Karin Martel
A Canadian transplant from the American Midwest, Karin Martel makes her home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with her partner, Jeff. While homeschooling their children, Maddie and Max she worked part-time writing for the documentary series Legend Hunters, Injustice and 100 Saskatchewan Stories. After being fired from her teaching position by her children, Karin changed gears and became a Special Constable with the Saskatoon Police Service, where she worked for thirteen years as a 911 operator, police call-taker and police dispatcher. She is currently serving as the SPS ViCLAS Coordinator, a position which requires her to read and document every sexual assault reported to the Saskatoon Police. Karin is currently working on non-fiction related to her memoir Shop Class Hall Pass.
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Shop Class Hall Pass - Saskatchewan Book Awards
Posted on: Monday, March 4, 2024
Karin Martel's memoir Shop Class Hall Pass has been shortlisted for the 2024 Saskatchewan Book Award for Non-Fiction.
Signature Editions Highlighted at McNally Robinson
Posted on: Wednesday, July 5, 2023
McNally Robinson Booksellers currently has a display highlighting several Signature Editions titles. This display is part of McNally Robinson’s ongoing celebration of work from Manitoba publishers, co-presented with the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers.
Manitoba Book Awards 2023 Shortlist
Posted on: Monday, May 15, 2023
We were thrilled to find out that Shop Class Hall Pass: Facing the Buried Trauma of Sexual Assault by Karin Martel and This Side of Light: Selected Poems (1995-2020) by Carolyn Marie Souaid have been shortlisted for the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher.
Shop Class Hall Pass on CBC Saskatoon Morning with Leisha Grebinski
Posted on: Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Karin Martel rarely thought of the boy who repeatedly groped her in shop class in grade nine. That's because she believed it was not worth mentioning -- let alone thinking about. But then in 2018 when she went to talk to a therapist about the stress of her job as a 911 call taker, she blurted out the story about the boy. Host Leisha Grebinski speaks with the author of Shop Class Hall Pass: Facing the Buried Trauma of Sexual Assault. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-88/clip/15984095
Shop Class Hall Pass on CBC The Morning Edition with Stefani Langenegger
Posted on: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Karin Martel thinks many women have stories similar to hers. She wrote her memoir because she thinks that -- like her -- many other victims don't allow themselves to think of their experiences as sexual assault. CBC The Morning Edition with Stefani Langenegger talks with the special constable with the Saskatoon City Police about her book Shop Class Hall Pass: Facing the Buried Trauma of Sexual Assault. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-66-the-morning-edition-sask/clip/15983494-shop-class-hall-pass-saskatoon-police-service-special
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