At this evening's library literary salon, hosted by two local book clubs, Shelley A. Leedahl will be giving a short reading from her new collection of personal essays, I Wasn't Always Like This, before turning the floor over to the night's attendees.

Catherine Hunter, author of the poetry collection Latent Heat, will be participating in the Meet Me in the Middle event, which brings together 10 poets from 10 publishers across the country. Each poet will take the microphone for 10 minutes, reading work which addresses a human rights issue. Other poets participating include Jonathan Ball, Katherine Bitney, Lori Cayer, Meira Cook, Marilyn Dumont, Clarise Foster, Kerry Ryan, Gary Thomas Morse, and Karen Press. The opening ceremony will be led by Connie Merasty from Two-Spirited People of Manitoba. Hosts will be Thin Air director Charlene Diehl and Tightrope publisher Jim Nason.

Shelley A. Leedahl will be giving a reading at the gallery. Sponsored by The Blue Sky Writers. Free and open to the public.

Shelley A. Leedahl will be giving a reading from her new collection of personal essays, I Wasn't Always Like This.

Steven Artelle, author of the poetry collection Metropantheon, will be reading, along with Dennis Cooley, Frances Itani, and Paul Vermeersch.

Shelley A. Leedahl, author of I Wasn't Always Like This, will be available for signing books at Extra Foods in the Meadow Lake Mall.

Shelley A. Leedahl will be giving a free workshop and a reading from her new collection of personal essays, I Wasn't Always Like This.

Come meet Jennifer L. Stone, who will be signing copies of her new short-story collection, Prerequisites for Sleep, from 2:30 – 4:00 pm.

Come meet Jennifer L. Stone, who will be signing copies of her new short-story collection, Prerequisites for Sleep, from 12:00 – 1:30 pm.

Shelley will be giving a workshop and reading to students at Walter Murray.

Dave Margoshes & Dee Hobsbawn-Smith are hosting a home literary salon for Shelley A. Leedahl, who will be giving a short reading from her new collection of personal essays, I Wasn't Always Like This, before turning the floor over to the night's attendees.

Shelley will be returning to Saskatoon to launch I Wasn't Always Like This, her new collection of personal essays.

Vanessa Farnsworth, author of Rain on a Distant Roof: A Personal Journey Through Lyme Disease in Canada, also happens to be a Master Gardener. She will be presenting “Lyme Disease in Canada Simplified,” a frank, fresh and entertaining talk for gardeners at this spring seminar.

Denise Roig will be giving an informal round-table reading from Brilliant, her new collection of short stories.

Shelley A. Leedahl and Michael Kenyon will be reading at VIU. Free and open to the public.

Shelley A. Leedahl will be signing copies of her new collection of personal essays, I Wasn't Always Like This, from 1:00-3:00 pm.

Cora Siré teams up with Gabe Foreman to get rid of February. Free wine for the early birds. Free reading for everyone.

Shelley A. Leedahl will be reading from her new collection of personal essays, I Wasn't Always Like This. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Cora Siré, author of Signs of Subversive Innocents, will join Su J Sokol, Greg Santos, Barry Webster, Satellite Shrines & Matt Risk for an evening of poetry, prose, music and magic.

Denise Roig will be returning to Montreal for the launch of Brilliant, her new collection of short stories.