On Tuesday, January 26, Jean Rae Baxter (The Way Lies North) will give an illustrated talk, “The Facts behind the Fiction,” at the Cobourg Historical Society. The talk will take place at the Citizens’ Forum Room, Victoria Hall, on the corner of King and Third streets, Cobourg, Ontario, at 8:00 p.m.
On Wednesday, November 18, Jean Rae Baxter (The Way Lies North) will be reading at the Hamilton Book Club. The reading takes place at the Freeway Coffee House, 333 King Street East, Hamilton, Ontario, at 7:30 pm.
On Saturday, November 7, Jean Rae Baxter (The Way Lies North) will be a guest speaker at a workshop with Brian Henry, “Writing with Style.” The workshop will be held at the Port Nelson United Church, 3132 South Drive, Burlington, Ontario at 1:15 pm.
Tuesday, September 22. Jean Rae Baxter (The Way Lies North). Reading at the Pelham Public Library, 43 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill, Ontario. 7:00 pm
FESTIVAL ANTIGONISH SUMMER THEATRE
STAGE 2
A SHOWCASE OF LOCAL TALENT!
HOSTED BY Katie Jamieson and Brent Collins and starring:
Terry MacIsaac
Former Ordinary Horse
Mark Carras
Jan MacKay
Jake Hanlon
Tricks with Fire by Mike MacDougall
Pam Calabrese MacLean
…and MORE!!
Immaculata auditorium, St. Francis Xavier University
TUESDAY AUGUST 18 at 9PM $5
The Antigonish launch for Pam Calabrese MacLean‘s poetry collection, The Dead Can’t Dance, will take place at the Bauer Theatre at St Francis Xavier University on September 30 at 8:00 p.m.
Philip Roy, author of Submarine Outlaw and Journey to Atlantis, will be reading at Word on the Street in Halifax alongside his wonderful homemade model submarine and possibly even the new addition to the Submarine Outlaw family, a model helicopter! Catch the action at the Cunard Event Centre, Halifax, NS, on Sunday September 27 from 11am to 5pm.
On Sunday September 6 Sheila James (author of the forthcoming short story collection In the Wake of Loss) will be reading as part of the Lit Live reading series. The event takes place at Bread & Roses Café, Sky Dragon Centre, 27 King William St., Hamilton, Ontario. Also reading will be Andreas Gripp, Bill Howell, Katherine Lawrence, Charmaine Cadeau and Emily Silbert.
George McWhirter (The Anachronicles) reads at the Hamilton Poetry Centre, Hamilton, Ontario. Thursday, October 22 at 7:30 pm.
George McWhirter (The Anachronicles) gives a poetry reading at Redeemer University College, Hamilton, Ontario. Thursday, October 22, 4:30 p.m.
by Sheila James
A collection of unusual stories focusing on the conflicts and challenges faced by diasporic South Asian women and men.
