W. P. Kinsella - Later Years

Later Years

On September 1, 2011, 'Winnipeg, Manitoba's Enfield and Wizenty, a small press specializing in limited edition hardcover books, released Kinsella's first published work in thirteen years, Butterfly Winter. The unpublished manuscript of the novel had already won the Colophon Prize in March 2011. The release was backed up by a "modest" book tour, according to the publisher. http://www.enfieldandwizenty.ca/

The story of Julio and Esteban Pimental, twins whose divine destiny for baseball begins with games of catch in the womb, marks a return to form, combining his long-held passions of baseball and magical realism. The University Of Toronto Press released a trade hardcover edition on October 1.

A noted tournament Scrabble player, Kinsella became more involved with the game after being disillusioned by the 1994 Major League Baseball strike. He lives in Yale, British Columbia, with his fourth wife, Barbara, and occasionally writes articles for various newspapers.

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