CURRENT EVENTS

  • An Aqua Books Winnipeg Exclusive
    Removing the Hutterite Kerchiefmore ]
  • Tuesday March 9/10
    6pm

    Winnipeg Girl Geek Dinner
    - guest speaker Valerie Romancemore ]
  • Tuesday March 9/10
    7pm

    Boreality in the Making!
    - Prairie Fire Press and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra invite you to a short performance of a unique work in progress. [ more ]
  • March 10, 11 and 13/10
    Aqua U. presents
    Writing Your Life Introductory Level

    A workshop with Jake MacDonaldmore ]
  • Friday March 12/10
    7pm

    Kelly Hughes Live! Illusions
    - illusionist Brian Glow and the ghostbusters of Shadows of Manitoba, plus musician Jenny Berkelmore ]
  • Friday March 12/10
    7:30pm

    Stone Soup Storytellers
    - featured teller Jane Enkinmore ]
  • Saturday March 13/10
    EAT!

    Gluten-Free Night
    - reservations recommendedmore ]
  • Tuesday March 16/10
    7pm

    Soapbox Open Mic
    - featuring Joe Wapemoosemore ]
  • Wednesday March 17/10
    7pm

    Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry series
    - poet Deborah Schnitzer with guests Marika Prokosh and Kristian Enrightmore ]
  • Thursday March 18/10
    7pm

    How Many Jewish Mothers?
    A Night of Jewish Humour

    - storytellers Alix Sobler, Moishe Goldenberg, Libby Simon and Nurit Drory, with the easy listening harmonica of Sam Knackermore ]
  • Friday March 19/10
    7pm

    Kelly Hughes Live! 40
    - Kelly Hughes turns 40, featuring Dr. Bhatnagar, Brian Loewen, Handyman Rod Kozak and actor Kris Bratton, with music by Ben Wytinckmore ]
  • Saturday March 20/10
    7pm

    Manitoba Storytelling Guild and Cabbages and Kings Radio present
    World Storytelling Day

    - storytellers Mary Louise Chown, Jane Enkin, Justin Jaron Lewis, Ron Robinson, Rebecca Hiebert, Wayne Drury and Kay Stone, with music by Patrick Keenanmore ]
  • Wednesday March 24/10
    EAT!

    Gluten-Free Night
    - reservations recommendedmore ]
  • Friday March 26/10
    7pm
    $10
    Telling Tales Spoken Lit Series
    Whale Tales to Balaam's Ass: Bringing Out the Animal in the Old Testament

    - storytellers Anne Morton and Rebecca Hiebert, with the Mennonite Blues of Bush Wiebemore ]
  • Saturday March 27/10
    7pm

    Anthology Reading Series
    - Todd Besant, with Melissa Steele and Brenda Hasiukmore ]
  • Tuesday March 30/10 - Thursday April 1/10
    10am-4pm
    $150
    Aqua U. presents The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies
    Introduction to Horror Film Criticism for Teens

    - a spring break course from Aqua Books Film Writer-in-Residence Kier-La Janissemore ]
  • Tuesday March 30/10
    7-9pm
    $30
    Aqua U. presents How To Sell Yourself Without Selling Out
    - a marketing/life seminar from Bookstore Owner Kelly Hughesmore ]
  • Thursday April 1/10
    7pm

    Kelly Hughes Live! April Fools
    - comedians Al Rae, Dean Jenkinson and Ryan McMahon, with music by The Eardrumsmore ]
  • Good Friday April 2/10
    CLOSED
  • Tuesday April 6/10
    7pm

    Speaking Crow Open Mic
    - featuring Brenda Sciberrasmore ]
  • Friday April 9/10
    7pm

    Kelly Hughes Live! CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival
    - comedians Elvira Kurt, Ron Vaudry and George Westerholm, with music by The Paperbacksmore ]
  • Saturday April 10/10
    7:30pm

    ideaExchange
    Foreign Women, The Femme Fatale and Children’s Bibles

    - Cameron McKenziemore ]
  • April 14,15,21 and 22/10
    6-9pm
    price TBA
    Aqua U. presents The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies
    They Came From Within: The History of Canadian Horror Films

    - a workshop with Caelum Vatnsdal
  • Friday April 16/10
    7pm

    Kelly Hughes Live! Road to the Book Awards
    - Freep arts reporter Morley Walker, the 2010 nominees and a five-foot long snake, with music by Matt Wardmore ]
  • Tuesday May 11/10
    7pm

    Through the Window of a Train
    A Railway Anthology

    - editor Barbara Langemore ]
  • Wednesday May 19/10
    7pm

    MayWorks Festival presents
    Bread and Roses Tonight

    - poets Ron Romanowski and John Baillie, with music by Liliana Romanowski and Ferruccio Moscardamore ]
  • July 14-24/10
    2010 Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival
    Psycho Bitch

    - starring Tamara Lynn Robertmore ]
  • July 14-24/10
    2010 Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival
    TJ Dawe's Tired Cliches

    - starring Alex Eddingtonmore ]
  • Meet Aqua Books Film Writer-in-Residence Kier-La Janissemore ]
  • Rosanna Deerchild wins the 2009 Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry/Prix Lansdowne de poésie
    more ]

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FEATURED NEW ARRIVALS FOR THE WEEK OF 2/12/07

(To hold or order any of these books [or to check on current availability], please email kelly@aquabooks.ca.)

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The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy (out of print, $20)

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Medieval People - Eileen Power

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom

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Wicked - Gregory Maguire

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Citizen Girl -Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

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Painted Garden Furniture Projects

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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - William Shirer (hardcover)

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The Rituals of Dinner - Margaret Visser

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Growing Up Born Again

Also new this week

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Fiction

Great Jones Street, Don DeLillo
Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut, jr.
Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut, jr.
The Journal of Mrs. Pepys, Sara George (out of print)
The Borgia Bride, Jeanne Kalogridis
Silent Words, Ruby Slipperjack
The Love of Stones, Tobias Hill
Prince Edward, Dennis McFarland
The Clerkenwell Tales, Peter Ackroyd
A Flight of Arrows, Alan Sillitoe (out of print)
Flashman on the March, George MacDonald Fraser
Dancer: A Novel of the Life of Nureyev, Colum McCann
Octopussy, Ian Fleming
The Fencepost Chronicles, W.P.Kinsella
The Quiet American, Graham Greene
The General, C.S.Forester (hardcover)
and
Adaptations: 35 Great Stories that have Inspired Great Films, Stephanie Harrison

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Non-Fiction

A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
Hidden Histories of Science, Stephen Jay Gould, Oliver Sacks et al
The Place of Jesus Christ in Modern Christianity, John Baillie
The Epistle to the Romans, Karl Barth
A Prophetic Vision for the 21st Century, Rick Joyner
King of the World: A Biography of Muhammad Ali, David Remnick
One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police, and the Ipperwash Crisis, Peter Edwards
North to the Orient, Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Queen Victoria and Thomas Sully, Carrie Rebora Barratt
The Massacre of Glencoe, John Buchan (out of print)
Gauguin: The Quest for Paradise
Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance
Mozart: From Child Prodigy to Tragic Hero
The Royal Tour of Canada: 1939, R.B.Fleming
Butter Down the Well: Reflections of a Canadian Childhood, Robert Collins
The Wild Frontier, Pierre Berton (hardcover)
Vimy, Pierre Berton (hardcover)
Quartered Safe Out Here: A Recollection of the War in Burma, George MacDonald Fraser
Battle at Sea, John Keegan
The Courage of the Early Morning: The Story of Billy Bishop, William Bishop, jr. (out of print)
Miracles and Mysteries: The Halifax Explosion, Mary Ann Monnon
and
The Camera My Mother Gave Me, Susanna Kaysen

plus hundreds more every week.... TOP OF PAGE

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