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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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September 22, 2009
12:15 pm

The Nooner: Cyril Dabydeen

Cyril Dabydeen brings the musical language-rhythms of his native Guyana to his poetry and fiction.

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September 22, 2009
11:00 am

Campus Program: Reading with Lesley Fairfield

An Ontario College of Art graduate, Lesley Fairfield brings talent and passion to an affecting debut graphic novel, Tyranny.

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September 22, 2009
10:00 am

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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September 21, 2009
8:00 pm

The Mainstage: Transitions. Featuring writers: Bonnie Burnard, Jon Paul Fiorentino, Lauren Kirshner & Gregory Scofield

At various points in a life, all that is familiar gets upended and everyone has to come to terms with a new normal…

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September 21, 2009
7:00 pm

Children's Event: The Stella Party. Featuring Marie-Louise Gay

Ten years ago, children first fell in love with Marie-Louise Gay’s precocious redhead Stella. To celebrate that milestone, Marie-Louise Gay will be on hand to introduce a brand new book, When Stella Was Very, Very Small.

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September 21, 2009
4:30 pm

Big Ideas: Children and War. Featuring Deborah Ellis

Celebrated writer Deborah Ellis has explored ground zero in the lives of children all over the world who deal daily with war, dislocation, poverty, and staggering responsibility. The intimate portraits of Iraqi refugee children in Children of War make a compelling counterpoint to the remarkably candid interviews with children of Canadian and American soldiers in Off to War. What do the children say?

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September 21, 2009
2:30 pm

Afternoon Book Chats: Jon Paul Fiorentino & Lauren Kirshner

With a healthy dose of wit, Jon Paul Fiorentino and Lauren Kirshner expose the chaos and richness that accompany major life changes.

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September 21, 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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September 21, 2009
12:15 pm

The Nooner: Bonnie Burnard

Award-winning novelist Bonnie Burnard explores the strength of mature female friendships in her new novel, Suddenly.

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September 21, 2009
11:30 am

Campus Program Panel: Poetry & the Common Good. Featuring writers: Gregory Scofield & Rhea Tregebov

Does poetry play a role in the social contract? Two accomplished poets consider the connections between their work and the world.

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September 21, 2009
10:30 am

Programmation Scolaire: Programme Spécial

En l’honneur de 100e anniversaire de naissance de l’écrivaine franco-manitobaine Gabrielle Roy, nous préparons une visite avec animation littéraire du tout nouveau site historique national : La Maison Gabrielle-Roy. Venez fêter, c’est interactif et très amusant.

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September 20, 2009
7:00 pm

Opening Night: Voices from Oodena. Featuring writers: Catherine Hunter, Bertrand Nayet, T'ai Pu, Deborah Schnitzer & Gregory Scofield

As we’ve seen for the past few years, new work by accomplished Manitoba writers demonstrates the power of language to mark and invent our sense of place.

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September 20, 2009
7:00 pm

SOIRÉE D'OUVERTURE: VOIX D'OODENA. Presént les auteurs suivants: Catherine Hunter, Bertrand Nayet, T'ai Pu, Deborah Schnitzer & Gregory Scofield

Comme l’ont démontré les dernières années, de nouvelles oeuvres d’écrivains manitobains établis illustrent la puissance du langage pour préciser et inventer un sentiment d’appartenance à un lieu.

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September 27, 2008
8:00 pm

RURAL TOUR: Phyllis Smallman and Michael Van Rooy

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September 27, 2008
4:00 pm

A PINT OF BITTER MURDER

Take your mysteries neat with a late afternoon pint - or a cool glass of water. These mystery mavens will set you up with great stories seasoned with plenty of wit. Stay afterward for a meal at the new EAT! bistro.

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September 27, 2008
2:30 pm

AFTERNOON BOOK CHAT: JonArno Lawson and Douglas Smith

Is poetic language a way of thinking? Join two accomplished practitioners, JonArno Lawson and Douglas Burnet Smith, as they explore the process.

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