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Mennonite Authors in Saskatchewan

We want to recognize Mennonite Authors in Saskatchewan and give them a mention here so that you may more easily find them. Our purpose is not to do the author's promotion for them, but to draw attention to the literacy and creativity of our Mennonite writers.

David I. Bergen - Bible Teaching Meditations

Reuben Epp - Adventures of a Mechanic

Victor Carl Friesen - a Nature Lover

Short Author Highlights

And the Meadowlark Sang

Prairie Memoirs Born Mennonite by Margaretha Willms, is published by Friesen Press in Manitoba.

Margaretha (Toews) Willms was born in 1925 in her prairie farm home near Waldheim, Saskatchewan. Margaretha has a vivid imagination that keeps her receptive and alive and she has been an avid storyteller all of her life. She is a strong advocate of promoting memories to be passed on from generation to generation. Blessed with many siblings, three children, three grandchildren, one great grandchild and a wonderful husband of sixty-one years, she is still enjoying life and working on her second book about more recent years in her life, with a wider scope of travel and adventure.

If you are aware of an author with strong Mennonite and Saskatchewan roots or ties, please let us know of their book and website. We would prefer that the author have a website to which we can refer visitors for more information. However, we will also list some to show how prolific Mennonite authors in Saskatchewan have been. See the Book list by authors names on this site.

Where we find an author who has written a number of books and has an interesting profile, we are more likely to give that author a full page profile here. We need information like; around 600 words about the life of the author, with a contempory photo, and a cover graphic for the author's book(s).

A Starting List of Saskatchewan Mennonite Authors

These names are from our book list.

Bartel, Elizabeth - Even Such a Time - The story of Anna, a fifteen year old girl, sent to work for a wealthy family. Chronicles her life through marriage, children, a world of war and a shocking family tragedy. Pub: self-published. $20.00

Buhler, Abram - Altester Abram J. Buhler 1903-1982 with/ Altester John D. Reddekopp - by Lindsay Martens. pbk. 25 pgs., presented at AGM of MHSS in March 2009. Pub: MHSS. $2.00.

Dick, Janice; - Calm Before the Storm - 1st in a series by, 365 pages. pbk. $20.00
- Eye of the Storm - 2nd in the series, 397 pages. pbk. $20.00
- Out of the Storm - 3rd in the series 437 pages, pbk. $20.00
Or all three can be purchased from MHSS for $55.00

Doell, Leonard, ed - Mennonite Homesteaders on The Hague - Osler Reserve - hdc., 536 pages. Homestead records of Hague-Osler Reserve and 1901 Canadian Census records for that area. Cross referenced tot the Bergthal Gemeinde Buch, and the Reinlander Gemeinde Buch. Pub: Leonard Doell. $30.00

Driedger, Jack;
- Growing Up in Blumenheim - pbk. The author's story of growing up in Blumenheim, Sask, near Osler. SK.Pub: Self-published. $6.00
Online stories of Jack's growing up in Blumenheim
- Enn Bloomheim Oppjewossen - Ed. Jack Driedger & Chris Cox, pbk. 83 pp. Pub. Your Nickel's Worth. $20.00

Driedger, William - Jacob, Out of the Village - Pbk. 208 pp. The story of a small boy in an Old Colony Village in the Dirty Thirties. Publ: Self-published. $17.00

Fast, Bernhard - Drama of a Pioneer's Son, The, - Pbk. 120 pp. Quality Press. $7.00

Fehr, Jacob;
- Knak Sot, Pbk. Self-published 76 pp. In Plaut Dietsche. $8.00
- Pause That Refreshes, The, Pbk. 41 pp. Poem and stories, self-published. $7.00
- Prairie Trails - Gopher Tails, 74 pp. 2002 Stories and poetry feature recollections of the author. Pub: self-published. $8.00
- De Stuk Machine, in Low German. 80 pp. short stories Pub: self-published and printed by Derksen Printers. $8.00

Friesen, Victor Carl;
- Forever Home, Pbk 228 pp. A story of the good old days on the farm. $20.00
- Gift of Country Life, The, Pbk. 112 pp. Features landscape photography and poetry. Pub: self-published. $20.00
- Mulberry Tree, The (1997) Pbk. 206 pp.. Recollections of the childhood and life of Anna Friesen. Includes an appendix of Mennonite recipes. Pub: Lily Publ., Saskatoon. $12.95
- Sky Full of Dreams, A - Memories of earlier days on the farm. 237 pp. Pbk. $20.00
- Where The River Runs, Fifth House Lt. Pbk. 480 pages Pub: self-published. $23.00
- Where the River Runs - Stories of the Saskatchewan and the people drawn to its shores. Fifth House Lt. Pbk. 480 pages Pub: self-published. $23.00
- Year is a Circle, The - pbk. a book of poetry, $24.95

Guenther, Bruce - The Osler Mission Chapel 1974-1994, the Convergence of Old Colony Mennonites with Evangelical Protestantism in 20th Century Canadian Society, pbk. 37 pgs. first presented to the Canadian Society of Church History, University of Calgary, June 1994, and Pub: in Journal of Mennonite Studies. $2.00

Guenther, Mary - Searching for Eternal Values, Pbk. 175 pp. An authorized biography of George Loewen. $15.00

Jantz, Harold and Neoma - Rooting the Faith (2008) Pbk. 103 pp A history of the Mennonite Brethren Church in Saskatchewan. $9.00

Janzen, William - 1920 Migration of Old Colony Mennonites from the Hague-Osler area to Mexico - presented at AGM in March 2006. pbk. 21 pgs. Pub: MHSS. $2.00

Kornelsen, Helen;
ed - "Baker" Wiebe Family, The, 1850-1930 Pbk. 157 pp. Pub: Self-published. $12.00
- Our Family Tree, Pbk. The story of the Kornelsen Family. Pub: self-published. $12.00

Klaassen, H. T. - Birth and Growth of Eigenheim Mennonite Church 1892-1974. Pbk. 85 pp. Valley Printers. $5.00

Klassen, Walter - The Days of Our Years - A history of the Eigenheim Mennonite Church, hdc. 1992 312 pages. Published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the church. This book includes many excellent photographs. SALE. $2.00

Neudorf, Nettie - We Will Rejoice - Pbk. 205 pp. The Story of Isaac & Anna (Leoppky) Neudorf - 1980, Osler, SK. - Nettie Neudorf., pbk. Osler, Sask. Pub: Nettie Neudorf, self-published, Caronport, SK. $1.00

Neufeld, Elmer - Toews Family History, 263 pp. pbk., Story of Heinrich Isaac Toews, 1855-1918, and Katherine Klassen 1857-1922, pub. Saguenay Home Printing. $20.00

Nickel, John and Nickel, Gene - Nikkel, Nickel History - hdc, 203 pages, by - $10.00

Nickel, John P.;
- Hope Beyond the Horizon - pbk, 148 pages, Mennonite Refugees fleeing Soviet Union. $5.00
- Hope Springs Eternal - pbk. 304 pages, Sermons and papers of Johann J. Nickel- Pub: Nanaimo, B.C. $10.00

Patkau, Esther;
- Canadian Women in Mission 1895-2002. Pbk. Pub: Self-published. $5.00
- translated from German into English - in 2009. The Old Colony - The Village of Einlage in South Russia, pbk. 500 pg. - $40. (being reprinted).
- Back issues of the "Torch" ministry of the Rosthern Bible School - 115 pgs. Pbk. $5.00
- Writing Your Memoirs - a booklet 21 pages, Pub: Self-published. $3.00 (just a few copies left).
- Writing Your Obituary, from her class in Feb/2010. pbk. self-published. $2.00
- Writing Your Memoirs & Writing Your Obituary (combined in one book) 28 pp., from her class in Feb/2010. pbk. self-published. $5.00

Patkau, Ken - Lost Dreams, New Beginnings - Pbk. 290 pp. The Jacob Aron and David Aron Lepp family saga. Pub: Patkau, Globe Printers, Saskatoon. $30.00

Reimer, Isaak - The Old Colony: the Village of Einlage in South Russia - 500 pp. Pbk. Translated by Esther Patkau, 2009. $40.00

Roth, Ed - Give Me a Bid to Go, Hdc. Friesen printers 168 pp. $30.00. 1 copy only

Wahl, Bob - Contending with Horses (2009) Pbk. 314 pp. Autobiography. Wahl's journey from rural beginnings near Osler, Saskatchewan through incredible highs and lows in a sales career and Christian ministry in Canada, the United States and Europe. $20.00

Wiebe, Rudy;
- Big Bear, Cree Chief on Canadian Prairie - hdc. 222 pp. (also in softcover). Pub. Penguin Group. $20.00.
- Temptations of Big Bear, The. Life of Big Bear on Canadian prairies. 423 pp pbk. $20.00
- Of This Earth, hdc. 390 pp. Rudy's boyhood. $20.00
- Peace Shall Destroy Many, 297 pp. pbk. Rudy's life story. $20.00
- Stolen Life, hdc. 444 pp. written with Yvonne Johnson,the great-granddaughter of Big Bear. $20.00.
- Collected Stories, 529pp. pbk., from 1955 - 2010 a collection of his stories. $40.00