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UPCOMING EVENTS

• REGINA, SK - Wed. Jan. 16/19 - 6 p.m. - Regina Public Library main branch, Prairie History Room, 2311 - 12th Avenue. Author-editor-publisher Deana Driver will speak about publishing inspiring and/or funny Prairie stories such as those in Prairie Pilot, Cream Money, Fun On The Farm, and Fun On The Farm Too.
  
• VISCOUNT, SK - Tues. March 12/19 - 1 p.m. - Viscount Central School. Author-editor-publisher Deana Driver will speak to students about her work as a journalist, an author, and an editor and book publisher.
  

Links to recent news stories on our books:

• Saskatoon Global TV interview about Murphy Mondays: The First St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog in a Canadian Emergency Room: New children's book shares story of Saskatoon therapy dog - https://bit.ly/2VLpVxu
• Read My Book newspaper article about children's fiction book Lena's Story: The D-Day Landings:  Lena's Story aims to educate kids about D-Day - https://bit.ly/2CdjRVq
• Saskatoon Star-Phoenix article about My Soul Still Dances: Living with Parkinson's: Book documents beloved nun's journey with Parkinson's disease -  https://bit.ly/2H89LuX 
• Saskatoon CTV News interview about about Lena's Story: The D-Day Landings: Keeping history alive for young readers -  https://bit.ly/2VLNVAx 
• Regina Leader-Post article on Ron Petrie's thankful column, one of 70 we included in his book Running of the Buffalo: Ron Petrie: Giving thanks for a great life - https://bit.ly/2VLslMA

 

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THE LATEST NEWS

Skye Bird and the Eagle Feather by Mary Harelkin Bishop, and illustrated by Heaven Starr, was awarded Silver, Preteen Fiction - Historical / Cultural in the 2018 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. It was also honoured by the Canadian Children's Book Centre's as one of the 2018 Best Books for Kids and Teens, in Junior and Intermediate Fiction. Congratulations to Mary and all who helped this book to be published!

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We are proud to announce the fall 2018 release of three new books:

• Horses, Dogs and Wives is the second book of cowboy poetry and humorous short stories by Swift Current rancher and humorist Bryce Burnett, following up on his award-winning first book, Homegrown and other poems. Poetry.
• Lena's Story: The D-Day Landings by Regina author Patricia Sinclair is a fictional story based on true events. An elderly woman tells a young friend a story about the Juno Beach landings during the Second World War. Children's historical fiction. 
• ​Murphy Mondays: The first St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog in a Canadian Emergency Room by Saskatoon author Jane Smith is a true story about Jane and her dog Murphy. Children learn how to wash their hands properly while they meet and learn about this gentle therapy dog that visits patients and others in Saskatoon and area. Children's non-fiction.

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Spring 2018 - We are pleased to release two new books:

• Dear Me: The Widow Letters, compiled by Dianne Young. A widow herself, Dianne asked other widows what they would say to themselves if they could write a letter and send it back in time to their newly widowed selves. The book contains 20 letters written by widows from across North America.
• Possessions: Their role in anger, greed, envy, jealousy, and death. Saskatoon author Boris W. Kishchuk looks at historical and modern-day examples of events and beliefs related to a desire for or unusual understanding of possessions.​

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​ARCHIVED NEWS

2017​

• New Releases in 2017:  Football in Focus: Five Decades of Filming Pro Games; Muskrat Ramble; My Soul Still Dances: Living with Parkinson's; Fun on the Farm Too: True Tales of Farm Life!; Skye Bird and the Eagle Feather; Boundaries and Bucket-filling: How to Say No to Others and Yes to You
• Mary Harelkin Bishop's book Mistasinîy: Buffalo Rubbing Stone (companion to Seeds of Hope: A Prairie Story) received Honorable Mention in the Young Adult category of the 2017 Hollywood Book Festival and Honorable Mention in Young Adult Fiction in the 2017 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, based in Arizona, which recognizes excellence in children’s literature. Congratulations to Mary and to illustrator Heaven Starr!
• Lisa Driver's new book Leap! How To Overcome Doubt, Fear, And Grief & Choose the Path of Joy was awarded Runner-Up in the Spiritual category of the 2017 Great Northwest Book Festival in Seattle.
• Saskatoon author Janice Howden's creative non-fiction children's book Rescued won three awards in 2017: Honorable Mention in Animals/Pets in the 2017 Purple Dragonfly Book Award contest, Runner-Up in the Wild Card category of the 2017 Great Northwest Book Festival in Seattle, and a Five-Star rating in the Readers' Favorite Book Review and Awards Contest! Congratulations to Janice and to illustrator Erika Folnovic!

2016​

• New Releases in Fall 2016: Forever Changed; Rescued; Leap! How To Overcome Doubt, Fear, And Grief & Choose the Path of Joy; Fun on the Farm: True Tales of Farm Life!; Mistasinîy: Buffalo Rubbing Stone (companion to Seeds of Hope: A Prairie Story)
• We are sad to announce the death of publisher Al Driver. Al passed away on January 4, 2016, from colon cancer. His passion for living every moment of every day with laughter, love, and concern for others will never be forgotten. There are more details on Deana Driver's blog and the DriverWorks Ink Facebook page.
• Two DriverWorks Ink books received awards at the Hollywood Book Festival in Hollywood, CA. And It Was Very Good: Everyday Moments of Awe by Ed Olfert of Laird, Saskatchewan received Honorable Mention in the Spiritual category. Forever Changed by Cheri Helstrom received Honorable Mention in the General Non-fiction category.
• Two DriverWorks Ink books received awards at the Great Midwest Book Festival in Chicago. And It Was Very Good by Ed Olfert was awarded Runner-Up in the Spiritual category and Forever Changed by Cheri Helstrom was awarded Runner-Up in the Biography/ Autobiography category.

2015

• New Releases in 2015:  And It Was Very Good: Everyday Moments of Awe; Catherine of Cannington Manor; Pure Baseball: The Carl Jaxsom Legend; Cream Money: Stories of Prairie People; Running the Riders: My Decade as CEO of Canada’s Team; The Zenimaginarium Garden: A Coloring Book.​
• Homegrown and other Poems by Bryce Burnett was awarded third place in the Will Rogers Medallion Award in the Cowboy Poetry category at a ceremony in Texas; The Sailor and the Christmas Trees by Deana Driver was named Winner in the Children's Book category of the Holiday Book Festival; and After the Truck Hit by Jennifer Kuchinka received an Honorable Mention in the Wild Card category of the Hollywood Book Festival.​