DEATH, MEMORY AND THE AFTERLIFE: INTERPRETATIONS BY ARTISTS AND WRITERS
Opening Thursday September 2, 2010 at 7.00 pm, at the Congregation Emanu-El Educational Centre, Wings of Peace Gallery, 1461 Blanshard Street, Victoria BC
Artists include Barbara Pelman (Borrowed Rooms).
Refreshments will be served.
Yizkor books (show catalogue) will be on sale.
Show continues through the autumn; please call 250.382.0615 for gallery opening times.

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The International Festival of Authors runs from October 25 to October 30 in Toronto, and Jack Hodgins will be there. He’ll be reading with Jonathan Franzen, Sara Gruen and Steven Heighton on October 28, and on October 30 with Dinaw Mengestu and Kathleen Winter. Lots of exciting events at this festival — lucky Toronto!

On Sunday, October 24 at 1:30 pm, Jack Hodgins will be at the Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival. He’ll be part of Event #63, “Pacific Medley,” with Chor Leoni. Hodgins will read passages from several of his books, each followed by an appropriate West Coast song sung by the acclaimed male choir Chor Leoni. For more information and tickets, click here.

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On Friday, Oct 22, Jack Hodgins will be at the Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival. He’ll be part of Event #38, “Raw Material” (a discussion of inspirations and sources) with Charlotte Gray, Don McKay, and Terence Young. For more information and tickets, click here.

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On Thursday, October 14, Jack Hodgins will be part of the Thursday Night Showcase at the Vertigo Theatre in downtown Calgary. The showcase will include short readings by seven writers, music background. For more information, see the WordFest website.

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On Thursday, October 14, Jack Hodgins will be part of an author panel at the University of Calgary, including a short reading and Q&A, discussion on how being a writer-in-residence or teacher of writing affects one’s career, the writing process, and the work itself. For more information, see the WordFest website.

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Jack Hodgins was recently at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, where he read from The Invention of the World and The Master of Happy Endings.

Here’s what he had to say in the latest reading in a very busy summer:

“Many years had gone by since I’d last read publicly from The Invention of the World, but last week I read from the wedding scene at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts to much gratifying laughter and applause. There were nearly 500 generous people in that wonderful outdoor theatre in Sechelt. Talewind Books had plenty of my books in the book tent and kept me signing for most of an hour.”

Jack Hodgins will also be speaking in Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto in the next few months. Watch our events page for more details!

The second annual Telling Tales Festival takes place on Sunday, September 19 in Hamilton, Ontario. Philip Roy will be there with his NEW book, River Odyssey (Book Three in the Submarine Outlaw series).

To celebrate the ReLit Awards long list announcement this week, we’re giving away a copy of each of our nominated titles: Sheila James‘ short story collection In the Wake of Loss, and Pam Calabrese MacLean’s poetry collection The Dead Can’t Dance. Just email ronsdale@shaw.ca with the answer to the question: What was our top-selling book in 2009? (Hint: check out my sweet green icon here.) This one’s only open to Canadian residents (sorry). I’ll draw the winner on Tuesday at 4pm (Pacific) and notify the winner by email.

Alan Twigg will be at the Vancouver Public Library on November 8 for a talk about his latest book The Essentials: 150 Great B.C. Books and Authors. Copies will be available for sale, and Alan will be on hand for signings.

Location: The Peter Kaye room located on the lower level of the Central Library at 350 W. Georgia Street
Time: 7:00 – 8:30, November 8

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