Good news arrived this week for NeWest Press author Myrna Kostash, as well as readers across Canada who always wanted to see her in person: the Alberta branch of the Canadian Authors' Association has announced that Myrna's engrossing, expertly executed historical collage The Frog Lake Reader is this year's recipient of their "Exporting Alberta" Award. That's a $1,000 prize designed to help Alberta authors promote their books in other provinces — money that's especially helpful in a vast, sprawling country like Canada, where the cost of putting together even a modest multi-city book toor is often prohibitive.

Myrna has already cracked open her atlas and is looking at sites in Saskatchewan and Manitoba as possible travel destinations in the months to come — keep checking back to the NeWest website to learn the details as they become finalized. 

In the meantime, take a gander at these glowing comments about The Frog Lake Reader form the CAA panel of judges:

• "A book of massive cultural significance. Exhaustively researched, intrepid, and ingenious, [the book] pieces together an array of accounts and perspectives surrounding the circumstances of the Frog Lake Massacre of 1885."

• "History at its best. This riveting book gives us insights into the different urgencies, currents, and personalities that make up our history, [but] Kostash is careful to let us make up our own minds."

• "The Frog Lake Reader is a must-read for those interested in understanding the flow of history, and the tide of events that can lead to unspeakable acts. I can see this book being on the reading list as a required text for many courses across Canada, and beyond."

Wow — doesn't that sound like a book you want to read too? Of course it does. You can ask for The Frog Lake Reader at your favourite local bookseller, or order it yourself from NeWest Press here.