THIN AIR 2010
September, 19 - 26, 2010

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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