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September 23, 2010
4:00 pm
CAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: George Murray
When George Murray is not busy directing literary traffic at bookninja.com, he creates intriguing poems—including the aphorisms in Glimpse.
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September 23, 2010
2:30 pm
Afternoon Book Chat - Carolyn Gray & Michael Wex
Local poet Jan Horner and Jewish novelist Michael Wex present unforgettable eccentrics in the performances of their lives.
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September 23, 2010
2:30 pm
CAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: Craig Francis Power
The spirit and grit of contemporary Newfoundland come through in Blood Relatives, a novel by one of The Rock’s newest storytellers.
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September 23, 2010
1:00 pm
School Stage - Shane Peacock
Award-winning writer Shane Peacock transports readers to gritty Victorian London in The Secret Fiend, his fourth Young Sherlock Holmes mystery.
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September 23, 2010
12:15 pm
The Nooner with Sandra Birdsell
In Waiting for Joe, Sandra Birdsell unpacks both the history and the future of a couple facing their marital ground zero.
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September 23, 2010
11:30 am
PROGRAMMATION SUR LES CAMPUS - Rencontre: Rhéal Cenerini
Rhéal Cenerini profite de la rencontre pour partager ses écrits et discuter de sa nouvelle comédie dramatique, Li Rvinant, écrite en mitchif, qui sera présentée le printemps prochain au Cercle Molière.
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September 23, 2010
10:00 am
School Stage - Shane Peacock
Award-winning writer Shane Peacock transports readers to gritty Victorian London in The Secret Fiend, his fourth Young Sherlock Holmes mystery.
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September 22, 2010
8:00 pm
MAINSTAGE - FAMILY BUSINESS
How do families work? Tonight’s writers show you the ways...
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September 22, 2010
7:00 pm
FOYER DES ÉCRIVAINS - SOIREE FRANCOPHILE
Cette année, nous présenterons en conversation les écrivains francophones Reynald Cantin, Rhéal Cenerini, et Bathélemy Bolivar. Une possibilité de socialiser informellement en français et de découvrir des livres et des auteurs francophones!
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September 22, 2010
4:30 pm
Big Ideas - Using Nature
As a young man, David Carpenter was an avid hunter; over the years, he has become an equally avid conservationist. In A Hunter’s Confession, he explores the many faces of hunting—sport, subsistence, cultural practice—and looks at the complex feelings that are connected with being alert and armed (or unarmed) in the wild zone.
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September 22, 2010
2:30 pm
Afternoon Book Chat - Sharon McCartney & Craig Francis Power
The messy challenges of family relationships prove to be irresistible for poet Sharon McCartney and novelist Craig Francis Power.
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September 22, 2010
1:00 pm
Scène Scolaire - Reynald Cantin
Reynald Cantin vient rencontrer les jeunes et échanger avec eux des petites histoires qui pourraient leur arriver ou qui leur sont peut-être même arrivées. Pour tous les âges!
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September 22, 2010
12:15 pm
The Nooner with Uma Parameswaran
Winnipeg poet and novelist Uma Parameswaran unveils the complexities of an Indian family in A Cycle of the Moon.
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September 22, 2010
12:00 pm
CAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: Dora Dueck
Dora Dueck’s novel, This Hidden Thing, explores the life of a Mennonite woman adjusting to life in Manitoba in the 1920s.
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September 22, 2010
12:00 pm
CAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: Lawrence Scanlan
What happens when an experienced journalist offers himself to a different charity every month for a year? A Year of Living Generously offers both adventures and philosophy.
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September 22, 2010
10:00 am
School Stage - Allan Stratton
Allan Stratton has a track record for highly popular books with strong social relevance to young adult readers. His new novel, Borderline, looks at friendship in the face of racial profiling.
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September 21, 2010
8:00 pm
MAINSTAGE - THE MATTER WITH MEN
Over the past few decades, men’s lives have changed dramatically. What do men want?
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September 21, 2010
7:30 pm
TOURNÉE RURALE - RENCONTRE : Rhéal Cenerini
Originaire de Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Rhéal Cenerini se consacre à la création littéraire ainsi qu'à l’agriculture. Il profite de l’occasion que lui offre THIN AIR pour partager ses écrits et discuter de sa nouvelle pièce, Li Rvinant, qui sera présentée le printemps prochain au Cercle Molière.
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September 21, 2010
4:30 pm
Big Ideas - Doing Good
Veteran journalist Lawrence Scanlan gave himself a challenge: he would offer a month of his services to different charities for one full year. Join him as he shares some stories from A Year of Living Generously: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Philanthropy and muses on the nature of giving.
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September 21, 2010
4:00 pm
CAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: Ken Finkleman
The brilliant satirist responsible for TV’s “The Newsroom” channels his energy into a bitingly funny novel, Noah’s Turn.
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September 21, 2010
4:00 pm
CAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: AJ Somerset
AJ Somerset unfolds the challenges of a burned-out war photographer in his novel, Combat Camera.
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September 21, 2010
2:30 pm
Afternoon Book Chat - David Bergen & Michael Lista
Questions about identity, purpose, and commitment move the main characters in new work by novelist David Bergen and poet Michael Lista.
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September 21, 2010
1:00 pm
School Stage - Allan Stratton
Allan Stratton has a track record for highly popular books with strong social relevance to young adult readers. His new novel, Borderline, looks at friendship in the face of racial profiling.
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September 21, 2010
12:15 pm
The Nooner with Ken Finkleman
Winnipeg-born writer Ken Finkleman brings the sharply ironic wit of “The Newsroom” to his first novel, Noah’s Turn.
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