Winnipeg 150: Fiction

Fiction titles that reference extreme weather, street names, Slurpees, and more great things about Winnipeg.

Updated March 26, 2024
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Little fish
Plett, Casey
Paper Book
From the author of the Lambda Literary Award-winning story collection A Safe Girl to Love, Wendy Reimer is a thirty-year-old trans woman in Winnipeg who comes across evidence that her late grandfather - a devout Mennonite farmer - might have been transgender himself. At first she dismisses this...

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook formats and as a Book Club Kit.

2

The republic of love
Shields, Carol.
Paper Book
With a viewpoint that shifts as crisply as cards in the hands of a blackjack dealer, Carol Shields introduces us to two shell-shocked veterans of the wars of the heart. There's Fay, a folklorist whose passion for mermaids has kept her from focusing on any one man. And right across the street there's...

Also available in DAISY, eBook and Large Print formats.

3

Summer of my amazing luck
Toews, Miriam
Paper Book
Toews' debut novel, written with her signature wit and compassion, published in the UK for the first time.

Also available in Audiobook, DAISY and eBook formats.

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The break
Vermette, Katherena
Paper Book
A stunning and multiple prize-winning first novel by a First Nations Canadian writer who is being acclaimed around the world.

Also available in DAISY, eBook and eAudiobook formats and as a Book Club Kit.

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The break
Vermette, Katherena
Paper Book
A stunning and multiple prize-winning first novel by a First Nations Canadian writer who is being acclaimed around the world.

Lorsqu’une jeune Metisse est victime d’une violente agression, les contrecoups se font sentir dans toute la communaute du quartier North End de Winnipeg. Policiers charges de l’enquete, famille, amis et connaissances voient leurs certitudes ebranlees a mesure que se precise le fil des evenements.

Aussi disponible en format numerique.


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