THIN AIR 2007
September, 23 - 28, 2007

September 26, 2007

BRENDAN MCLEOD AND EMILY POHL-WEARY (Grades 7-9)

This year’s stage for new teens has a contemporary edge. Brendan McLeod has taken the country by storm with his spoken word performances and Emily Pohl-Weary’s new book updates the girl sleuth in refreshing ways. Prepare to be inspired!
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September 26, 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 26, 2007

READING: Lois Braun and Janice Kulyk Keefer

Lois Braun and Janice Kulyk Keefer probe the history, habit and imagination that bind people to one another.
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September 26, 2007

ALICE KUIPERS

The connection between a doctor and her teenage daughter is tested by breast cancer in Alice Kuipers’ poignant novel-of-notes, Life on the Refrigerator Door.
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September 26, 2007

BRENDAN MCLEOD & EMILY POHL-WEARY (Grades 7-9)

This year’s stage for new teens has a contemporary edge. Brendan McLeod has taken the country by storm with his spoken word performances and Emily Pohl-Weary’s new book updates the girl sleuth in refreshing ways. Prepare to be inspired!
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September 26, 2007

JANICE KULYK KEEFER and SUSAN JUBY

The roiling emotional complexity of families is rich territory for both Janice Kulyk Keefer and Susan Juby, and their work lights up with moments of genuine courage and vision.
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September 26, 2007

MAINSTAGE: SURVIVING ADOLESCENCE

Idealism, rebellion, determination, confusion, wonder: the passage to adulthood is both awkward and rich. From established award-winners Janice Kulyk Keefer, Susan Juby, and Paul Yee, to debut novelists Maureen Fergus, Alice Kuipers, and Brendan McLeod, tonight’s writers will move you to laughter, tears, memory—and wisdom.
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September 26, 2007

LA PLUME ET LE PINCEAU

Charles Leblanc publie heures d’ouverture aux Éditions du Blé. Christian Violy publie L’exaucée aux Éditions des Plaines. Ensuite, joignez-vous aux improvisations littéraires et visuelles et flashes instantanés jumelant quatre écrivains et quatre artistes.
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September 26, 2007

LAUNCH: Don Anderson

Tuning the Forks: A Celebration of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is Don Anderson’s elegant contribution to the WSO’s 60th anniversary. (A McNally Robinson event.)
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