Ruth Chorney will be reading from her two novels about Northern Saskatchewan during visits to the Nipawin and Tisdale libraries this week. (Facebook/Ruth Chorney)

By Rachel May

Library Week

Local author to share inspiration at area libraries

Jun 8, 2021 | 10:36 AM

Ruth Anne Chorney is sharing her experience as a local author and what inspires her at local libraries this week to celebrate library week.

Chorney will speak about her writing process and read from both of her novels; Burial and Conspiracy, at the Nipawin Public Library to speak about the writing process on Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. and at the Tisdale Community Library on Oct. 21 at 7 p.m.

Chorney’s debut novel, Buried, tells the story of resilience in rural women.

“It was inspired by a challenge. We do story starters at the Tisdale writers group. The challenge was that prisons are filled with innocent people. So I wrote a few paragraphs. A conversation between a reporter and a woman in prison for killing her husband,” Chorney told northeastNOW.

The novel emphasizes the lack of support for victims of alienation and abuse in rural areas.

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“The story takes place in northeast Saskatchewan. David Carpenter wrote a lot about the north; William O. Mitchell and Guy Vanderhaeghe wrote about Saskatchewan’s south. Nobody writes about the Northeast and this rural area,” Chorney said.

The book Buried was nominated for a High Planes Book Award in 2019.

Chorney’s second novel, Conspiracy, takes place in the fictional town of Deer Creek and follows a young man named Joel.

“Joel, who is a musician and world traveller who ended up on a farm. He married a farmers daughter, who is also an agrologist, named Krissy. They are not living happily ever after,” Chorney said. “Joel meets Grace, an eighty-year-old farm woman and they form an unlikely alliance.”

In addition to being an author, Chorney is also a retired English teacher, principal and farmer and highlights the daily struggles of farmers in the northeast through her literary work.

“Besides being an entertaining story, I hope it gives people an idea of what farming entails,” Chorney said.

Despite the fact there are characters inspired by personal experiences from multiple generations, Chorney said the characters are entirely fictional.

In addition to her two novels, Chorney has written five children’s books.

You can visit Ruth Chorney’s website to learn more about her literary work and upcoming events.

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