THIN AIR 2009
September, 20 - 27, 2009

September 21, 2009

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 21, 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 22, 2009

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

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

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

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

Rural Tour: Portage la Prairie. Featuring CJ Taylor

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September 22, 2009

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

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

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 23, 2009

Campus Program: Reading with Priscila Uppal

Priscila Uppal’s new novel probes the dynamics of a multi-ethnic family.
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September 23, 2009

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

Rural Tour: Brandon. Featuring Rhea Tregebov

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September 23, 2009

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

Campus Program: Reading with Endre Farkas & Carolyn Marie Souaid

Montreal poets Endre Farkas and Carolyn Marie Souaid perform challenging intersections between personal lives and cultural histories.
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September 23, 2009

The Nooner: Linda Frank

Poet Linda Frank explores the tortured genius of the iconic Mexican painter in her collection, Kahlo: The World Split Open.
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September 23, 2009

Programmation Scolaire: Scène Scolaire. Presént les auteurs suivants: Charlotte Gingras

Charlotte Gingras est une écrivaine québécoise renommée à l’écriture sensible. Elle est habitée par les thèmes reliés à la solitude, à la fragile construction de l’identité et au désir de liberté. Cette année, selon les places disponibles, la scène scolaire pourra accueillir d’autres personnes que les élèves. Les enfants doivent être accompagnés par un adulte.
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September 23, 2009

Afternoon Book Chats: Jacqueline Larson & David O'Meara

Poets Jacqueline Larson and David O’Meara place exactly the right word in exactly the right spot—and the familiar becomes fresh again.
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September 23, 2009

Campus Program: Reading with Endre Farkas & Carolyn Marie Souaid at UofW

Montreal poets Endre Farkas and Carolyn Marie Souaid perform challenging intersections between personal lives and cultural histories.
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September 23, 2009

Big Ideas: The SF Reality Check. Featuring Robert J. Sawyer

From its roots with HG Wells to the political allegory of the new Battlestar Galactica, science fiction has always been a powerful vehicle for commenting on the here-and-now. Join Hugo and Nebula Award-winner Robert J Sawyer for a discussion of how science fiction lets us explore the burning issues of today...in the guise of talking about tomorrow.
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September 23, 2009

The Mainstage: Poetry Bash! Featuring Christian Bök, Linda Frank, Jacqueline Larson, David O'Meara & Serge Patrice Thibodeau

Poets invent new paths through our language, and new languages for our paths…
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September 24, 2009

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 24, 2009

Foyer des Écrivains: Rencontre et Lecture. Presént les auteurs suivants: Serge Patrice Thibodeau

Une conversation avec le poète acadien qui a remporté le prix littéraire du Gouverneur général (poésie) en 2007. Nomade dans l’âme et la réalité, il explore dans son écriture les thèmes de l’errance et de l’enracinement, du voyage et de la communication possible. Ses poèmes ont été traduits dans quatorze langues.
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September 24, 2009

Programmation sur les Campus: Rencontre et Lecture. Presént les auteurs suivants: Serge Patrice Thibodeau

Une conversation avec le poète acadien qui a remporté le prix littéraire du Gouverneur général (poésie) en 2007. Nomade dans l’âme et la réalité, il explore dans son écriture les thèmes de l’errance et de l’enracinement, du voyage et de la communication possible. Ses poèmes ont été traduits dans quatorze langues.
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September 24, 2009

The Nooner: Jeanette Lynes

Jeanette Lynes is an ambidextrous writer—this year she has a new poetry collection, The New Blue Distance, and a debut novel, The Factory Voice.
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September 24, 2009

The School Program: School Stage - Hal Niedzviecki

Indie-culture guru Hal Niedzviecki shares practical and philosophical advice about make-it-yourself culture.
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September 24, 2009

Campus Program: Reading with Christian Bök

Christian Bök’s Eunoia inspires a whole new appreciation for the secret life of vowels.
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September 24, 2009

Afternoon Book Chats: Jeanette Lynes & Rhea Tregebov

Jeanette Lynes and Rhea Tregebov, both accomplished poets, cross some generic boundaries to offer compelling debut novels.
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September 24, 2009

Big Ideas: Peep Culture. Featuring Hal Niedzviecki

Citing phenomena as disparate yet connected as reality TV, Facebook, surveillance cameras, and Twitter, writer and culture commentator Hal Niedzviecki suggests that a well-established fascination with celebrities is gradually shifting toward a growing obsession with watching ourselves and our neighbors. As pop culture morphs into peep culture, what are the implications for individuals and communities?
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September 24, 2009

TV Premiere: Presenting...Flashforward. Featuring Robert J Sawyer

ABC television and its Canadian affiliates are ready to unveil a dramatic new series based on Robert J Sawyer’s novel FlashForward. You can join Robert for the premiere! He’ll offer a brief set-up at 6:30—show-time at 7:00.
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September 24, 2009

Foyer des Écrivains: Vernissage et Lancement. Presént les auteurs suivants: J.R Léveillé & Lorraine Prichard

De nouvelles oeuvres visuelles, un nouveau livre pour les accompagner. L’influence de la culture esthétique de l’Orient est manifeste tant dans les tableaux de l’artiste que dans le recueil de l’écrivain.
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September 24, 2009

Foyer des Écrivains: La Plume et le Pinceau. Presént les auteurs suivants: Charlotte Gingras, Charles Leblanc, Shaun Morin, Lorraine Pritchard, Mélanie Rocan & Anne Sechin

Une joute d’improvisations visuelles et littéraires qui jumelle écrivains et artistes visuels pour produire des oeuvres mixtes sur papier. La création dans l’instant, le suspense du nouveau. Le temps est la limite. Le public pourra aussi participer à une improvisation.
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September 24, 2009

The Mainstage: It's About Love, Actually. Featuring Jeanette Lynes, Struan Sinclair, Margaret Sweatman, Rhea Tregebov & Tim Wynne-Jones

Magnetic, perplexing, euphoric, profound—there are many faces to that dynamic power we call love.
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September 24, 2009

After Words: Jan Andrews

Tonight’s show is solid evidence that storytelling isn’t just for kids! Let one of Canada’s premiere storytellers bowl you over with the power of this art form.
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September 25, 2009

Business Breakfast: The New Rules of Social Media. Featuring Hal Niedzviecki

Culture commentator Hal Niedzviecki has been exploring the recent upsurge of social media like Facebook and Twitter, and some of his findings are especially pertinent to people in the business sector. Join us for a light breakfast at the Prairie Ink Café and hear Hal’s thoughts on “The New Rules of Social Media: Why the Customer Doesn’t Care about Privacy—and What You Should Do About It.”
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September 25, 2009

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 25, 2009

Campus Program: Reading with Charles Wilson

Acclaimed science fiction writer Robert Charles Wilson paints a provocative picture of 22nd-century America.
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September 25, 2009

Campus Program: Reading with George Elliott Clarke

George Elliott Clarke explores the history of black Canadian experience in pitch-perfect poetry and prose.
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September 25, 2009

The Nooner: Terry Griggs

Terry Griggs is known for sharp insight and sly wit, both in full evidence in her first mystery novel, Thought You Were Dead.
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September 25, 2009

Afternoon Book Chats: Jan Andrews & Jake MacDonald

For Jan Andrews and Jake MacDonald, stories—from anecdotes to traditional tales—are an essential part of the fabric of our lives.
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September 25, 2009

Campus Program Panel: The Future. Featuring Nick DiChario, Robert J.Sawyer & Robert Charles Wilson

How do we think about what’s ahead? Three top-flight science fiction writers speculate about their speculating…
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September 25, 2009

Campus Program: 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 25, 2009

Big Ideas: Romancing the Wild. Featuring Jake MacDonald

Because Jake MacDonald takes on the world with the curiosity of a journalist and the instinct of a raconteur, readers have experienced all sorts of things they’d never otherwise encounter. In his new book, Grizzlyville, MacDonald tracks the biggest predators on the continent. Are there limits to the wild?
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September 25, 2009

Rural Tour: Miami. Featured writers Beth (Johnston) Cruikshank & Lynn Johnston

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September 25, 2009

The Mainstage: Into the Future. Featured writers: Nick DiChario, Robert J.Sawyer & Robert Charles Wilson

Science fiction as an escapist distraction? Not in the hands of true speculators…
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September 25, 2009

Foyer des Écrivains: Gala de la Parole. Presént les auteurs suivants: Bertrand Nayet, Marc Prescott, Anne Sechin & Serge Patrice Thibodeau

Une soirée avec une nouvelle romancière locale (A. Sechin), un haïkiste chevronné (B. Nayet), un dramaturge dérangeur (M. Prescott) et un poète acadien récipiendaire d’un prix littéraire du Gouverneur général et directeur artistique des Éditions Perce Neige à Moncton, un fer de lance de la littérature acadienne d’aujourd’hui.
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September 25, 2009

After Words: George Elliott Clarke

You can hear generations of tradition when George Elliott Clarke takes over a room. Be swept away by the drama of the star-crossed love story in I&I, George’s new verse novel.
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September 26, 2009

The Writing Craft Workshop: Writing for Kids. Featuring Tim Wynne-Jones

Interesting and original characters, lively dialogue, a persuasive narrative voice, a well-turned story: sounds like a suitable checklist for any kind of fiction writing. But writing for younger readers does present really interesting challenges, whether you’re writing picture books, middle-grade or young adult novels. In a two-hour, craft-centered workshop, join one of the best in the business to look at what makes for wonderful in the world of writing for youth. There’ll be plenty of time for discussion.
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September 26, 2009

Portes Ouvertes à la Maison Gabrielle-Roy / OPEN DOORS at The Gabrielle Roy House

Journée portes ouvertes pour célébrer le 100e anniversaire de naissance de Gabrielle Roy. Visite autoguidée de la maison qui a joué un rôle important dans ses livres et sa vie. Entrée gratuite. To mark the centenary of franco-manitoban writer Gabrielle Roy, take a self-guided tour through the house that was so central to her life and work
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September 26, 2009

The Mainstage Matinèe: Farley! Featured writers: Beth (Johnston) Cruikshank & Lynn Johnston

That beloved sheepdog from For Better or For Worse is on the loose—in a kids’ book!
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September 26, 2009

A Pint of Bitter Murder. Featuring: Terry Griggs

Terry Griggs will read from her new novel, Thought You Were Dead—the work is as witty and sharp as the writer. Local crime fiction writer Michael Van Rooy will host. Donations welcome.
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September 26, 2009

The Mainstage: My Winnipeg. Featured writers: Guy Maddin & George Toles

Iconoclasm and outrageous talent create a city we know and a city we can only imagine.
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September 26, 2009

After Words: T'ai Pu

T’ai Pu has been charging up Winnipeg’s spoken word and alternative music scene over the past couple of years. His quicksilver language and infectious energy will lift you out of your seat…
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September 27, 2009

The Mainstage Matinèe: Sunday Afternoon at the Movies. Featuring: Judith Keenan, Executive Director and Founder of BookShorts

BookShorts take the written word onto the big screen, and the results are fanciful, hilarious, disturbing, poignant. We’ll have the popcorn ready! (Rating: PG13)
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