Upcoming Events
• Thursday, March 30, 2023. Going Wild in the Garden, with Joanne Blythe. Check gardening.usask.ca for details
• Thursday, February 24, 2023. 7 pm. Kloppenburg Award celebration and reading, Saskatoon Public Library
• Wednesday, November 2, 2022. 7 pm. Writers’ Trust of Canada Awards. Glen Gould Studio, Toronto
• Wednesday, September 28, 2022. 12:30 pm. Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Awards event, Saskatoon
News
In the fall of 2022, Candace received TWO awards for life-time contributions to Canadian writing:
• In September, she became the lucky 13th Saskatchewan writer to receive the Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellent. Watch her acceptance video here.
• In November, she was honoured to receive the Matt Cohen Award in Celebration of a Writing Life. More about that here.
• Candace was nominated by l’Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise for their Prix amies des fransaskois, to recognize Strangers in the House/Des Iconnus sous mon toît.
• Strangers in the House was re-released in the fall of 2020 as Des Inconnus sous mon toît: une histoire d’exclusion les francophones des Plaines, a translation by Michel Saint-Germain, published by Québec-Amérique.
• A Geography of Blood was chosen as the featured book for the Saskatchewan Library Association One Book One Province project in March, 2020.
• Hello, Crow! earned a spot on CBC Book’s list of 30 picture book to watch for this fall.
• Strangers in the House was chosen as one of the most anticipated books of the 2019 publishing season by both CBC Books and the 49th Shelf.
• Strangers in the House was reviewed in the Toronto Star by the fabulous Sue Carter.
• Strangers in the House received a rave review in Canada’s History magazine.
Upcoming Events
• Monday, March 2, 2020. 7:00 pm. John M. Cuelenaere Public Library, Prince Albert, SK
• Tuesday, March 3, 2020. 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm. Frances Morrison Central Library, Saskatoon, SK
• Wednesday, March 4, 2020. 7:30 pm. Goodrich Centre, Radisson, SK
• Tuesday, March 10, 2020. 7 pm. Moose Jaw Public Library, Moose Jaw, SK
• Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Weyburn Public Library, Weyburn, SK
• Thursday, March 12, 2020. 7 pm. Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Regina, SK
• Monday, March 16, 2020. 7 pm. St Peter’s College Library. Muenster, SK
• Tuesday, March 24, 2020. 2 pm.Grand Coteau Heritage & Culture Centre, Shaunavon, SK
• Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Assiniboia Public Library, Assiniboia, SK
• Monday, May 11, 2020. Zoological Education Trust lecture, Saskatoon details.
News
• A Geography of Blood has been chosen as the featured book for the Saskatchewan Library Association One Book One Province project in March, 2020.
• Hello, Crow! is on CBC Book’s list of 30 picture book to watch for this fall.
• Strangers in the House has been chosen as one of the most anticipated books of the fall publishing season by both CBC Books and the 49th Shelf.
• Strangers in the House is featured in the cover story of the September issue of Quill & Quire and in the annual report of the Saskatchewan Arts Board.
• Strangers in the House is in the Toronto Star, September 21.
• Strangers in the House received a rave review in Canada’s History magazine.
