Event Archives

Wednesday October 5, 2011

Toronto

Beit Zatoun (612 Markham Street (Bathurst subway))

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Endre Farkas and Carolyn Marie Souaid will be giving a performance-reading from Blood is Blood. Admission: $10 donation suggested.

Tuesday October 4, 2011

Toronto

Art Bar

Pauper's Pub (539 Bloor Street West, second floor)

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Endre Farkas and Carolyn Marie Souaid will be giving a performance-reading from Blood is Blood.

Saturday October 1, 2011

Fredericton

University of New Brunswick Poetry Weekend

UNB English Department (Memorial Hall)

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Michael Pacey reads from his new poetry collection The First Step at the 8th annual UNB Poetry Weekend, along with M. Travis Lane, Gerard Beirne, and Karen Schindler.

Friday September 30, 2011

Edmonton

Hometown Launch

HTAC, The Upper Room Restored (10037 84th Avenue)

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Margaret Macpherson launches her new novel, Body Trade. The evening will include light refreshments, a musical program, reading and book signing.

Saturday September 24, 2011

Winnipeg

Thin Air

A Pint of Bitter Murder

Park Theatre (698 Osborne Street)

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Calling all mystery buffs! Alison Preston will be serving up mysterious words to accompany a tasty afternoon pint – or a latte – along with fellow mystery man David Annandale. Don't miss a Saturday afternoon of thrills and chills with readings from The Girl In the Wall.

Friday September 23, 2011

Winnipeg

Hospice & Palliative Care Manitoba Conference

Good Grief

Victoria Inn (1808 Wellington Avenue)

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Grieving can be one of the most important and enriching things we do. Charlene Diehl, author of Out of Grief, Singing, shares her journey toward healing with palliative care workers, opening a conversation about caring for those who sorrow.

Tuesday September 20, 2011

Winnipeg

Thin Air

Campus Program

University of Manitoba (Fort Garry Campus)

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Margaret Macpherson will thrill audiences with a reading from her new novel Body Trade, which delves into the heart of what it means to be a survivor against all odds.

Monday September 19, 2011

Winnipeg

Thin Air

Trouble

Manitoba Theatre for Young People (Shaw Performing Arts Centre, The Forks)

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Margaret Macpherson is appearing at the Winnipeg Writers Festival along with Lynn Coady, Elizabeth Hay, Robert J Sawyer and Wayne Tefs in a dynamic evening of readings and discussion called Trouble - we may flirt with it, we may run from it, but it's never far away ...

Monday September 19, 2011

Winnipeg

Thin Air

Campus Program

Canadian Mennonite University, Chapel (500 Shaftsbury Blvd. (south side))

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Margaret Macpherson reads from her new novel Body Trade, the harrowing tale of two young Canadian women who are swept into a violent underworld in Central America.

Sunday September 18, 2011

Edmonton

Strathcona Arts BBQ

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Margaret Macpherson joins with other members of the arts community for the annual barbeque celebration.

Sunday September 18, 2011

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

The Ice House Arts Center (Independence Street @ Mercer Street)

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Carolyn Marie Souaid and Endre Farkas will be performing Blood is Blood at The Ice House, "a cool place for hot art".

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Carolyn Marie Souaid and Endre Farkas point the way to hot poetry in the Ice House.

Carolyn Marie Souaid and Endre Farkas point the way to hot poetry in the Ice House.

Carolyn Marie Souaid and Endre Farkas heat things up in the Ice House.

Carolyn Marie Souaid and Endre Farkas heat things up in the Ice House.

Friday September 16, 2011

Washington, DC

Busboys and Poets (1025 5th Street NW)

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Carolyn Marie Souaid and Endre Farkas will be performing Blood is Blood at Busboys and Poets, the remarkable establishment created by Anas Shallal, an Iraqi-American artist, activist and restaurateur.

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Endre Farkas, Andy Shallal and Carolyn Marie Souaid at Busboys and Poets.

Endre Farkas, Andy Shallal and Carolyn Marie Souaid at Busboys and Poets.

Carolyn Marie Souaid with new poetry fan outside Busboys and Poets.

Carolyn Marie Souaid with new poetry fan outside Busboys and Poets.

Endre Farkas, our own man in black, at Busboys and Poets.

Endre Farkas, our own man in black, at Busboys and Poets.

Tuesday September 13, 2011

Wolfville, NS

K.C. Irving Centre Auditorium ( 32 University Ave)

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Daedalus Had a Daughter
by Wanda Campbell

Join Wanda Campbell for a pictorial journey through her stunning new poetry collection, Daedalus Had a Daughter. With free verse, sonnets and other experiments with form Campbell captures the exhilaration of flying close to the sun.

Wednesday September 7, 2011

Winnipeg

McNally Robinson Grant Park, Prairie Ink Café (Grant Park Mall, 1120 Grant Avenue)

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J.R. Léveillé will be reading, along with fellow nominees David Arnason, Jim Blanchard, and Craig Russell. Which Manitoba book, by a Manitoba author, will get Manitobans On the Same Page and be the focus of Manitoba’s biggest book club this year? All four nominees will be on hand this special evening to read from their work. Don't miss it!

Friday August 12, 2011

Pinnacle Mountain

Sommer-Tansey residence

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Richard Sommer launches his new poetry collection, Cancer Songs, at this potluck and reading event.

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Richard Sommer reads from <i>Cancer Songs</i> in the converted barn-dance studio.

Richard Sommer reads from Cancer Songs in the converted barn-dance studio.

Richard Sommer reads from <i>Cancer Songs</i>.

Richard Sommer reads from Cancer Songs.

Saturday July 16, 2011

Knowlton

Knowlton Wordfest

The Hub (305 Knowlton Road)

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Linda Leith in conversation with Philip Lanthier on "The Rebirth of English Writing in Quebec."

Sunday June 26, 2011

Toronto

The Boyd/Pierson back garden (258 Indian Road)

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Come and enjoy readings from seven recently published books of poetry: Leanne Averbach's Come Closer, Jim Johnstone's Sunday, the locusts, with art by Julienne Lottering, Jim Nason's Narcissus Unfolding, Ruth Roach Pierson's Contrary, Patria Rivera's BE, Nick Thran's Earworm, and Daniel Scott Tysdal's The Mourner’s Book of Albums. Readings begin at 4:00 pm.

Thursday June 2, 2011

Fredericton

Book Launch

Westminster Books (445 King Street)

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Michael Pacey launches his new poetry collection, The First Step.

Thursday May 26, 2011

Vancouver

Vancouver Public Library (350 West Georgia Street)

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Steve Noyes, author of It Is Just That Your House Is So Far Away, will be reading.

Friday May 6, 2011
to Friday May 20, 2011

Qu'appelle Valley

Sage Hill Spring Poetry Colloquium

Sage Hill Writing Experience (St. Michael's Retreat)

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Barry Dempster, author of Blue Wherever leads an intensive two-week working and critiquing retreat for published poets.

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