THIN AIR 2007
September, 23 - 28, 2007

September 28, 2007

TALK: Lawrence Hill

Acclaimed novelist, journalist, and non-fiction writer Lawrence Hill will talk about the impulse to report and how that is shaped by genre.
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September 28, 2007

LINDA LEITH

The Desert Lake, a new novel from Montrealer Linda Leith, tracks a young woman finding herself in faraway China.
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September 28, 2007

PANEL: Writing through Race

David Chariandy’s debut novel, Soucouyant, tracks a troubled Trinidadian family in white suburban Toronto. Lawrence Hill’s epic The Book of Negroes follows a girl from her capture by slave-traders to free old age in London. In What Happened Last Summer, Paul Yee shows Asian teenagers balancing between two cultures. Join these three writers as they talk about using fiction to explore and expose the meanings of racial identities.
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September 28, 2007

WILLIAM GIBSON and JOHN HAVELDA

Technology, text, and the way those forces impact on ideas of a self underpin the work of cyber-tech novelist William Gibson and multi-lingual poet John Havelda.
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September 28, 2007

READINGS: A Sip of Juice

The U of W’s talented writing students share new work to kick off the school year.
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September 28, 2007

MAINSTAGE: ENCOUNTERS

Crossing into new territory, whether it be cultural or linguistic or imaginative, challenges characters and readers to reconsider what they know to be true. Lawrence Hill and Linda Leith move characters through changing landscapes. Brenda Hasiuk, David Chariandy, and Marie-Clair Blais gather intersecting characters in one space. William Gibson hooks those two ends of the spectrum and complicates it with virtual dimensions.
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September 28, 2007

GALA DE LA PAROLE: Une soirée avec « Les Boys »

Une occasion unique de voir une grande partie de l’histoire littéraire franco-manitobaine en parade. Accompagnement musical.
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September 28, 2007

WINNIPEG'S POETRY SLAM TEAM

The poetry slams have winnowed away the playing field, and this year’s Poetry Slam Team is in place—and they’re good. Leif Norman, Skip Stone, Andrea von Wichert will give you a taste of what they’re taking to the National Spoken Word Festival in Halifax next month!
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