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Ben Sigurdson

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Literary editor, drinks writer, Winnipeg Free Press; wine list maker, The Common. Mediocre curler, runner and drummer. Party ruiner.

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Ann LeBlanc @robotleblanc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
friday is for kafkaposting
tumblr post poem by kleinergeist

I don't care if Monday's stressed
Tuesday, Wednesday, Kafkaesque
Thursday, feeling like a pest
It's Friday, I'm a bug
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Jordan Ross @jordanross.bsky.social · 15h
Reviewed the new book by tennis writer Matthew Futterman in today’s @winnipegfreepress.com 🎾 www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
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Veteran sportswriter Matthew Futterman uncovers the many pitfalls of professional tennis
Why does tennis drive so many of its top athletes mad, leading some to quit at the peak of their career? Matthew Futterman explores this question after several years of full-time tennis writing for th...
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 08/10/2026
It didn’t take Sally Ito long to settle into her new role as the Winnipeg Public Library’s latest writer-in-residence.
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Ito in the house
Writer, translator takes new post as library’s writer-in-residence
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Jordan Ross @jordanross.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Nice to see Catch the Devil by @pamelacolloff.bsky.social win the 2026 Kirkus Prize for nonfiction. ICYMI, here’s my review of this extraordinary book ⤵️ www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
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Catch the Devil follows serial con man preying on victims along the Gulf Coast — then repatedly duping law enforcement
The debut book from Pamela Colloff, a Texas-based investigative reporter for ProPublica and staff writer for the New York Times Magazine, complicates romantic notions of the scam artist and invites re...
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I love that Anne Carson wrote a review of a Rosalía concert and then won the Nobel Prize for Literature a few weeks later.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 08/10/2026
Just in! New Nobel Prize laureate in literature Anne Carson stands surprised in her kitchen in Reykjavík, Iceland. Stay tuned for our exclusive interview with her coming soon. Join us in congratulating our 2026 literature laureate - send your greetings in the comments.
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Such a great spot
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Winnipeg Book Festival kicks off today and runs through Sunday at The Forks Market... plenty of top-tier (and free) programming for folks to check out: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
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Winnipeg Book Festival starts a new chapter
Once known as Thin Air, the 2026 Winnipeg Book Festival marks a new chapter heading into its 29th year celebrating fiction, non-fiction and poetry with a new name, new staff and a shorter, more stream...
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David William with a 'This IS my costume' pin @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Kent Monkman, The Scream (2017). #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation
Kent Monkman's The Scream, in which Indigenous children are being ripped from the arms of their mothers by Catholic priests, nuns, and RCMP officers
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
2027 loading...
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Boy's Toy Tractor Fail
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yeah it was really weird when FU came out "Oh, I guess you're wondering where Damian is..." like it wasn't terrible, and props to the drummer for double duties. And yeah, Quicksand were great - that new record is v good
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yeah he had a family thing and had to fly home. I kinda… enjoyed it more than I thought I would? Anyway Quicksand ripped
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
50 year old man at a rock show on a Monday night. I’ve made better choices
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
*Bill Hader eating popcorn.gif*
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
OMG Browaty chatting with noted bug guy Taz Stuart
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wine fest civic bingo returns after a Jeff Browaty spotting
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
(It’s Don Woodstock)
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Back at the wine fest and have so far spotted one mayoral candidate — any guesses?
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Oh man, I'm so excited for this new SCTV doc: youtu.be/24skSoZsJv0?...
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SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of | First Look | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I talked to @colinjamesmusic.bsky.social about his new memoir Playing the Changes, which chronicles his early years in Regina (and Winnipeg), right-place/time moments, befriending Stevie Ray Vaughan and making his debut album. He's at @mcnallyrobinson.com tomorrow to launch the book.
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 20/09/2026
Decorated Olympian. Hard-hitting hockey analyst. Inspiring author. Winnipeg’s own Jennifer Botterill is adding yet another chapter in her historic and storied career.
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‘There’s so much room for all of us’
Botterill’s memoir Why Not You is sure to inspire future rosters in women’s sports
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Also did a 5k this evening — first time running this month (!! … foot injury) but managed to (almost) crush it
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Congrats to all the winners and nominees at the Manitoba Book Awards, which were handed out this afternoon after the awards' two-year absence: www.winnipegfreepress.com/this-just-in...
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Local writers lauded at Manitoba Book Awards
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Six different writers took home prizes at the 2026 Manitoba Book Awards, which were handed out at a ceremony on Sept. 19 at the Park Theatre.</span> <span...
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This was wildly entertaining to watch
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great piece by @badguybirnie.bsky.social on a titan of local/Canadian lit. I worked for him as a research assistant in grad school and took a Canadian literature and the archive class with him. There was no one like him.
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
He had a VERY strong Irish accent - who knew?
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Quick trip to Vancouver to taste some New Zealand wines tomorrow, so naturally/confusingly having a Guinness in an Irish (“Irish”) pub. Speaking of Irish, Bombers coach Mike O’Shea was in the row behind me (in economy) on my flight.
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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Announcing finalists for the 2026 #HilaryWeston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction— congratulations to Richard Kelly Kemick, Robert Moor, Trina Moyles, Julian Brave NoiseCat, and Dan Werb. $75K winner announced Nov 10 at the #WTAwards writerstrust.com/WestonPrize
2026 #HilaryWeston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction finalists: Richard Kelly Kemick—Decadence, Robert Moor— In Trees: An Exploration, Trina Moyles—Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival, Julian Brave NoiseCat— We Survived the Night: An Indigenous Reckoning.
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Pour one — a non-existent one — out for the hard-hit Canadian pisco and Marsala producers. (Thread)
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
4 years since The Rock did one if the all time tweets
Rest in peace to Her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth II. A great woman who sat on the throne as long as anyone in British history.
Sad she will never get to see #BlackAdam V IN THEATERS OCT 21st
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
With all the other middle-aged balding punk-adjacent dudes at Propagandhi. Oh, and with this 17-year-old metal head, who is seeing them for the second time. (Second photo is from 2021.)
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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“There’s a new Mr. Beast book.” You bolt awake in your workshop in Mainz. It’s 1450. You’re Johannes Gutenberg, and you’ve changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Your printing press must burn.
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ALW @wazoowazny.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
2026 Winnipeg mayoral election ballot
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
For @winnipegfreepress.com this weekend I wrote about celebrating cool-climate Chardonnay in Niagara, as well as a new cookbook called Niagara Wine + Food that's well worth checking out: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
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Opinion: Getting schooled in cool-climate Chardonnays
In mid-July, winemakers, winery owners, those in the trade and the wine-loving public convened in Niagara to celebrate wines made from the noblest of white grape varieties — Chardonnay.
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Love that place…
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Friday: fuelling up for old guy band practice. Saturday: old guy sits near a fire.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Same, son
little league kid says dream job is retirement
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Yeah after the initial rush to get the JD, Maker's Mark, etc. it's all just sorta been languishing on shelves
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I just watched this episode the other night on Britbox – it's a riot. Jeremy Brett as Sherlock is, as always, impeccable
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Yep, here ya go: www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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‘Last chance’ clearance U.S. booze punted from Liquor Marts
American alcohol that returned to Manitoba Liquor Mart shelves in May as part of a “last chance” sale is headed back to storage or will be destroyed.
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yeah, in Manitoba they put stock that was on hand back on shelves in December, with proceeds going to charities. Folks initially stocked up on Maker's Mark, Jack Daniel's, Apothic and such; since then the rest has been just sort of sitting there. Recent, ahem, developments prompted the re-removal.
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Just popped into my local Manitoba Liquor Mart (what, no one else is browsing wines on Thursday afternoon?), and U.S. alcohol has once again been pulled off shelves.
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Jamie Goode @jamiegoode.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Haywire, and their Garnet Valley Ranch - an exciting producer in Canada's Okanagan Valley wineanorak.com/2026/08/27/c...
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Insert Stranger Things music
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
And the nominees are…
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Ben Sigurdson @bensigurdson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Obi-Wan Kenobi Says Hello There
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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"We want to turn over stones and see what’s crawling underneath them – to discover new voices, new identities, new thoughts.” Read about At Bay Press publisher Matt Joudrey here bit.ly/3S43Ufw
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Exclusive: A rare bookseller suspected his books were being bought by AI companies. He stuck an AirTag in a book and we tracked it to a secretive Amazon facility in Las Vegas where they scan and destroy books called VGT3: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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