![]() Val Halla has a gritty style of soulful guitar-driven roots & folk-rock. Val Halla is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Regina, Saskatchewan on Treaty 4 territory, and proud to be Metis. Music at this event comes from Val Halla. Her first novel Finding Izzy was short listed for the Indigenous Voices Award, and she has been nominated for Saskatchewan Book Awards. ![]() ![]() She also earned her Masters of English in Indigenous Literature. She has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Education. She loves to read Young Adult fantasy fiction and historical fiction. Sheryl is a new author and is writing the Izzy series. She was a 60s scoop child and was raised in Penticton, BC. She coaches emerging and established writers, offers writing workshops, and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Saskatchewan. Katherine is a former writer-in-residence with Saskatoon Public Library. Hicks Long Manuscript Award, and Stay received the Moonbeam Award (Gold) in Children’s Poetry and was nominated for two Saskatchewan Book Awards. She is also the author of two chapbooks: Start with the Answer (gritlit Press: 2009) and Split-ends (Jackpine Press: 2005).Īmong Katherine Lawrence’s other awards and honours, Black Umbrella was winner of the John V. Katherine Lawrence is the author of five books: Black Umbrella, poetry (Turnstone Press, 2022) Stay, a young adult verse novel (Coteau Books, 2017 Shadowpaw Press, 2022) Never Mind, poetry (Turnstone Books: 2016), Lying to Our Mothers (Coteau Books: 2006), and Ring Finger, Left Hand (Coteau Books: 2001). Her four grown children have flown the coop and she lives with her husband and dog near Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan born and raised, Anne has a Political Science degree from the University of Saskatchewan, is an award- winning freelance agricultural journalist and a no-awards, but damn good, farmer. She was ecstatic to have poetry appear in Apart: a year of pandemic poetry and prose (SWG 2021), and Gush: Menstrual Manifestos For Our Time (Frontenac House, 2018). The story is set in 1945 Indonesia where she was fortunate to travel for research (with gratitude to both the Saskatchewan Arts Board and Canada Council).Īnne’s story, Belle’s Boys, was recently published in Grain Literary Magazine and her first novel, Dollybird, received the Willa Award for Historical Fiction and was shortlisted for the Saskatchewan fiction award. Her second novel, What is Written on the Tongue, was published by ECW Press in April 2022. Our Guests:Īnne Lazurko is a graduate of the Humber School of Writing. The Artesian is a fully licensed, all-ages, and wheel-chair accessible facility located in the heart of Regina’s Cathedral Neighbourhood. Join us at The Artesian for a summer stage event, featuring Katherine Lawrence, Sheryl Doherty, Anne Lazurko and music from Val Halla.
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