CELEBRATE the LITERARY ARTS
-Free Public Performances-
Sunday, May 2nd, 1:30 – 4 pm Council Chambers, Richmond City Hall

Featuring performances by:
Joanne Arnott (author of Mother Time)
Bill Marles
Laurel Beauprie
Devina Bahadoorsingh
Alan Hill

With special guests:
Jamie Reid and Wil George

For a brochure of all Doors Open Richmond! events, including map & event location/description, see:
http://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/doorsopenbrochure25891.pdf

On Wednesday, April 28th, poet Garry Gottfriedson will launch his latest collection, Skin Like Mine—a bold and controversial book of poems with a focus on contemporary first nations society. The launch is to be held at the Chief Louis Centre on the Kamloops Indian Reserve.

In Skin Like Mine, Gottfriedson tackles many of the issues facing first nations today: from the youth, who are “afraid of themselves,” through political dysfunction within present-day band management—leaders are described as “political bullies” who “sweet-talk their way to stage management / . . . then vote for themselves”—to the rape of the natural environment by humans.

Event details
Reading and reception to launch Skin Like Mine: Poems by Garry Gottfriedson
April 28th, 2010. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Reading at 7 pm. Book signing to follow.
Chief Louis Centre, Kamloops Indian Reserve
345 Yellowhead Hwy., Kamloops, BC

This year Jack Hodgins (The Invention of the World) will join other literary greats at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. The festival runs from August 12-15 in Sechelt, BC. Jack Hodgins will be presenting on August 15th at 4pm. For more details on the festival, click here.

On June 25, Jack Hodgins will be signing books at Laughing Oyster Books, Courtenay, BC. Time to be determined, but it’ll be in the afternoon.

This year Jack Hodgins (The Invention of the World) will be appearing at the Saskatchewan Festival of Words in Moose Jaw, SK. It’s a 3-day festival of greatness and fun. For more information, see the festival website.

On May 12, Jack Hodgins (The Invention of the World) will be reading at the Greater Victoria Art Gallery, Victoria, BC. He’ll be launching his new book, The Master of Happy Endings (Thomas Allen Publilshers, May 2010). Sponsored by Munro’s Books. For more information, see here.

On Sunday, September 19, Philip Roy (Submarine Outlaw, Journey to Atlantis, and the upcoming fall 2010 release River Odyssey) will be at the Telling Tales Festival at Westfield Heritage Village, Rockton, Ontario.

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On October 30, Jean Rae Baxter (The Way Lies North) will be a guest speaker at the Brian Henry Workshop. She’ll be talking about writing with style. 1:15 pm at The World’s Biggest Bookstore, 20 Edward Street (near Yonge and Dundas), Toronto, ON.

On Friday, April 30 Jean Rae Baxter (The Way Lies North) will be visiting Emily Carr Public School for a reading and talk. Beginning at 1:00 pm, 2255 Pine Glen Road, Oakville, ON.

On Saturday April 24th, Susan Dobbie (When Eagles Call, River of Gold) will be speaking at Porter’s Coffee and Tea House at Five Corners in Murrayville, Langley, BC.

It’s part of the cafe’s first authors’ event, which takes place between 10 am and 2 pm. The full line-up is: writers Susan Dobbie, Doris Reidweg, Warren Sommer, Craig Spence, Blair Howatt, Jim McGregor and award-winning photographer John Gordon.

For more information, read the article in the Langley Times (http://www.bclocalnews.com/entertainment/91643029.html) or the Langley Advance or call Porter’s: 604 530-5297‎

Porter’s Coffee & Tea House: 21611 48 Avenue, Langley, BC
April 24, 10 am–2 pm.