Kobzar's Children
Description of Stories and Authors

The stories, by writers from across Canada, are arranged in chronological order and include:

A Home of Her Own: A true story set in the early 1900s by the late Olga Prychodko, about her mother's misconceptions about immigrating to the wilds of Canada's west.

Andriy's Break: An internment story set during WWI and inspired by true events written by well-known story collector, Danny Evanishen.

It's Me, Tatia: An old woman reflects on lost love and fateful decisons as she remembers a summer long past, during the Winnipeg Strike. Written by award-winning short fiction writer, Brenda Hasiuk.

The Rings: Inspired by true events, a story of one child's escape from the 1930s Ukrainian Famine, written by Marsha Skrypuch.

The Red Boots: A slice of prairie homestead life in the late 1930s and based on an incident in her own father's childhood, this is the first children's story that Marsha Skrypuch ever wrote.

A Song for Kataryna: How could someone just disappear? Well known storyteller Linda Mikolayenko peels back the horrific details of her immigrant aunt's disappearance layer by layer in this beautifully written story.

Auschwitz: Many Circles of Hell: Stefan Petelycky's memoir of his imprisonment in the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp during WWII because of his involvement in OUN.

A Bar of Chocolate: This humorous tale by first-time author, Natalia Buchok is about how her own father's quest for a bar of chocolate in a post WWII DP camp leads him to dress as a girl and go on a date with an American soldier.

Bargain: A humorous story with wry character sketches, set in the mid-1950s in the Warwaruk's meat market and general store in Glenavon SK. Written by award winning author, Larry Warwaruk.

Candy's Revenge: Set on a prairie farm in the 1950s, this story is about a city girl visiting her country cousin and how an innocent prank had unexpected consequences. Written by first-time author, Cornelia Bilinsky.

Changing Graves: A story based on a real incident in the 1970s about how a bizarre old-world request that a loved one's grave be moved closer to other relatives, ends in black comedy. Written by well-known children's entertainer, writer and poet, Sonja Dunn.

Christmas Missed: The story of a Canadian teen who travels to Ukraine during the Orange Revolution and how missing Christmas with his own family ends up teaching them all about the real meaning of family. Written by first-time author Paulette MacQuarrie.

In addition to the above twelve stories, the anthology contains a number of poems, including:

• Tribute to My Grandmother, written by Kim Pawliw, when she was 15. It is a tribute to her grandmother, who was interned as a child in Spirit Lake Internment Camp during WWI. Kim wrote the poem in French and translated it herself into English. Both versions are included.

• Spring Harvest by Linda Mikolayenko,
• And the following poems by Sonja Dunn:
  Violin
  Memories of Volodymyr Serotiuk’s Birthday
  Babyn Yar
  Veechnaya Pamyat
  Before Glasnost, Oy Tovarish
  The Gift

The anthology includes photographs supplied by the contributors and by people from across the country.