“Finally [in southern Manitoba] we have a landscape that is a literary text and that might be the greatest accomplishment of the Mennonite writer…”
– Robert Kroetsch
“This land that I love, this wide, wide prairie, this horizon, this sky, this great blue overhead, big enough to contain every dream, every longing.”
– Di Brandt
“Lesser’s an ugly little place with a sickness at its core, it’s full of death and gossip and churches.”
– David Bergen
Mennonite/s Writing:
Manitoba and Beyond
a fifth international conference on Mennonite/s Writing
Eckardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg
October 1-4, 2009
featuring a literary tour of southern Manitoba
“People come to East Village from all over the world for a first-hand look at simple living.”
– Miriam Toews
“this isn’t home/it’s a city I’ve come to/without expectations/
on my way home.”
– Patrick Friesen
“Place is character. Place is something that shapes you and your understanding of yourself . . .”
– Rudy Wiebe
Co-chairs:
Royden Loewen, Chair in Mennonite Studies, University of Winnipeg
Hildi Froese Tiessen, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo
Download poster (2MB PDF)