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September 24, 2009
6:30 pm

TV Premiere: Presenting...Flashforward. Featuring Robert J Sawyer

ABC television and its Canadian affiliates are ready to unveil a dramatic new series based on Robert J Sawyer’s novel FlashForward. You can join Robert for the premiere! He’ll offer a brief set-up at 6:30—show-time at 7:00.

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September 24, 2009
4:30 pm

Big Ideas: Peep Culture. Featuring Hal Niedzviecki

Citing phenomena as disparate yet connected as reality TV, Facebook, surveillance cameras, and Twitter, writer and culture commentator Hal Niedzviecki suggests that a well-established fascination with celebrities is gradually shifting toward a growing obsession with watching ourselves and our neighbors. As pop culture morphs into peep culture, what are the implications for individuals and communities?

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September 24, 2009
2:30 pm

Afternoon Book Chats: Jeanette Lynes & Rhea Tregebov

Jeanette Lynes and Rhea Tregebov, both accomplished poets, cross some generic boundaries to offer compelling debut novels.

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September 24, 2009
1:00 pm

Campus Program: Reading with Christian Bök

Christian Bök’s Eunoia inspires a whole new appreciation for the secret life of vowels.

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September 24, 2009
1:00 pm

The School Program: School Stage - Hal Niedzviecki

Indie-culture guru Hal Niedzviecki shares practical and philosophical advice about make-it-yourself culture.

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September 24, 2009
12:15 pm

The Nooner: Jeanette Lynes

Jeanette Lynes is an ambidextrous writer—this year she has a new poetry collection, The New Blue Distance, and a debut novel, The Factory Voice.

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September 24, 2009
11:30 am

Foyer des Écrivains: Rencontre et Lecture. Presént les auteurs suivants: Serge Patrice Thibodeau

Une conversation avec le poète acadien qui a remporté le prix littéraire du Gouverneur général (poésie) en 2007. Nomade dans l’âme et la réalité, il explore dans son écriture les thèmes de l’errance et de l’enracinement, du voyage et de la communication possible. Ses poèmes ont été traduits dans quatorze langues.

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September 24, 2009
11:30 am

Programmation sur les Campus: Rencontre et Lecture. Presént les auteurs suivants: Serge Patrice Thibodeau

Une conversation avec le poète acadien qui a remporté le prix littéraire du Gouverneur général (poésie) en 2007. Nomade dans l’âme et la réalité, il explore dans son écriture les thèmes de l’errance et de l’enracinement, du voyage et de la communication possible. Ses poèmes ont été traduits dans quatorze langues.

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September 24, 2009
10:00 am

The School Program: School Stage - Tim Wynne-Jones

Award-winning writer Tim Wynne-Jones brings to the stage a new round of adventures with Rex Zero.

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September 23, 2009
8:00 pm

The Mainstage: Poetry Bash! Featuring Christian Bök, Linda Frank, Jacqueline Larson, David O'Meara & Serge Patrice Thibodeau

Poets invent new paths through our language, and new languages for our paths…

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September 23, 2009
4:30 pm

Big Ideas: The SF Reality Check. Featuring Robert J. Sawyer

From its roots with HG Wells to the political allegory of the new Battlestar Galactica, science fiction has always been a powerful vehicle for commenting on the here-and-now. Join Hugo and Nebula Award-winner Robert J Sawyer for a discussion of how science fiction lets us explore the burning issues of today...in the guise of talking about tomorrow.

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September 23, 2009
4:00 pm

Campus Program: Reading with Endre Farkas & Carolyn Marie Souaid at UofW

Montreal poets Endre Farkas and Carolyn Marie Souaid perform challenging intersections between personal lives and cultural histories.

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September 23, 2009
2:30 pm

Afternoon Book Chats: Jacqueline Larson & David O'Meara

Poets Jacqueline Larson and David O’Meara place exactly the right word in exactly the right spot—and the familiar becomes fresh again.

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September 23, 2009
1:00 pm

Programmation Scolaire: Scène Scolaire. Presént les auteurs suivants: Charlotte Gingras

Charlotte Gingras est une écrivaine québécoise renommée à l’écriture sensible. Elle est habitée par les thèmes reliés à la solitude, à la fragile construction de l’identité et au désir de liberté. Cette année, selon les places disponibles, la scène scolaire pourra accueillir d’autres personnes que les élèves. Les enfants doivent être accompagnés par un adulte.

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September 23, 2009
12:15 pm

The Nooner: Linda Frank

Poet Linda Frank explores the tortured genius of the iconic Mexican painter in her collection, Kahlo: The World Split Open.

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September 23, 2009
11:00 am

Campus Program: Reading with Endre Farkas & Carolyn Marie Souaid

Montreal poets Endre Farkas and Carolyn Marie Souaid perform challenging intersections between personal lives and cultural histories.

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September 23, 2009
10:30 am

Rural Tour: Brandon. Featuring Rhea Tregebov

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September 23, 2009
10:30 am

Campus Program: Reading with Rhea Tregebov

With a proven track record as a poet and children’s writer, Rhea Tregebov steps out with a debut novel set in Winnipeg’s North End just after WWII.

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September 23, 2009
10:00 am

The School Program: School Stage - Tim Wynne-Jones

Award-winning writer Tim Wynne-Jones brings to the stage a new round of adventures with Rex Zero.

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September 23, 2009
9:30 am

Campus Program: Reading with Priscila Uppal

Priscila Uppal’s new novel probes the dynamics of a multi-ethnic family.

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September 22, 2009
8:00 pm

The Mainstage: In Between Places. Featuring writers: Elizabeth Bachinsky, Cyril Dabydeen, Endre Farkas, Carolyn Marie Souaid & Priscila Uppal

So many of us straddle cultural divides. What does it mean to feel at home?

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September 22, 2009
4:30 pm

Big Ideas: Healing Arts. Featuring Lesley Fairfield

Lesley Fairfield, an accomplished artist and illustrator, has created an arresting graphic novel, Tyranny, which details the suffering of a young woman held hostage by an eating disorder. Fairfield brings her personal experience to this project—she knows both the devastation of the disease and the potential of creative expression to clear a path toward new strength.

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September 22, 2009
2:30 pm

Afternoon Book Chats: Elizabeth Bachinsky & Cyril Dabydeen

History, both personal and cultural, is a dynamic force in the writing of Elizabeth Bachinsky and Cyril Dabydeen.

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September 22, 2009
1:30 pm

Rural Tour: Portage la Prairie. Featuring CJ Taylor

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September 22, 2009
1:00 pm

The School Program: School Stage - Deborah Ellis

Deborah Ellis has inspired readers of all ages with fiction and non-fiction about challenges faced by the world’s children.

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