripleblessings
Some more Saskatchewan books:
Jacqueline Baker has a collection of short stories called A Hard Witching, and she also wrote The Horseman's Graves. I didn't especially like the Hard Witching book, but I will watch for more from her.
I've read the entire Joanne Kilbourne mystery series by Gail Bowen and like them very much. The writing has grown more complex and evocative as the series progresses, and they are well worth re-reading - not just pulp escape fiction.
Rob Harasymchuk wrote The Joining of Dingo Radish, a sort of noir crime novel set in Saskatchewan, with an anti-hero who steals a trailer full of genetically modified herbicide, and gets more trouble than he bargained for. Interesting black humour, but rather dark and violent. He is a new Saskatchewan author who I met at a book launch for Anthony Bidulka
W.O. Mitchell also wrote Jake and the Kid and According to Jake and the kid, both humourous stories about a boy growing up and his mentor, Jake the hired man. The Kite is another novel set in Saskatchewan, a later work.
Grey Owl wrote a sort of fictionalized autobiography Pilgrims of the Wild about his life with his wife Anahareo in the wilderness of Ontario and Saskatchewan. In later years he lived in a log cabin on Lake Ajawaan and became a park naturalist employed by the federal government in Prince Albert National Park in northern SK. He was a prominent writer and public speaker, and his message of conservation and love for nature was very popular in the 20s and 30s. People were amazed to discover after his death that he was not really a native Indian, but an Englishman, Archie Belaney. I have visited his cabin at Lake Ajawaan, and read his novels about the wilderness, and they are very interesting.
Sinclair Ross wrote the classic novel of the Depression in the prairies, As for me and my house. It's a novel told through journal entries by the wife of a minister, and the barrenness of the land is reflected in their bleak shut-in lives, sorrowful but beautiful.
I have also read Guy Vanderhaeghe's historical novel The last crossing and the short story collection Man descending: selected stories. They are good, but I wonder if they appeal more to men than to women. I just didn't enjoy them, too depressing and violent, even though they have won several literary awards.
I have browsed Sharon Butala's books quite a few times, but just haven't been tempted enough to buy them. Some people love her writing about the native prairie and wildlife there, but it's not really my style.
My favourite SK writers are still Gail Bowen, W.O. Mitchell, Farley Mowat and Grey Owl, but I'm going to keep reading more SK fiction and nonfiction.
Jacqueline Baker has a collection of short stories called A Hard Witching, and she also wrote The Horseman's Graves. I didn't especially like the Hard Witching book, but I will watch for more from her.
I've read the entire Joanne Kilbourne mystery series by Gail Bowen and like them very much. The writing has grown more complex and evocative as the series progresses, and they are well worth re-reading - not just pulp escape fiction.
Rob Harasymchuk wrote The Joining of Dingo Radish, a sort of noir crime novel set in Saskatchewan, with an anti-hero who steals a trailer full of genetically modified herbicide, and gets more trouble than he bargained for. Interesting black humour, but rather dark and violent. He is a new Saskatchewan author who I met at a book launch for Anthony Bidulka
W.O. Mitchell also wrote Jake and the Kid and According to Jake and the kid, both humourous stories about a boy growing up and his mentor, Jake the hired man. The Kite is another novel set in Saskatchewan, a later work.
Grey Owl wrote a sort of fictionalized autobiography Pilgrims of the Wild about his life with his wife Anahareo in the wilderness of Ontario and Saskatchewan. In later years he lived in a log cabin on Lake Ajawaan and became a park naturalist employed by the federal government in Prince Albert National Park in northern SK. He was a prominent writer and public speaker, and his message of conservation and love for nature was very popular in the 20s and 30s. People were amazed to discover after his death that he was not really a native Indian, but an Englishman, Archie Belaney. I have visited his cabin at Lake Ajawaan, and read his novels about the wilderness, and they are very interesting.
Sinclair Ross wrote the classic novel of the Depression in the prairies, As for me and my house. It's a novel told through journal entries by the wife of a minister, and the barrenness of the land is reflected in their bleak shut-in lives, sorrowful but beautiful.
I have also read Guy Vanderhaeghe's historical novel The last crossing and the short story collection Man descending: selected stories. They are good, but I wonder if they appeal more to men than to women. I just didn't enjoy them, too depressing and violent, even though they have won several literary awards.
I have browsed Sharon Butala's books quite a few times, but just haven't been tempted enough to buy them. Some people love her writing about the native prairie and wildlife there, but it's not really my style.
My favourite SK writers are still Gail Bowen, W.O. Mitchell, Farley Mowat and Grey Owl, but I'm going to keep reading more SK fiction and nonfiction.
9jordan.ethier
1 I know that Gail Bowen is a well known Saskatchewan author...but I just have such a problem with her writing that I can't enjoy it! Far be it from me to tell people what they can and can't read because I didn't enjoy something...I just wouldn't put her at the top of my recomendation list. I find that she tries to use reality (actual people, places, streets) in her writing...but she often uses it incorrectly! For example, people living in Regina will go mad reading her books when she refers to certain locations and streets...they never are where she says they are or the streets don't line up, etc.
Perhaps I am just being picky...but, to me, if you are going to try and use actual people and places in your book as a foundation you had best get them right!
Just an opinion.
Perhaps I am just being picky...but, to me, if you are going to try and use actual people and places in your book as a foundation you had best get them right!
Just an opinion.
10jordan.ethier
I have several books that find their roots in Saskatchewan which I love!
-"The Englishmans Boy" by Guy Vanderhaeghe is mostly set in Saskatchewan.
-Farley Mowat grew up in the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan area and many of his books have a Saskatchewan tilt
(ie: "Owls in the family" and "The Dog Who Wouldn't Be").
For non-fiction lovers there are also many great Saskatchewan books.
-"Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson" by Lois Simmie takes place almost exclusively in Saskatchewan (I actually used to live very near to the murder scence! :-S )
-"Loyal Till Death" by Bill Waiser is another great work.
-"The Englishmans Boy" by Guy Vanderhaeghe is mostly set in Saskatchewan.
-Farley Mowat grew up in the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan area and many of his books have a Saskatchewan tilt
(ie: "Owls in the family" and "The Dog Who Wouldn't Be").
For non-fiction lovers there are also many great Saskatchewan books.
-"Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson" by Lois Simmie takes place almost exclusively in Saskatchewan (I actually used to live very near to the murder scence! :-S )
-"Loyal Till Death" by Bill Waiser is another great work.
