Come join us for an exciting free event celebrating Elder Ma-Nee Chacaby's incredible life story, A Two-Spirit Journey. Hosted at Merchants Corner by community leader Michael Redhead Champagne, this in-person event will feature engaging conversation between Ma-Nee and Shayla Stonechild, fresh off championing the book on Canada Reads!

According to Michael Redhead Champagne, the North End is a neighbourhood of artists, storytellers and creatives. “We’ve lost too many community gathering spaces,” says the well-known community organizer. “The Palace Theatre can be a place where we celebrate our stories, culture and resilience.”

I was so honoured when I heard that Friesens wanted to share We Need Everyone with kids across southern Manitoba in soft cover format for I Love to Read Month this year! I hope the students had fun and are enjoying their personal copies - if I ever come to your school I would love to sign your books and of course Sushi the cat would sign them too!

“Join us Wednesday, April 16 and Thursday, April 17, 2025, at the Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre for two days filled with insightful discussions and workshops on adolescent literacy. Connect with educators, researchers, and literacy advocates to share best practices and strategies for promoting literacy among adolescents. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn, network, and be inspired!” - I’ll be sharing a keynote speech to close out our time together!

If you have noticed the awesome new energetic and fun photos on this here website, then you can thank the magnificent Devon Paige for sharing their gift with us! Check out the new photos and the new features on the website by clicking around!

Whether it was scholastic book fairs where we could take a break from school to go and look at all the coolest new books that were out; the “Drop Everything and Read” chimes on the announcements interrupting gym glass or math so we could escape into reading; or simply the fact that everyone was encouraged to share in the thing I loved the most, I love “I Love To Read Month”!

We need everyone, but especially men and boys to step up and take action to stop violence against women, girls and our gender diverse relatives!

Shout out to Mr Orlando and the Thunder Bay Library where this was filmed! It was such an honour to share We Need Everyone with all of you!

1,061 recommendations later and it still feels lonely sometimes for Indigenous families and leaders in Canada. Where are you standing when it comes to truth and reconciliation when all the orange shirts go home?

You're invited to the official book launch of Little By Little & 3 other graphic novels being released by HighWater Press on Friday October 4th at McNally Robinson!