Welcome to Sandra Birdsell!

SANDRA BIRDSELL was born in Winnipeg, the fifth of eleven children, to a Dutch-Mennonite mother and a French-speaking Métis father. Among her nine fiction titles are The Two-Headed Calf, The Chrome Suite, The Russländer, and Children of the Day. Along with several Manitoba and Saskatchewan book awards, Birdsell’s work has been recognized with the WH Smith Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Marian Engel Award, as well as nominations for two Governor General’s Awards and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. In 1996, Birdsell moved from Winnipeg to Saskatchewan, a relocation that is mirrored in her new novel, Waiting for Joe (Random House). She lives in Regina.

This year Sandra will be at the 2010 Festival at the MAINSTAGE at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People on Wednesday, September 22 at 8:00 pm where she will be discussing Family Business with SHARON MCCARTNEY, UMA PARAMESWARAN, CRAIG FRANCIS POWER, and MICHAEL WEX. On Thursday, September 23, she will be at the NOONER at the Millennium Library (12:15 – 12:45 pm) and then on to the RURAL TOUR to the Portage la Prairie Regional Library (7:00 – 8:00 pm). On Friday, September 24, she will be continuing to Brandon University for a CAMPUS PROGRAM  reading from 11:00 am – 12:00 noon.

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