Campus Program
September 21, 2010 - September 25, 2010
This series is part of THIN AIR 2010
September 24, 2010
12:30 PM - 01:30 PMCAMPUS 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.
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September 24, 2010
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMCAMPUS 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.
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September 24, 2010
02:00 PM - 03:00 PMCAMPUS 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.
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September 22, 2010
12:00 PM - 01:00 PMCAMPUS 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.
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September 21, 2010
04:00 PM - 05:00 PMCAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: Ken Finkleman
The brilliant satirist responsible for TV’s “The Newsroom” channels his energy into a bitingly funny novel, Noah’s Turn.
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September 22, 2010
12:00 PM - 01:00 PMCAMPUS 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.
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September 23, 2010
04:00 PM - 05:00 PMCAMPUS 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.
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September 21, 2010
11:30 AM - 12:45 PMCAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: Richard B Wright
Acclaimed novelist Richard B Wright visits the world of The Bard in Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard.
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September 23, 2010
02:30 PM - 03:45 PMCAMPUS 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.
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September 21, 2010
04:00 PM - 03:15 PMCAMPUS PROGRAM - Reading: AJ Somerset
AJ Somerset unfolds the challenges of a burned-out war photographer in his novel, Combat Camera.
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September 25, 2010
02:30 PM - 04:00 PMCAMPUS 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?
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September 25, 2010
04:00 PM - 05:30 PMCAMPUS 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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