Kelly-Anne Riess

About Me

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I am a writer and filmmaker dividing my time between Moose Jaw and Regina, Saskatchewan.

As a freelance journalist, my work has appeared in newspapers and magazines across Canada, including such publications as Canadian Geographic and the Globe and Mail. I have travelled across North America working on documentaries that have aired on A&E Biography, History Television and CBC. And my work has sent me to a remote village in China and on a 1,600 kilometre dog sled race called the Yukon Quest. I have interviewed FBI agents in Texas and taken phone calls from celebrities, such as Paul Anka.

To End a Conversation, my first collection of poetry, was featured on CBC and on The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor. My poetry has also appeared in a number of Canadian journals, including Descant, Grain and The Windsor Review.

The author of the bestselling Saskatchewan Book of Everything, I received the Outstanding Young Alumni Award from the University of Saskatchewan and was shortlisted for a Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor’s Arts Award and a YWCA Woman of Distinction Award. In 2011, I was a CTV National Fellow at the Banff World Media Festival. And in 2003, I was awarded the C. Irwin McIntosh Journalism Prize from the School of Journalism at the University of Regina.

To End a Conversation

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To End a Conversation is a poetry collection that details our self-destructive nature and our inability to save ourselves once we’ve pursued love’s twisted, and dangerous, paths.

"Riess comes out swinging in the arena of sexual politics in her collection To End a Conversation. The collection hits a promising high note." - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

“In the contemporary social-scapes of Kelly-Anne Riess’ poems, paradise got lost a long time ago. Riess’ Eve is closer to Bridget Jones parachuted onto the streets of Regina. These are sly, wry, manic, and determinedly human poems for the new millennium . . . A sassy debut.” — Jeanette Lynes, author of It’s Hard Being Queen: The Dusty Springfield Poems

Saskatchewan Book of Everything

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The Saskatchewan Book of Everything profiles the province's best and brightest. No book is more comprehensive than the Saskatchewan Book of Everything.

"Of course one book could never really be about everything, but Kelly-Anne Riess comes close." - Saskatoon StarPhoenix.
"There's a lot of interesting and witty stuff," - Regina Leader-Post

Fallen Tour

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I've teamed up with professional actors Leon Willey and KJ Konkin for a theatrical reading of my latest work Fallen. Through improv, we will also be exploring the local mythology and folklore of each of the four communities we are visiting.

Performance Dates

EASTEND, SK @ T. Rex Discovery Centre
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
Tickets are $8 in advance at T. Rex Centre or $10 at the door
Performance Time: 7:30pm

MELFORT, SK @ The Mad House
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
Tickets are $8 in advance at The Melfort Museum or $10 at the door
Performance Time: 7:30pm

CRAIK, SK @ The Craik Eco-Centre
(This one is a dinner theatre!)
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Tickets are $25 in advance at The Solar Garden Restaurant (Craik Eco-Centre) or $30 at the door
Dinner Starts: 6pm

MORTLACH, SK @ The Mortlach Hall
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Tickets are $8 in advance at Hollyhock Market or $10 at the door
Performance Time: 7:30pm