Anita Daher is an author, screenwriter, producer, and actor. She has been entrenched in the book publishing industry since 1995 and has been published in print, audio and e-book format in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Peanut Butter and Pandemonium is her sixteenth novel, and seventeenth book. Anita is past Chair of the Writers Union of Canada (TWUC).
Posted for limited time for the students of Prairie Sunrise school (Hi!): A scene from the novel Peanut Butter and Chaos, featuring your teacher, Mr. Lyle Morris!
Other films can be viewed on YouTube channels Anita Daher Books or Anita Daher Films.
Anita is once again accepting tour/presentation bookings. Contact for information.
School Promotion 2024/2025
Anita Daher’s presentation fee is waived for any school that helps set up two (or more) additional visits in their district to help offset her expenses. Anita covers her own transportation and accommodation costs where available. Contact for information.
“I’d like to thank you so much for your fascinating presentation to grades 4-8 yesterday, and then for your unbelievable generosity in presenting to the primary students as well. As I went around the school inviting the primary classes, I saw one of our autistic students and asked if he was going to see the author, too. He must have liked it because he then called me “author” when his class came to the library. All the teachers were thrilled by your visit! You have a very engaging presence and wonderful storytelling voice – it was so lovely to meet you. We are all so appreciative.” – Louise Adie, Nanton, AB
“Thank you for presenting to both schools. The presentations were awesome. I’m hearing back from students how much they liked it. Peanut Butter and Chaos is flying off the shelves and a long list of holds has developed. I’m glad you’re going to keep presenting because you are really good at it. Also, thank you again for the generous gifts to give to the kids. We’ll look forward to getting you back in two years when our 3/4s are in 5/6.” – Tim Daly, Winnipeg, MB
Books
- 2023 Peanut Butter and Pandemonium (The Mythic Adventures of Samuel Templeton Book Two), Great Plains Publications
- 2022 Peanut Butter and Chaos (The Mythic Adventures of Samuel Templeton Book One), Great Plains Publications
- 2020 You Don’t Have to Die in the End, Great Plains Publications
- 2018 Forgetting How to Breathe, Great Plains Publications
- 2015 Wonder Horse, Rebelight Publishing
- 2014 The Hustle, (audio book) Stabenfeldt International,
- 2014 Billeh the Kid, Stabenfeldt International,
- 2013 Itty Bitty Bits, Peanut Butter Press
- 2013 Wager the Wonder Horse, Stabenfeldt International
- 2012 The Wilderness Cure, (audio book) Stabenfeldt International
- 2009 On the Trail of the Bushman, Orca Book Publishers
- 2008 Poachers in the Pingos, Orca Book Publishers
- 2007 Two Foot Punch, Orca Book Publishers
- 2007 Spider’s Song, Penguin Canada
- 2007 Racing for Diamonds, Orca Book Publishers
- 2004 Flight from Bear Canyon, Orca Book Publishers
- 2002 Flight from Big Tangle, Orca Book Publishers
Anthologies and Magazines
- 2009 The Gift, Prairie Fire Magazine
- 2008 Lost Boy, Prairie Fire Magazine
- 2008 My Favourite Diner, Reader’s Digest
- 2006 The North’s Unchanging Heart, Up Here Magazine
- 2006 This is No Picnic, Up Here Magazine
- 2006 Historic Hospital Looks Ahead, Venture Publishing
- 2005 Magical Mystery Tour, Up Here Magazine
- 2003 It’s About Time, The Sault This Week Publishing
- 2001 The Road Back Home, Up Here Magazine
- 2001 Diamonds in the Rough, Yellowknife Living magazine
Other
- 2005– Book reviews, Winnipeg Free Press
- 2020 Interview Greens, Made in Manitoba Stories from Home, Shaw Cable Access
- 1999-2005 Book Chats / Reviews CBC Radio
- 1999-2000 Interview greens, CBC North
- 2001-2002 Marketing materials, Up Here Magazine
- 2006, Segment, Encyclopedia of Manitoba, Great Plains Publications
- 2002-2004 News desk and features, The Sault This Week newspaper
- 1998-1998 Literacy materials, Pahkisimon Nuye?áh Library System
- 1997-1998 Advertising and interview greens, CHTM Radio
Book Awards and Honours
2023 Finalist, Red Cedar Award, Peanut Butter and Chaos
2023 Finalist, MYRCA Award, Peanut Butter and Chaos
2021 Finalist Forest of Reading White Pine Award, You Don’t Have to Die in the End
2021 Finalist, Manitoba Book Award, You Don’t Have to Die in the End
2019 Finalist, Violet Downey Award, Forgetting How to Breathe
2008 Finalist, Arthur Ellis Best Juvenile Crime Novel Award, Spider’s Song
2008 Finalist, Arthur Ellis Best Juvenile Crime Novel Award, Racing for Diamonds
2008 Finalist, CCBC Best Books for Kids selection, Racing for Diamonds
2005 Selection, Canadian Children’s Book Council Our Choice, Flight from Big Canyon
2004 Finalist Diamond Willow Award Finalist, Flight from Big Tangle
2004 Selection, Canadian Toy Testing Council Best Books selection, Flight from Big Tangle
2004 Selection, Resource Links Best Books, Flight from Big Tangle
Other Awards and Honours
2024 Presenter, Winnipeg International Writers Festival
2024 Finalist, Whistler Film Festival Producers’ Lab, screenplay: You Don’t Have to Die in the End
2022 Grant Award, Screenplay Adaptation, Manitoba Arts Council
2021 Presenter, Winnipeg International Writers Festival
2021 Presenter, Canadian Children’s Book Centre tour
2020 Presenter, Word on the Street Toronto
2020 Presenter, Canadian Children Book Center, I Read Canadian
2020 Grant Award, Share – Connecting at a Distance, Manitoba Arts Council
2019-2021 Chair, The Writers Union of Canada
2019 Grant Award, Create, Canada Council for the Arts
2019 Grant Award, Icelandic Residency, Manitoba Arts Council
2018 Grant Award, Research, Marian Hebb Access Copyright
2018 Grant Award, Create, Manitoba Arts Council
2017 Finalist, CBC Books Short Story Award
2009 Keynote, Burlington Book Camp
2009 Presenter, Manitoba Library Conference
2008 Presenter, Simon Fraser University Symposium on the Book
2008 Presenter, Northwards International Writer’s Festival
2008 Writer-In-Residence, Aqua Books
2007 Presenter, Winnipeg International Writers’ Festival
2007 Winner, John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Author
2007 TD Canada Trust Children’s Book Week Tour
2007 Presenter, Winnipeg International Writers Festival
2007 Presenter, Words Alive Writers’ Festival
2006, Guest, A Total Write-Off author game show (TV)
2002 Grant Award, Creation, Canada Council for the Arts
FILM: ADAPTED SCENES
Featuring Darcy Fehr as Noah and Robyn Delaney as Eugenia.
Review
More information on BOOKS page.
Wreck of the SS Copeland
Written by Anita Daher, performed by Trevor Kristjanson
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