Book Events to Attend This Fall 

Blood Letters

Friday, October 17th, 2025, 7:00 pm, Winnipeg, Grant Park in the Atrium

Join Ariel Gordon and GMB Chomichuk for the launch of their new co-creation, Blood Letters. Attendees will have the opportunity to listen to a reading from the authors and be guided through a live art performance by illustrator GMB Chomichuk. The event will be followed by a conversation with the authors, hosted by Susie Moloney, and a book signing.

McNally Robinson – Blood Letters Book Launch

That’ll Never Work Here

Saturday, November 8th, 2025, 7:00 pm, Winnipeg, Grant Park in the Atrium

Join Patty Wiens for the launch of her new book, That’ll Never Work Here, Book 2 of The City Project series. Along with a Q&A, audience members will get the chance to participate in a trivia game, “Who said it? A cyclist or Taylor Swift?”. This event will be followed by a book signing.

McNally Robinson – That’ll Never Work Here Book Launch

Portage & Main

Friday, November 28th, 2025, 7:00 pm, Winnipeg, Grant Park in the Atrium 

Join co-authors Sabrina Janke and Alex Judge for the launch of Portage and Main: How an iconic intersection shaped Winnipeg’s history, politics, and urban life. Hosted by Jen Zorrati, the event will feature a presentation followed by a Q&A and book signing.

McNally Robinson – Portage & Main Book Launch

Catch You on The Flipside

Saturday, September 20, 2025 3:00 PM EST Lethbridge Herald Author Stage 

Book Signing – September 20, 2025 4:00 PM EST University of Lethbridge Bookstore Tent Signings  

Lee Kvern will be presenting her latest novel, Catch You on the Flipside, at Word on the Street Lethbridge. 

Word on The Street Lethbridge – Lee Kvern

Songs From This and That Country

Book LaunchSunday, October 19, 2025, 2:00 PM- 3:30 PM EST, Audreys Books

Book Signing – November 2, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST, Owl’s Nest Books

Audreys Books

Owl’s Nest Books

May launches

We are gearing up for our final releases of the Spring 2017 season!

On May 11th Byron Rempel will visit Winnipeg to launch The Bodice Ripper. The novel follows McGill professor Anna Hill as she gives up on a romance of her own, and fashions a harlequin of her own set in Medieval Spain. But will a visiting Parisian professor prove to her that romance is history?

Politicos, news buffs and … comedy fans (?) will want to catch Gord Mackintosh at his launch of Stories Best Left Untold: Tales of a Manitoba legislator at McNally Robinson on May 23rd. Gord’s many years in public life have left him with many tales to tell indeed!

 

 

Ready, Set, Launch!

March is coming to an end and that means we are headed into launch season here at Great Plains! We are proud of the eclectic mix of titles on our spring list. Mark the dates below in your calendar to meet the authors behind the titles and pick up a signed copy for your collection!

April 16th – Forever Julia by Jodi Carmichael (McNally Robinson, Winnipeg, 7pm)

Apirl 28th – Famous Last Meals by Richard Cumyn (Novel Idea Bookstore, Kingston, 7pm)

May 7th – Gracelessland by Adam Lindsay Honsinger (Ben McNally Bookstore, Toronto, 6pm)

May 9th – A Daytripper’s Guide to Manitoba by Bartley Kives (McNally Robinson, Winnipeg, 7pm)

May 12th – On The Air by Gary Moir (McNally Robinson, Winnipeg, 7pm)

Do you have questions about any of the launches above? Simply email our Marketing Director, Mel Marginet, at marketing@greatplains.mb.ca.