Tag: authors

  • One writer, many dreams

    One writer, many dreams

    Alliana Rempel has raised thousands of dollars to support inner-city shelters in Winnipeg, the Children’s Hospital and the Malala fund. Most recently, she published her first book, the proceeds of which will support education around the world. Alliana, of Arborg, Man., is also just 11 years old. Her book One, which she illustrated and wrote,…

  • ‘Tapestry of uprooted cultures’

    ‘Tapestry of uprooted cultures’

    Authors Joy Kogawa and Rudy Wiebe speak of their ethnic histories at the Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta’s Fall 2017 meeting in Lethbridge. (Photo by Dave Toews) What would bring 200 people out on a windy, grey afternoon last November to the Southern Alberta Ethnic Association Centre for the fall conference of the Mennonite Historical…