A Conversation with Author David Elias – Mennonite Heritage Archives

Tales from the Mennonite Heritage Archives: Episode 36

Author David Elias. Photo supplied by David Elias.
The front page of Peter A. Elias's third memoir. MHA Vol. 1079-3, Copy of original.
The cover of Peter A. Elias's published memoirs Peter A. Elias: Voice in the Wilderness. Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, 2013.

Host Dan Dyck sits down with author David Elias. David discusses ancestor and noted Mennonite diarist Peter A. Elias, growing up in rural Manitoba, and his upcoming book Into the d/Ark.

Peter wrote extensively and honestly about pioneering in Manitoba, and his personal struggles with the church after arriving in Canada in the early 1870s.

This interview was recorded while David was on the Canadian Mennonite University campus for Mennonite Writer/s Ten, a conference on Mennonite writing that took place in June, 2025.

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Podcast Series: Tales from the Mennonite Heritage Archives
Episode 36: A Conversation with Author David Elias
Date: July 6, 2025
Host: Dan Dyck
Special guests: David Elias
Published by The Mennonite Heritage Archives

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