THIN AIR 2007
September, 23 - 28, 2007

September 25, 2007

READING: Pamela Banting and Dave Margoshes

Though neither Pamela Banting nor Dave Margoshes live in Manitoba now, both have roots in this place and are featured in A/Cross Sections: New Manitoba Writing.
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September 25, 2007

ANITA DAHER AND SIDURA LUDWIG (Grades 10-12)

Anita Daher and Sidura Ludwig are garnering a lot of critical attention at the moment, and their new work shows tremendous sensitivity to the challenges of late adolescence. Join them as they read from their work and talk about the connections between writing and experience.
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September 25, 2007

SHAUNA SINGH BALDWIN

Acclaimed novelist and short story writer Shauna Singh Baldwin explores the places where cultures collide in a new collection of stories called We Are Not in Pakistan.
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September 25, 2007

CARY FAGAN AND FRIEDA WISHINSKY (Grades 4-6)

Both Cary Fagan and Frieda Wishinsky tackle serious issues like independence, responsibility, and fairness in books which are also exciting and playful.
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September 25, 2007

TALK: Brenda Hasiuk

Join Winnipeg writer Brenda Hasiuk speaking to creative writing students about the writer’s craft and her new novel, Where the Rocks Say Your Name.
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September 25, 2007

LOIS BRAUN and JIM NASON

There’s dignity and mystery and sometimes painful comedy in navigating the everyday—conversations, chores, flashes of memory. Lois Braun and Jim Nason see grace in the daily.
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September 25, 2007

READING AND LITERARY MARATHON: Lois Braun

Lois Braun kicks off a literary fund-raiser for the House of Hesed, a non-denominational Christian HIV/AIDS housing project in Winnipeg, with a reading from her new collection, Penance Drummer and Other Stories. Then join students, staff, faculty, and special guests as they read favourite literary excerpts (or their own work).
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September 25, 2007

READING: Roy MacSkimming

Roy MacSkimming’s new book, Macdonald, is a novelistic recreation of the last days of Canada’s indomitable first Prime Minister. (A McNally Robinson event.)
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September 25, 2007

MAINSTAGE: REMEMBERING CAROL SHIELDS

Carol Shields had a way with words, and she had a way with people. Eleanor Wachtel, award-winning host of CBC’s “Writers & Company,” gives us an inside look at her new book, Random Illuminations, an intimate portrait of the deep, literary friendship she shared with Carol.
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September 25, 2007

DISCUSSION: Philip Slayton

Slayton’s book, Lawyers Gone Bad: Money, Sex and Madness in Canada’s Legal Profession, explores transgressions in the context of the current legal system. (A McNally Robinson event.)
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September 25, 2007

READING: Brian Henderson

Poet Brian Henderson reads from Nerve Language, a stunning poetic meditation on madness and sense.
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