Want some ideas for some good books to curl up with until next camping season starts? That’s why we’re offering the Saskatchewan Parks Winter Book List.

There are so many great books by Saskatchewan authors we could never put out a complete list, nor should we.  Our idea is to give you three new books a month from now until April to carry you through the winter until next camping season. 

We’ll turn the first page, so to speak, but then encourage you to add your favorite read to the list.   We also encourage you to suggest Saskatchewan authors, as well as books about the province, its natural beauty and people and our relationship to parks and the outdoors.  Novels, short stories, poetry, photo books…anything you think your fellow park lovers would enjoy passing winter days and nights reading. Get the discussion started on our Saskatchewan Parks Facebook page. 

January Reads

With the New Year comes three new reading suggestions each with a unique perspective on our province. 

This time from the 2009 Saskatchewan Book Awards:

• Book Of The Year Award - Margaret Hryniuk, Frank Korvemaker, (Photographs by Larry Easton) Legacy of Stone: Saskatchewan's Stone Buildings, (Coteau Books)
• Non-Fiction Award - Trevor Herriot, Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds, (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)
• First Peoples' Writing Award, Publishing Award and First Peoples' Publishing Award  - Wilfred Burton and Anne Patton, (Illustrated by Sherry Farrell Racette, Michif translation by Norman Fleury) Dancing in My Bones, (Gabriel Dumont Institute)

There are so many talented writers in our province, we hope you enjoy our latest suggestions for a good winter read.  Check back in for next month's titles.  In the meantime, discover more great Saskatchewan writing and publishing through these links:

• To find more award winning Saskatchewan books visit the Saskatchewan Book Awards and the Saskatchewan Publishers Group’s on-line bookstore.  
• Visit the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild website to learn more about Saskatchewan writers, programs and workshops.
• We’re also adding this wonderful link as a resource for Saskatchewan teachers, librarians and those interested in books for children, students and young adults.  This is a great list of Saskatchewan writing ... a great place to find book ideas for gifts.

December Reads

Three more reading suggestions, from the 2010 Saskatchewan Book Awards:

• Poetry Award honouring Anne Szumigalski 2010 - Dave Margoshes, Dimensions of an Orchard, (Black Moss Press)
• First Peoples' Writing Award 2010 - Jo-Ann Episkenew, Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing, (University of Manitoba Press)
• Prix du livre français 2010 - Martine Noël-Maw, Dans le pli des collines, 2e éd, (Éditions de la nouvelle plume)

November Reads

Three more reading suggestions, from the 2010 Saskatchewan Book Awards:

• Non-Fiction Award 2010 - Alexandra Popoff, Sophia Tolstoy: A Biography, (Free Press)
• First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 2010 - Amy Jo Ehman, Prairie Feast: A Writer`s Journey Home for Dinner, (Coteau Books)
• Young Adult Literature Award 2010 - Arthur Slade, The Dark Deeps: The Hunchback Assignments II, (Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.)

October Reads

Our first three suggestions, from the 2010 Saskatchewan Book Awards:

1. 2010 Book Of The Year - David Carpenter, A Hunter`s Confession, (Greystone Books)
2. Fiction Award 2010 - Sandra Birdsell, Waiting for Joe, (Random House Canada)
3. Regina Book Award 2010 - Dianne Warren, Cool Water, (Harper Collins Publishers Ltd)    
   Dianne Warren has also been honoured with a 2010 Governor General’s Literacy Award for English Language Fiction for Cool Water.

So there you go, our suggestions for a good winter read.  Good reading from Saskatchewan Parks!