Archive for February, 2009

February 22: Philip Roy speaks in Halifax

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Sunday, February 22
Halifax

Philip Roy (Submarine Outlaw) speaks at the Halifax Book Fair dinner.

March 24: Jean Rae Baxter visits Hamilton, ON school

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Tuesday, March 24
All morning
St. Joseph’s School
270 Locke Street South, Hamilton, ON

Jean Rae Baxter (The Way Lies North). School visit.

February 14: Joanne Arnott & Harold Rhenisch read in Campbell River

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Saturday, February 14
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Museum at Campbell River
470 N Island Hwy, Campbell River, BC

Joanne Arnott (Mother Time) and Harold Rhenisch (Return to Open Water) reading at Words, Music & Wine Valentine at the Museum at Campbell River. The cost is $7.00. Please call the Museum at 250-287-3103 to register or reserve a seat. http://www.crmuseum.ca/programs/public.html

February 6: Douglas Todd interviewed on The Commentary

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Thursday, February 6

Douglas Todd (Cascadia: The Elusive Utopia) interview on The Commentary. Listen to the interview at www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20090205b.html.

February 5: Connie Braun talk in Vancouver

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Thursday, February 5
10:30 AM
Brock House, 3875 Point Grey Road, Vancouver, BC

Connie Braun (The Steppes Are the Colour of Sepia) Talk. The Brock House Society Elizabeth Birney Lecture Series.

February 4: Connie Braun interviewed on The Commentary

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Wednesday, February 4
www.thecommentary.ca

Connie Braun (The Steppes Are the Colour of Sepia). Radio interview on “The Commentary” with Joseph Planta.

January 18: Connie Braun reads in Vancouver

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Sunday, January 18
3:00 p.m.
Sherbrooke Mennonite Church
Vancouver, BC

Connie Braun (The Steppes Are the Colour of Sepia) reads together with various authors of Mennonite heritage for the Mennonite Historical Society of B.C.’s 60th Anniversary Celebration “60 Years of Peace and Plenty: Mennonite Refugees Remember.”

May 22: Cathy Beveridge in Lethbridge, AB

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Friday, May 22
Lethbridge, AB

Cathy Beveridge (Tragic Links, Stormstruck, Chaos in Halifax and Shadows of Disaster). Hutterite Teachers’ Conference.

May 12: Jean Rae Baxter reads in Uxbridge, ON

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Tuesday, May 12
11:00 am – 1:30 pm
Uxbridge Community Centre, 291 Brock Street West, Uxbridge, Ontario

Jean Rae Baxter (The Way Lies North). Guest. Forest of Reading Celebration.

April 28: Barbara Pelman reads in Toronto

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Tuesday, April 28
8:00 p.m
Clinton’s, 693 Bloor St. West, Toronto, ON

Barbara Pelman (Borrowed Rooms) reading at the Art Bar Poetry Series, www.artbar.org