AUTHOR ELMA SCHEMENAUER
"ELMA MARY FROM THE PRAIRIE"
History, Adventure, Mennonites, Faith, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Community, Travel, and More
Talks Given, Media Coverage, Etc.
Sept 2024 Magazine ROOTS & BRANCHES describes Elma's presentation of her novels Song for Susie Epp and Consider the Sunflowers at the Mennonite Heritage Museum in Abbotsford, BC on July 18, 2024.
Sept 7, 2024 Elma featured her novels Song for Susie Epp and Consider the Sunflowers in an author panel in SUN PEAKS, BRITISH COLUMBIA. Other participants were Randy Oevermann, Anita Adams (chairperson), and A.F. Morrissey. https://elmasalmanac.blogspot.com/2024/09/author-panel-in-beautiful-sun-peaks_15.html
Aug 28, 2024 Elma & her novels Song for Susie Epp and Consider the Sunflowers featured on CENTRAL VALLEY TALK OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. Interviewer is Mike Briggs. If you're interested, you can watch & listen here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrdxjKlvSNg
Aug 20, 2024 Shelley Joyce of CBC KAMLOOPS RADIO interviewed Elma about her life as a writer & her new novel, Song for Susie Epp
July 18, 2024 Spoke at MENNONITE HERITAGE MUSEUM in Abbotsford, British Columbia as announced here https://churchforvancouver.ca/calendar/mhm-books-borscht-elma-schemenauer/
July 18, 2024 Interview in READING IS MY SUPERPOWER (blog by Georgia-based reviewer Carrie Schmidt) https://readingismysuperpower.org/2024/07/18/author-interview-and-a-giveaway-elma-schemenauer-song-for-susie-epp/
July 10, 2024 Interview in GREEN AND WHITE (University of Saskatchewan alumni newspaper) https://greenandwhite.usask.ca/articles/2024/alumni-book-nook-elma-martens-schemenauer-ba70.php
July 1, 2024 New book announcement in FAITH TODAY, July-August issue
June 30, 2024 Article about me and my writing in iNFONEWS, THOMPSON-OKANAGAN’S NEWS SOURCE https://elmasalmanac.blogspot.com/2024/07/article-about-me-my-writing-by-shannon_43.html
June 19, 2024 Spoke to INTERIOR AUTHORS GROUP about Song for Susie Epp
May 16, 2024 and following. GOODREADS reviews of my novel Song for Susie Epp https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211080374-song-for-susie-epp?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
November 15, 2023 Spoke to INTERIOR AUTHORS GROUP. Topic: Show AND Tell
April 20, 2022 Spoke to INTERIOR AUTHORS GROUP. Topic: Copyright
November 17, 2021 Spoke to INTERIOR AUTHORS GROUP. Topic: Research and the Writer
October 28, 2021 Spoke to KAMLOOPS ADULT LEARNERS Topic: Mennonite History
November 14, 2020 Zoom session with NAKUSP WRITERS GROUP Topic: Hooks and Bait: Capturing and Keeping Readers' Interest
October 6, 2020 Spoke to KAMLOOPS ADULT LEARNERS Topic: Inside the Book Business
February 12, 2020 Spoke to INTERIOR AUTHORS GROUP Topic: "The book biz" (based on Elma's 30-plus years as an editor & author in Toronto)
January 2020 Elma's column Writers' News and Clues started running in THE BIG EDITION
Nov & Dec 2019 Elma sold copies of her books at the farmers market at ST. ANDREWS ON THE SQUARE, Kamloops, & at the craft market at SAHALI MALL, Kamloops
2019 SUEANNE VAN GALEN's review of Consider the Sunflowers posted on INDIGO CHAPTERS
Fall 2019 Elma mentioned Consider the Sunflowers in her review of Karen Hofmann's novel What Is Going to Happen Next--review published in THE BIG EDITION, Volume 1, Issue 8
Aug 2019 EVANGELINE (WIENS) LUNDGREN's review of Consider the Sunflowers posted on INDIGO CHAPTERS, Elma's blog, and elsewhere https://elmasalmanac.blogspot.com/2019/08/evangeline-wiens-lundgrens-review-of.html?m=0
Jul 13, 20, 2019 Elma sold copies of her books at the artisan market at ST. ANDREWS ON THE SQUARE, Kamloops
Jul 2, 2019 Elma's novel Consider the Sunflowers featured on the WRITE WAY CAFE https://tinyurl.com/yyy62jl7
Jun 13, 2019 Spoke to KAMLOOPS ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES CLUB Topic: "Transportation tales: how our ancestors got around"
Apr 10, 2019 Spoke to INTERIOR AUTHORS GROUP Topic: "Planning (and not planning) our writing"
Feb 2019 Elma's article "Inspired by the Saskatchewan prairie" published in Kamloops street magazine THE BIG EDITION
Feb 2019 Elma's article "Interior Authors Group" published in Kamloops street magazine THE BIG EDITION
Feb 13, 2019 Elma & her books featured on broadcaster/author/speaker Tandy Balson's website https://www.timewithtandy.com/featured-author/
Jan 11, 2019 Elma's article "Robert Service in Kamloops" published in Kamloops street magazine THE BIG EDITION
Jan 1, 2019 Sue Holmes's review of YesterCanada posted on CHAPTERS INDIGO & elsewhere
Nov 28, Dec 5, 12, & 19, 2018 Books by Elma sold at KAMLOOPS REGIONAL FARMERS MARKET in St. Andrews on the Square
Nov 29, 2018 Spoke to KAMLOOPS ADULT LEARNERS SOCIETY Topic: "Transportation tales: how our ancestors got around"
Nov 6, 2018 Karen Kressin's review of Consider the Sunflowers posted on CHAPTERS INDIGO & elsewhere
Oct 23, 2018 Books by Elma sold at SHOWCASE MARKET, North Shore Community Centre, Kamloops
May 22, 2018 Article about Consider the Sunflowers posted on THE WRITE WAY CAFE https://tinyurl.com/y8xfx5kj
May 8, 2018 Spoke to Seniors at MOUNTAINVIEW ALLIANCE CHURCH, Langley, BC Topic "Sharing our memories: why & how"
May 2018 Elma's article "Blossoms and thorns: finding and working with publishing professionals" published in May 2018 issue of FELLOWSCRIPT magazine
Apr 28, 2018 Spoke at NORTH KAMLOOPS LIBRARY Elma's talk featured her book YesterCanada: Historical Tales of Mystery and Adventure
Apr 27, 2018 Articles in newspapers KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK & THE CONNECTOR about Elma's upcoming talk at North Kamloops Library http://elmasalmanac.blogspot.ca/2018/04/canadian-history-mystery-and-adventure.html
Apr 6-8, 2018 Spoke at OKANAGAN VALLEY WRITERS FESTIVAL, Penticton, BC. Three workshops
-To plan or not to plan (our writing)
-The rosy road to publication
-Working with editors and critiquers
Mar 24, 2018 Spoke at CACHE CREEK & SAVONA (BC) LIBRARIES
Mar 17, 2018 Spoke at CLINTON & ASHCROFT (BC) LIBARARIES
Mar 6, 2018 Barbara Roden's article about Elma's upcoming visits to the libraries in Clinton, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, & Savona, BC published in ASHCROFT CACHE CREEK JOURNAL. Talks will feature her book YesterCanada: Historical Tales of Mystery and Adventure https://tinyurl.com/y7gcdj9b
Feb 27, 2018 Raven Nyman's article about Elma's March 17 visit to the Clinton, BC Library published in THE RUNDOWN: CLINTON NEWS (part of the ASHCROFT CACHE CREEK JOURNAL). Scroll down to see the article at https://www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com/community/the-rundown-clinton-news-24/
Nov-Dec 2017 YesterCanada, Consider the Sunflowers, and other books Elma has written were sold at KAMLOOPS REGIONAL FARMERS MARKET in beautiful St. Andrews on the Square, Kamloops, BC
Nov 23, 2017 THE ECHO, Kamloops. Elma's article published: "A smorgasbord of local writing"
Oct 23, 2017 OPAL MAGAZINE, Calgary. Elma's article "8 tips for working with an editor" http://www.opalpublishing.ca/8-tips-working-editor/
Oct 17, 2017 KAMLOOPS ADULT LEARNING SOCIETY. Elma's presentation "Canadian history off the grid"
Oct 12, 2017 INTERIOR AUTHORS GROUP, Kamloops. Elma's workshop "Working with critiquers"
Sep 2017 CROSSTALK, MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF OTTAWA. Janet Sketchley's review of YesterCanada, page 21
Summer 2017 FEDERATION OF BC WRITERS. Elma's article about YesterCanada in WordWorks magazine http://elmasalmanac.blogspot.ca/2017/08/yestercanada-in-wordworks-magazine.html
Jul 13, 2017 KAMLOOPS SENIORS VILLAGE. Elma's presentation "YesterCanada: how I researched and wrote the book"
Jul 1, 2017 OPAL MAGAZINE, Calgary. Elma's article "Writing memoirs: why and how" http://www.opalpublishing.ca/writing-memoir-why-how/
Jun 29, 2017 CLARK'S CROSSING GAZETTE (Saskatoon-area newspaper). Hilary Klassen's article http://elmasalmanac.blogspot.ca/2017/06/consider-sunflowers-yestercanada.html
Jun 12, 2017 OTTAWA CITIZEN, VANCOUVER SUN, EDMONTON JOURNAL, & elsewhere. Elma's article "Read My Book features YesterCanada by Elma (Martens) Schemenauer"
Jun 8, 2017 THE CANADIAN HOMESCHOOLER. Lisa Marie Fletcher's review http://thecanadianhomeschooler.com/yestercanada-historical-tales-of-mystery-and-adventure/
Jun 2017 THE CONNECTOR newspaper, Kamloops. Elma's article about poet Robert Service's connection with Kamloops http://elmasalmanac.blogspot.ca/2017/08/kamloops-agreeable-last-stop-for-poet.html
Spring 2017 SASKATCHEWAN HISTORY AND FOLKLORE magazine published by Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society. Advertisement regarding book YesterCanada and Elma's article "The schoolgirl, the ship builder, and the Siberia seeker" http://elmasalmanac.blogspot.ca/2017/08/the-schoolgirl-ship-builder-and-siberia.html
Apr 29, 2017 CHAPTERS Kamloops bookstore. Book signing
Apr 18, 2017 CHAPTERS INDIGO & elsewhere. Shirley Dodding's review http://tinyurl.com/m7f88jg
Apr 13, 2017 INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS: CONNECTING CHRISTIAN READERS TO CHRISTIAN AUTHORS. Laura J. Davis's review https://www.interviewsandreviews.com/reviews/yestercanada
Apr 11, 2017 AMAZON & elsewhere. Angele Liboiron's review http://tinyurl.com/krogdzp
Apr 7-9, 2017 OKANAGAN VALLEY WRITERS FESTIVAL, Penticton, BC. Elma's three workshops
-Catching readers' attention: hooks and bait
-Fiction flaws: find them, fix them
-Fictionalizing real life
Mar 24, 2017 WHITE CITY STAR, a Regina-area newspaper. Robyn Tocker's article http://tinyurl.com/lpc8kh8
Mar 22, 2017 MOOSE JAW EXPRESS newspaper. Sasha-Gay Lobban's article http://tinyurl.com/kre3twz
Mar 17, 2017 INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS: CONNECTING CHRISTIAN READERS TO CHRISTIAN AUTHORS. Kelly Miller's review http://bit.ly/2mE8i0R
Mar 17, 2017 ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL, Kamloops. Elma's presentation "Sharing our memories: why and how"
Mar 15, 2017 MONTANA SCRIBBLER'S BLOG. Mona Leeson Vanek's article http://tinyurl.com/ktmfl6u
Mar 9, 2017 INTERIOR AUTHORS GROUP, Kamloops. Elma's workshop "Capturing reader interest: hooks and bait"
Mar 7, 2017 MAPLE CREEK NEWS (Saskatchewan). Megan Roth's article http://tinyurl.com/lxh4whk
Feb 10, 2017 REGINA LEADER and SASKATOON STAR PHOENIX. Elma's article "Read My Book features YesterCanada by Elma (Martens) Schemenauer" http://leaderpost.com/life/qc/read-my-book-features-yestercanada-by-elma-martens-schemenauer
Jan 27, 2017 PENTICTON HERALD. Article http://tinyurl.com/yc52qfpq
Jan 26, 2017 KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK. Jessica Klymchuk's article
Jan 25, 2017 THOMPSON RIVERS PROBUS CLUB, Kamloops. Elma's presentation "A whirlwind tour of Mennonite history"
Jan 12, 2017 CFJC TV, Kamloops. Interview
Jan 5, 2017 NL RADIO, Kamloops. Interview
Jan 2, 2017 ARTS CONNECTION radio (Southern Ontario). Interview http://tinyurl.com/jmwporz
Dec 13, 2016 CLEARWATER TIMES. Article
Dec 7, 2016 DOWNTOWN ECHO and NORTH SHORE ECHO, Kamloops. Article
Dec 6, 2016 CBC RADIO, Kamloops. Interview
Dec 2016 PRAIRIES NORTH, A MAGAZINE OF SASKATCHEWAN, Winter 2016 issue. Lionel Hughes's review
Dec 2016 GOODREADS & elsewhere. Clif Hostetler's review
Dec 2016 GOODREADS & elsewhere. Angele Liboiron's review
Dec 5, 2016 SLAVOMIR ALMAJAN'S BLOG & elsewhere. Review http://tinyurl.com/y7ahee98
Nov 9, 2016 INTERIOR AUTHORS GROUP, Kamloops. Elma's workshop "Developing conflict in writing"
Sep 7, 2016 HUMBOLDT JOURNAL (Saskatchewan). Christopher Lee's article http://elmasalmanac.blogspot.ca/2016/09/saskatchewan-history-historical.html
Aug 31, 2016 REID-THOMPSON LIBRARY Humboldt, Saskatchewan. Elma's presentation "Saskatchewan, land of living stories"
June 15, 2016 SLAVOMIR ALMAJAN'S BLOG & elsewhere. Review http://tinyurl.com/jh9kr34
June 4, 2016 THE WORD GUILD, BC CHAPTERS. Elma was the featured speaker at a writers' event in Kelowna, BC. Gave two workshops: "Nonfiction writers toolkit" and "Fictionalizing real life"
May 18, 2016 THE REACH GALLERY MUSEUM, Abbotsford, BC. Elma's presentation "Remembering the past enriches the present"
May 17, 2016 ABBOTSFORD COMMUNITY LIBRARY, Abbotsford, BC. Elma's presentation "A whirlwind tour of Mennonite history"
May 15, 2016 ABBOTSFORD NEWS. Article http://www.abbynews.com/community/whirlwind-tour-of-mennonite-history-presented-at-library/
May 2016 STAR FM 98.3 RADIO, Chilliwack, BC. Announcement of presentations in Abbotsford http://www.starfm.com/events/a-whirlwind-tour-of-mennonite-history/302/
May 7, 2016 THE WORD GUILD conference in Abbotsford, BC. Elma's workshop "Writing flaws: find 'em and fix 'em"
Apr 25, 2016 PENTICTON HERALD. Article http://tinyurl.com/zsfqer3
March 10, 2016 INTERIOR AUTHORS GROUP, Kamloops. Elma's workshop "Writing flaws: find 'em and fix 'em"
Feb 23, 2016 ROBERT L. BACON, Florida-based editor and publishing consultant, called Consider the Sunflowers "an excellent example of exposition within dialogue"
Feb 9, 2016 KAMLOOPS ADULT LEARNERS SOCIETY. Elma's workshop "Preserving and sharing your memories"
Feb 4, 2016 KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK. Announcement regarding Elma's workshop
Jan 26, 2016 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Kamloops. Elma's presentation "Remembering the past enriches the present"
Dec 15, 2015 ROBERT L. BACON'S endorsement of Consider the Sunflowers with link to first chapter http://elmasalmanac.blogspot.ca/2015/12/the-perfect-write-sunflowers.html
Dec 7, 2015 BOOK TRAILER Consider the Sunflowers https://youtu.be/sBRuhh1xX7Y
Nov 19, 2015 KAMLOOPS ADULT LEARNERS SOCIETY. Elma's presentation "Mennonite history: a whirlwind tour"
Oct 16, 2015 DEBRA L. BUTTERFIELD'S BLOG. Interview http://debralbutterfield.com/interview-elma-schemenauer/
Fall 2015 SASKATCHEWAN HISTORY AND FOLKLORE magazine published by Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society. Elma's article "Tree of knowledge" http://elmasalmanac.blogspot.ca/2015/10/article-tree-of-knowledge-in-folklore.html
Fall 2015 FEDERATION OF BC WRITERS. Elma's article "Fictionalizing real life" in WordWorks magazine http://elmasalmanac.blogspot.ca/2015/10/fictionalizing-real-life-wordworks.html
Sept 17, 2015 GEOSI READS BLOG (Ghana). Interview http://tinyurl.com/ohxm86s
Sept 9, 2015 KAMLOOPS LIBRARY. Elma's workshop "Seven-step story-writing strategy"
Sept 3, 2015 Article in DOWNTOWN and NORTH SHORE ECHO, KAMLOOPS. Also a mention on RADIO NL, Kamloops
Aug 19, 2015 ANGEL HOPE PUBLISHING. Glynis Belec's article
Aug 17, 2015 ARTS CONNECTION (Southern Ontario). Radio interview
Aug 10, 2015 THE CATHOLIC GEEK RADIO SHOW. Interview
Aug 4, 2015 BC BOOKLOOK and elsewhere. Deb (Neufeld) Elkink's review bcbooklook.com/2015/08/04/considering-consider-the-sunflowers/
Jul 14, 2015 CHAPTERS INDIGO & elsewhere. Helen Mason's review http://tinyurl.com/nmdvv9g
Jun 30, 2015 CHARTWELL KAMLOOPS SENIORS RESIDENCE. Elma's presentation "Remembering the 1940s"
Jun 25, 2015 KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK. Elma's article "Kamloops author's bittersweet memory fuels historical fiction"
Jun 3, 2015 HUMBOLDT JOURNAL (Saskatchewan). Robin Tarnowetski's article http://tinyurl.com/phjxgzv
Jun 2, 2015 HERBERT HERALD (Saskatchewan). Rhonda J. Ens's article
May 23, 2015 BC FEDERATION OF WRITERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, Summerland, BC. Elma's presentation "Organizing and pacing your story"
May 5, 2015 BOOKS FOR BOOK LOVERS. Kimberley Payne's article https://kimpayne.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/consider-the-sunflowers-by-elma-schemenauer/
May 4, 2015 SILVIA VILLALOBOS'S BLOG and elsewhere. Review https://silviatomasvillalobos.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/consider-the-sunflowers/
Apr 27, 2015 INDIA'S CROWN. Interview
Apr 15, 2015 MENNONITE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SASKATCHEWAN. Biographical article
Apr 11, 2015 CHAPTERS bookstore, Kamloops. Book signing
Apr 8, 2015 THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY, Kamloops. Elma's presentation "Publishing your story" given to Dr. George Johnson's novel-writing class
Apr 1, 2015 INFO KAMLOOPS BC NOW http://tinyurl.com/p7eugwq and INFO KELOWNA BC NOW http://tinyurl.com/nyfnyjs . Feature article about the Interior Authors Group and Consider the Sunflowers
Mar 30, 2015 BOOK CLUB, Kamloops. Meeting featuring Elma & her novel Consider the Sunflowers
Mar 10 and 11, 2015 SASKATOON STAR PHOENIX, REGINA LEADER POST, OTTAWA CITIZEN, VANCOUVER SUN, WINDSOR STAR, & CALGARY HERALD. Elma's article "Author inspired by the prairie" https://issuu.com/postmediasaskatchewan/docs/bridgesmarch11
Mar 3, 2015 HOPESTREAM Radio. Interview (broadcast world-wide in English) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/bqah5qjvowsoo5l
Mar 1, 2015 MENNONITE BRETHREN HERALD. Janice L. Dick's review http://mbherald.com/vivid-book-ends-with-hope-consider-the-sunflowers/
Feb 23, 2015 DAVIDSON LEADER (Saskatchewan). Tara de Ryk's article
Feb 2015 ALGOMA ANGLICAN (Ontario) Ramona Furst's review
Jan 29, 2015 THE OUTLOOK (Saskatchewan). Derek Ruttle's article https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/858ac235-85a6-43d8-9964-c649085e8d3c
Jan 26, 2015 CBC KAMLOOPS. Radio interview
Jan 26, 2015 ARTS CONNECTION (Southern Ontario). Radio interview
Jan 22, 2015 DOWNTOWN and NORTH SHORE ECHO, Kamloops. Joan Soggie's review
Jan 2, 2015 CJFC TV, Kamloops. Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfldOPVSZXs
Dec 12, 2014 MENNONITE WOMEN USA. Janice L. Dick's review
Dec 11, 2014 RADIO NL Kamloops. Interview http://tinyurl.com/opeo4ml
Dec 9, 2014 KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK. Colleen Carbol's review
Nov 17, 2014 JANET SKETCHLEY'S BLOG. Review http://janetsketchley.ca/consider-sunflowers-elma-schemenauer/
Nov 14, 2014 JANET SKETCHLEY'S BLOG. Interview http://janetsketchley.ca/meet-frank-warkentin/
Nov 13, 2014 INTERIOR AUTHORS GROUP, Kamloops. Elma's workshop "The seen scene and the felt sequel"
Nov 11, 2014 VIOLET SPERLING NESDOLY'S BLOG. Review http://violetnesdoly.com/2014/11/11/consider-the-sunflowers-review/
Jul 15, 2014 BC BOOKLOOK. Pre-publication article about Consider the Sunflowers http://bcbooklook.com/2014/07/15/from-elbow-to-coyote/
Ongoing Online Promotion
Websites
- http://elmams.wix.com/sflwrs
- http://elmams.wix.com/canada
- https://www.facebook.com/prairiesunflowers
- https://www.facebook.com/YesterCanada-1371420166210454/
- https://www.facebook.com/elma.schemenauer
Blog http://elmasalmanac.blogspot.ca/
Twitter https://twitter.com/ElmaSchemenauer
CHAPTERS INDIGO Reviews
GOODREADS Reviews
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23525090-consider-the-sunflowers
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33144964-yestercanada?ac=1andfrom_search=true
AMAZON.CA Reviews
AMAZON.COM Reviews
LIBRARY THING Reviews https://www.librarything.com/work/15478253/reviews
AUTHORS DEN Reviews http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewwork.asp?id=65604
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