Métis, Book Club for Rural History Discussion – Winnipeg Free Press

The Free Press Book Club and McNally Robinson Booksellers are pleased to welcome Métis/French-Canadian author Matthew Tetro to the next virtual meeting for a reading and discussion of his novel on Tuesday, February 27 at 7:00 p.m. Hold your tongue.

Published by NeWest Press in May 2023, Hold your tongue Installed in Ste. Ann and Winnipeg (where Tetreault was born, respectively) have writings in English, French and Michif, through which Tetreault reflects on what it means to be Métis and francophone.

After learning that his older brother has suffered a stroke, Richard returns to Ste. Anna breaks the news to her father and learns about the history of the area and her Métis roots, family secrets and past adventures along the way. Richard should then consider staying at Ste. Against Anna in the City.

Hold your tongue Terro's first novel and second book—his debut was a 2016 collection of short stories. What happened to the blood vessel.

In it Free press review Hold your tongue, Bev Sandell Greenberg called the book “a richly textured and thought-provoking contemporary debut novel”, praising Tetreault's “quick, confident prose”. He added: “Tetreau's enthusiasm for dialogue is well demonstrated in his use of the French spoken by the townspeople. By mixing their version of the language with some English, it gives readers a context for the verbal exchanges … it immerses us in the cadences and idiosyncrasies of the language, thereby authenticating and enriching the novel.”

Tetreau will be joining the Free Press Book Club virtual meeting on Tuesday, February 27th. Free press reviewed by Rebecca Chambers, Adam Araujo of McNally Robinson Booksellers and Free press multimedia producer Nadia Pankiv. Tétreault reads Hold your tongueDiscuss the book and field questions from viewers and readers.

copies Hold your tongue Available for purchase at McNally Robinson; there is no charge to join the book club or virtual discussion (a video of the meeting can be replayed on the Free Press YouTube channel after the event).

To join the Free Press Book Club and learn more about current and future book selections, visit wfp.to/bookclub.