THIN AIR 2010
September, 19 - 26, 2010

September 19, 2010

OPENING NIGHT - Voices From Oodena

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.
Featuring Ismaila Alfa, David Arnason, Simone Chaput, Theodore Fontaine, Jan Horner .
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September 19, 2010

SOIRÉE D'OUVERTURE: VOIX D'OODENA

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.
Featuring Ismaila Alfa, David Arnason, Simone Chaput, Theodore Fontaine, Jan Horner .
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September 20, 2010

The Nooner with Joan Thomas

Local literary sensation Joan Thomas allows us to experience Victorian England through an intrepid young fossil-hunter in Curiosity.
Featuring Joan Thomas .
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September 20, 2010

Afternoon Book Chat - Carolyn Smart & Richard B. Wright

Poet Carolyn Smart and novelist Richard B Wright imagine the hidden lives of historical figures.
Featuring Carolyn Smart, Richard B Wright .
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September 20, 2010

Big Ideas - Helping Haiti

On January 12, Haiti was pummeled by a disastrous earthquake and the world was stunned. Poet and PhD candidate Bathélemy Bolivar moved from Haiti to Winnipeg in 2002. The disaster prompted him to write Mots de Terre/Voice of the Earth: Haiti, a heart-song to his beloved home.
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September 20, 2010

BOOK LAUNCH: Theodore Fontaine

With his wrenching memoir, Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools, Theodore Fontaine shares a devastating past in order to create a vital future. The Indian and Metis Friendship Centre welcomes all people to join them in honouring Fontaine’s story—and the stories of so many who will never have the opportunity to tell them.
Featuring Theodore Fontaine .
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September 20, 2010

MAINSTAGE - RE: WRITING HISTORY

Real people, actual circumstances—as tonight’s line-up attests, the historical record intrigues both writers and readers.
Featuring Michael Lista, Carolyn Smart, Joan Thomas, Eva Wiseman, Richard B Wright .
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September 21, 2010

School Stage - Allan Stratton

Allan Stratton has a track record for highly popular books with strong social relevance to young adult readers. His new novel, Borderline, looks at friendship in the face of racial profiling.
Featuring Allan Stratton .
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September 21, 2010

CAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: Richard B Wright

Acclaimed novelist Richard B Wright visits the world of The Bard in Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard.
Featuring Richard B Wright .
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September 21, 2010

The Nooner with Ken Finkleman

Winnipeg-born writer Ken Finkleman brings the sharply ironic wit of “The Newsroom” to his first novel, Noah’s Turn.
Featuring Ken Finkleman .
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September 21, 2010

School Stage - Allan Stratton

Allan Stratton has a track record for highly popular books with strong social relevance to young adult readers. His new novel, Borderline, looks at friendship in the face of racial profiling.
Featuring Allan Stratton .
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September 21, 2010

Afternoon Book Chat - David Bergen & Michael Lista

Questions about identity, purpose, and commitment move the main characters in new work by novelist David Bergen and poet Michael Lista.
Featuring David Bergen, Michael Lista .
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September 21, 2010

CAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: Ken Finkleman

The brilliant satirist responsible for TV’s “The Newsroom” channels his energy into a bitingly funny novel, Noah’s Turn.
Featuring Ken Finkleman .
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September 21, 2010

CAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: AJ Somerset

AJ Somerset unfolds the challenges of a burned-out war photographer in his novel, Combat Camera.
Featuring AJ Somerset .
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September 21, 2010

Big Ideas - Doing Good

Veteran journalist Lawrence Scanlan gave himself a challenge: he would offer a month of his services to different charities for one full year. Join him as he shares some stories from A Year of Living Generously: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Philanthropy and muses on the nature of giving.
Featuring Lawrence Scanlan .
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September 21, 2010

TOURNÉE RURALE - RENCONTRE : Rhéal Cenerini

Originaire de Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Rhéal Cenerini se consacre à la création littéraire ainsi qu'à l’agriculture. Il profite de l’occasion que lui offre THIN AIR pour partager ses écrits et discuter de sa nouvelle pièce, Li Rvinant, qui sera présentée le printemps prochain au Cercle Molière.
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September 21, 2010

MAINSTAGE - THE MATTER WITH MEN

Over the past few decades, men’s lives have changed dramatically. What do men want?
Featuring David Bergen, David Carpenter, Ken Finkleman, Lawrence Scanlan, AJ Somerset .
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September 22, 2010

School Stage - Allan Stratton

Allan Stratton has a track record for highly popular books with strong social relevance to young adult readers. His new novel, Borderline, looks at friendship in the face of racial profiling.
Featuring Allan Stratton .
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September 22, 2010

CAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: Dora Dueck

Dora Dueck’s novel, This Hidden Thing, explores the life of a Mennonite woman adjusting to life in Manitoba in the 1920s.
Featuring Dora Dueck .
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September 22, 2010

CAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: Lawrence Scanlan

What happens when an experienced journalist offers himself to a different charity every month for a year? A Year of Living Generously offers both adventures and philosophy.
Featuring Lawrence Scanlan .
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September 22, 2010

The Nooner with Uma Parameswaran

Winnipeg poet and novelist Uma Parameswaran unveils the complexities of an Indian family in A Cycle of the Moon.
Featuring Uma Parameswaran .
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September 22, 2010

Scène Scolaire - Reynald Cantin

Reynald Cantin vient rencontrer les jeunes et échanger avec eux des petites histoires qui pourraient leur arriver ou qui leur sont peut-être même arrivées. Pour tous les âges!
Featuring Reynald Cantin .
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September 22, 2010

READING: Michael Wex

Featuring Michael Wex .
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September 22, 2010

Afternoon Book Chat - Sharon McCartney & Craig Francis Power

The messy challenges of family relationships prove to be irresistible for poet Sharon McCartney and novelist Craig Francis Power.
Featuring Sharon McCartney, Craig Francis Power .
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September 22, 2010

Big Ideas - Using Nature

As a young man, David Carpenter was an avid hunter; over the years, he has become an equally avid conservationist. In A Hunter’s Confession, he explores the many faces of hunting—sport, subsistence, cultural practice—and looks at the complex feelings that are connected with being alert and armed (or unarmed) in the wild zone.
Featuring David Carpenter .
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September 22, 2010

FOYER DES ÉCRIVAINS - SOIREE FRANCOPHILE

Cette année, nous présenterons en conversation les écrivains francophones Reynald Cantin, Rhéal Cenerini, et Bathélemy Bolivar. Une possibilité de socialiser informellement en français et de découvrir des livres et des auteurs francophones!
Featuring Reynald Cantin .
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September 22, 2010

MAINSTAGE - FAMILY BUSINESS

How do families work? Tonight’s writers show you the ways...
Featuring Sandra Birdsell, Sharon McCartney, Uma Parameswaran, Craig Francis Power, Michael Wex .
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September 23, 2010

School Stage - Shane Peacock

Award-winning writer Shane Peacock transports readers to gritty Victorian London in The Secret Fiend, his fourth Young Sherlock Holmes mystery.
Featuring Shane Peacock .
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September 23, 2010

PROGRAMMATION SUR LES CAMPUS - Rencontre: Rhéal Cenerini

Rhéal Cenerini profite de la rencontre pour partager ses écrits et discuter de sa nouvelle comédie dramatique, Li Rvinant, écrite en mitchif, qui sera présentée le printemps prochain au Cercle Molière.
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September 23, 2010

The Nooner with Sandra Birdsell

In Waiting for Joe, Sandra Birdsell unpacks both the history and the future of a couple facing their marital ground zero.
Featuring Sandra Birdsell .
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September 23, 2010

School Stage - Shane Peacock

Award-winning writer Shane Peacock transports readers to gritty Victorian London in The Secret Fiend, his fourth Young Sherlock Holmes mystery.
Featuring Shane Peacock .
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September 23, 2010

CAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: Craig Francis Power

The spirit and grit of contemporary Newfoundland come through in Blood Relatives, a novel by one of The Rock’s newest storytellers.
Featuring Craig Francis Power .
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September 23, 2010

Afternoon Book Chat - Carolyn Gray & Michael Wex

Local poet Jan Horner and Jewish novelist Michael Wex present unforgettable eccentrics in the performances of their lives.
Featuring Jan Horner, Michael Wex .
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September 23, 2010

CAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: George Murray

When George Murray is not busy directing literary traffic at bookninja.com, he creates intriguing poems—including the aphorisms in Glimpse.
Featuring George Murray .
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September 23, 2010

Big Ideas - Eating Local

The popularity of the Hundred Mile Diet alerted many of us to the health, financial, and ecological implications of where our food comes from. But eating local can be a challenge. Join journalist Amy Jo Ehman as she shares her adventures, both hilarious and inspiring, from A Prairie Feast: A Writer’s Journey Home for Dinner.
Featuring Amy Jo Ehman .
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September 23, 2010

RURAL TOUR - READING: Colleen Sydor

With her charming new novel, The McGillicuddy Book of Personal Records, Colleen Sydor proves yet again that great writing for teens is equally satisfying for adults.
Featuring Colleen Sydor .
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September 23, 2010

RURAL TOUR - READING: Sandra Birdsell

Acclaimed novelist Sandra Birdsell offers a powerful and compassionate analysis of a couple at their breaking point in Waiting for Joe.
Featuring Sandra Birdsell .
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September 23, 2010

MAINSTAGE - THE PLAY'S THE THING

Let some of the country’s sharpest playwrights lure you with words for the stage.
Featuring Nate Crawford, Donna Creighton, Carolyn Gray, Greg MacArthur, Jenny Munday .
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September 24, 2010

School Stage - Shane Peacock

Award-winning writer Shane Peacock transports readers to gritty Victorian London in The Secret Fiend, his fourth Young Sherlock Holmes mystery.
Featuring Shane Peacock .
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September 24, 2010

CAMPUS PROGRAM - READING: Amy Jo Ehman

Saskatchewan food writer Amy Jo Ehman took on the challenge of eating locally for a year. She’ll share stories, both serious and hilarious, from Prairie Feast: A Writer’s Journey Home for Dinner.
Featuring Amy Jo Ehman .
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September 24, 2010

The Nooner with Nora Gould

Poet Nora Gould nourishes her muse with time outdoors in the sprawling ranch lands of Alberta.
Featuring Nora Gould .
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September 24, 2010

CAMPUS PROGRAM - READING: Sandra Birdsell

Acclaimed novelist Sandra Birdsell offers a powerful and compassionate analysis of a couple at their breaking point in Waiting for Joe.
Featuring Sandra Birdsell .
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September 24, 2010

CAMPUS EVENT - READING: Amy Jo Ehman

In her quest to eat local food for one year, Saskatchewan food writer Amy Jo Ehman learned a lot about the challenges and joys of sustainable living.
Featuring Amy Jo Ehman .
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September 24, 2010

Afternoon Book Chat - Ariel Gordon & kevin mcpherson eckhoff

From irreverent games to delicately rendered impressions, kevin mcpherson eckhoff and Ariel Gordon show the power and play in poetry.
Featuring Ariel Gordon, kevin mcpherson eckhoff .
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September 24, 2010

Big Ideas - Healing the Broken Circle

From his position as a respected aboriginal leader, Theodore Fontaine reaches back across the years to a younger self enduring life in a residential school. Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools is both demanding and tender, a testament to the strong heart of the teller and the faith that sharing the truth with all people will lead to genuine healing.
Featuring Theodore Fontaine .
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September 24, 2010

MAINSTAGE - POETRY BASH!

Poets invent new paths through our language—and new languages for our paths…
Featuring Ariel Gordon, Nora Gould, Ignatius T Mabasa, kevin mcpherson eckhoff, George Murray, Sina Queyras .
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September 24, 2010

After Words with Winnipeg's Aboriginal Writers Collective

Wherever members of Winnipeg’s Aboriginal Writers Collective gather, there’s bound to be incisive observation and raucous laughter—often in equal measure. This is First Nations storytelling for the twenty-first century!
Featuring Aboriginal Writers Collective .
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September 25, 2010

The Writing Craft - A Writer's Toolkit with Giles Blunt

What’s in a writer’s toolkit? Join acclaimed crime fiction writer Giles Blunt as he explores the elements of fiction—character, plot, setting—and what tools novelists can employ to maximize their effects. He’ll also talk about practical day-to-day tricks and tools that make writing easier and more enjoyable—for any kind of novel, not just crime. There’ll be plenty of time for discussion. Giles Blunt has written scripts for Law & Order, Street Legal and Night Heat, but is best known for his award-winning crime fiction titles, including A Delicate Storm, By the Time You Read This, Blackfly Season, and Breaking Lorca. He has won major awards like the British Crime Writers’ Macallan Silver Dagger and the Arthur Ellis Award, and has been shortlisted for many others. His books have been translated into several languages, and regularly appear on best-seller lists. Admission: $25, $20 with THIN AIR Club Card. No pre-registration required, payment at the door (cash, credit card or cheque). There is room for 50 people. Admission includes a beverage and fresh baking from Aqua’s incomparable EAT! Bistro. You might plan to stay afterward to enjoy lunch…
Featuring Giles Blunt .
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September 25, 2010

ÉVÉNEMENT FAMILIAL avec Anne Villeneuve

L’auteure-illustratrice québécoise Anne Villeneuve a publié des livres d’images exquis pour enfants en anglais et en français. Amenez votre famille pour une heure magique d’histoires et d’images. McNally Robinson aura ses livres à vendre à la bibliothèque.
Featuring Anne Villeneuve .
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September 25, 2010

FAMILY EVENT with Anne Villeneuve

Quebecois author-illustrator Anne Villeneuve has published delightful picture books for kids in both French and English. Bring your family for a magical hour of stories and pictures. McNally Robinson will have Villeneuve’s books available for purchase.
Featuring Anne Villeneuve .
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September 25, 2010

CAMPUS PROGRAM - Panel: On the page, in the ether...

George Murray and Sina Queyras are accomplished poets who also have strong online presences as the forces behind bookninja.com and lemonhound.com respectively. How are writers talking to one another these days? How are they connecting with communities of readers?
Featuring George Murray, Sina Queyras .
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September 25, 2010

Pint of Bitter Murder with Giles Blunt

One of Canada’s most celebrated mystery writers puts Detective John Cardinal through his paces again in a new novel, Crime Machine.
Featuring Giles Blunt .
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September 25, 2010

CAMPUS PROGRAM - 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 25, 2010

FOYER DES ÉCRIVAINS - VERNISSAGE : MMMWOW

Brigitte Dion, Marcel Gosselin, Roger LaFrenière, Dominique Rey, Mélanie Rocan, Michel St. Hilaire
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September 25, 2010

FOYER DES ÉCRIVAINS - LA PLUME ET LE PINCEAU

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.
Featuring Marcel Gosselin, Roger LaFrenière, Bertrand Nayet, Laurent Poliquin, Dominique Rey, Anne Villeneuve .
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September 25, 2010

MAINSTAGE - CELEBRATING PAUL QUARRINGTON

Writer, musician, film-maker, fisherman, bon vivant, Paul Quarrington inspired Canada during his life and during his dying. Film collaborator Judith Keenan and local friends share favourite moments of PQ’s life and work.
Featuring Judith Keenan .
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September 25, 2010

After Words with Ismaila Alfa

Ismaila Alfa has been throwing charged syllables into the air for several years now, including opening for The Roots at this year’s Jazz Festival with his group Magnum KI. Hear the word man up close and personal.
Featuring Ismaila Alfa .
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September 26, 2010

FOYER DES ÉCRIVAINS - LES RENCONTRES QUI CHANTENT

Une soirée de musique nouvelle et contemporaine entre coupée de poésie.
Featuring Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Charles Leblanc, Bertrand Nayet .
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