Released on October 20, 1999
An all-Saskatchewan literary anthology will be available for use in classroomsnext year.
The collection will include fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama and visual art
works, some of it historical and some contemporary. At least 25 per cent of
the material will be contributed by Aboriginal authors and artists.
"During Education Week, I am pleased to announce Saskatchewan Education's
support for an educational resource that so closely links with the province's
Evergreen Curriculum," Education Minister Jim Melenchuk said. "By reflecting
prairie and northern Saskatchewan perspectives, the works contained in the
anthology will be relevant and accessible to students."
The anthology began as a joint initiative of Saskatchewan Education and the
Saskatchewan Publishers Group. Saskatchewan Education is contributing $25,000
toward the project, which will be published by Coteau Books. The anthology
addresses themes in the English Language Arts 30 and Canadian Studies 30
curriculum.
Coteau Books' founding purpose is to bring the voices of Saskatchewan and
prairie writers to readers in this province and beyond," Coteau publisher and
Saskatchewan author Geoffrey Ursell said. "It is important to bring these
literary voices to the young people who will be the teachers, decision-makers
and book-readers of tomorrow."
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For more information contact:
Delee Cameron Nik Burton
Saskatchewan Education Coteau Books
Regina Regina
Phone: (306) 787-1224 Phone: (306) 777-0170