Campus Program
September 22, 2008 - September 25, 2009

September 24, 2008

READING: David Waltner-Toews

Acclaimed writer—and veterinarian/environmental advocate—David Waltner-Toews reads from his debut mystery novel, Fear of Landing. A Mennonite veterinarian traveling in Bali investigates a dead cow…
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September 25, 2008

RENCONTRE avec Éric Charlebois

Une rencontre avec un jeune poète franco-ontarien qui renouvelle la forme poétique et son expression publique.
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September 26, 2008

READING: Marilyn Dumont and Jane Munro

Poets Marilyn Dumont and Jane Munro bring their spell-binding language and astute vision to the task of speaking their worlds.
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September 23, 2008

READING: Daria Salamon and Duncan Thornton

Daria Salamon and Duncan Thornton are both great story-tellers—one takes you into the hyper-reality of relationship struggles, the other into a magical reality of fantasy worlds.
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September 24, 2008

READING: Rosanna Deerchild and Andrew Hood

Both Rosanna Deerchild and Andrew Hood offer unflinching and highly-charged versions of lives which are often startlingly familiar.
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September 25, 2008

READING: Larry Krotz

Writer, journalist, and acclaimed documentary film-maker, Larry Krotz has been active in many projects in Africa and gathers his challenging observations in The Uncertain Business of Doing Good.
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September 24, 2008

READING: Nicole Markotić and Saleema Nawaz

Both Nicole Markotić and Saleema Nawaz are alumni of the Creative M.A. at U of M and have since gone on to make an impact on the writing world.
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September 25, 2008

READING: Steven Galloway and Gerald Hill

Novelist Steven Galloway and poet Gerald Hill consider the challenges of living responsibility and responsively in our contemporary world.
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September 22, 2008

READING: Genni Gunn

Poet, musician, and performer Genni Gunn brings her multi-media experience into a broader conversation about the creative process.
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September 25, 2008

READING/EXHIBIT: Irene Gammel

Irene Gammel is marking the centenary of Anne of Green Gables with a book and exhibit, both entitled Looking for Anne: How Lucy Maud Montgomery Dreamed Up a Literary Classic.
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September 25, 2008

READING: Austin Clarke

Award-winning novelist Austin Clarke trains his eye and empathy on a Barbadian immigrant mother in Toronto watching her son get drawn into the city’s gang culture.
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September 26, 2008

PANEL: Issues in Contemporary Aboriginal Writing

Canadian literature has been energized over the past few years with a surge of accomplished aboriginal writing. Rosanna Deerchild, Drew Hayden Taylor, and Richard Van Camp represent the cutting edge of contemporary aboriginal writing, and they’ll share their observations about the challenges and gifts of being part of this new renaissance.
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September 26, 2008

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 23, 2008

TALK: Kerry Ryan

Join Winnipeg poet Kerry Ryan speaking to creative writing students about the writer’s craft and her new collection, The Sleeping Life.
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September 24, 2008

TALK: Kerry Ryan

Join Winnipeg poet Kerry Ryan speaking to creative writing students about the writer’s craft and her new collection, The Sleeping Life.
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September 26, 2008

TALK: Kerry Ryan

Join Winnipeg poet Kerry Ryan speaking to creative writing students about the writer’s craft and her new collection, The Sleeping Life.
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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 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 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 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

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 Priscila Uppal

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

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 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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