Campus Program 2007
September 24, 2007 - October 1, 2007

September 25, 2007

READING: Brian Henderson

Poet Brian Henderson reads from Nerve Language, a stunning poetic meditation on madness and sense.
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October 1, 2007

READING: George Ellenbogen

George Ellenbogen reads from Morning Gothic, a poetry collection which confirms him as one of the most astute and eloquent readers of contemporary life.
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September 25, 2007

READING AND LITERARY MARATHON: Lois Braun

Lois Braun kicks off a literary fund-raiser for the House of Hesed, a non-denominational Christian HIV/AIDS housing project in Winnipeg, with a reading from her new collection, Penance Drummer and Other Stories. Then join students, staff, faculty, and special guests as they read favourite literary excerpts (or their own work).
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September 27, 2007

RENCONTRE avec Paul Savoie

Originaire du Manitoba et gagnant du prix Trillium de 2007 avec son recueil de poésie Crac, Paul Savoie parlera des débuts de la littérature franco-manitobaine, auxquels il a participé.
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September 25, 2007

TALK: Brenda Hasiuk

Join Winnipeg writer Brenda Hasiuk speaking to creative writing students about the writer’s craft and her new novel, Where the Rocks Say Your Name.
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September 26, 2007

TALK - Brenda Hasiuk

Join Winnipeg writer Brenda Hasiuk speaking to creative writing students about the writer’s craft and her new novel, Where the Rocks Say Your Name.
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September 26, 2007

READING: Lois Braun and Janice Kulyk Keefer

Lois Braun and Janice Kulyk Keefer probe the history, habit and imagination that bind people to one another.
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September 27, 2007

READING: Maureen Fergus and Emily Pohl-Weary

Chroniclers of adolescence, Maureen Fergus and Emily Pohl-Weary bring warmth and wit to their quirky, tough teens.
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September 27, 2007

TALK with Brenda Hasiuk

Join Winnipeg writer Brenda Hasiuk speaking to creative writing students about the writer’s craft and her new novel, Where the Rocks Say Your Name.
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September 28, 2007

TALK: Lawrence Hill

Acclaimed novelist, journalist, and non-fiction writer Lawrence Hill will talk about the impulse to report and how that is shaped by genre.
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September 25, 2007

READING: Pamela Banting and Dave Margoshes

Though neither Pamela Banting nor Dave Margoshes live in Manitoba now, both have roots in this place and are featured in A/Cross Sections: New Manitoba Writing.
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September 27, 2007

READING: Rosanna Deerchild and Agnes Walsh

Two poets, two cultures. Rosanna Deerchild opens a door on her Cree experience, and Agnes Walsh takes us to Cape Shore Newfoundland.
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September 24, 2007

READING with Brian Henderson

Poet Brian Henderson brings a stunning new work on madness into a broader conversation about creative process.
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September 27, 2007

READING: Janice Kulyk Keefer

Janice Kulyk Keefer has made her mark as an award-winning poet. She’ll read from her work and talk about the power of poetic form.
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September 28, 2007

PANEL: Writing through Race

David Chariandy’s debut novel, Soucouyant, tracks a troubled Trinidadian family in white suburban Toronto. Lawrence Hill’s epic The Book of Negroes follows a girl from her capture by slave-traders to free old age in London. In What Happened Last Summer, Paul Yee shows Asian teenagers balancing between two cultures. Join these three writers as they talk about using fiction to explore and expose the meanings of racial identities.
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September 28, 2007

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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