August 21: Garry Gottfriedson at Red Jam Slam in Vancouver

Garry Gottfriedson (Skin Like Mine) will be giving a talk/reading at Red Jam Slam on August 21st. The event begins at 11:00am with a Truth and Reconciliation Panel (Samaya Jardey & Chief Robert Joseph). There will also be an art exhibit, as well as music from 5:00pm. Red Hot Jam is organized by Gunargie O’Sullivan in collaboration with Vancouver Co-op Radio, W2: Community Media Arts, and CJSF Radio. Tickets are $10 and food & beverage will be available for purchase.

Location:
W2 Storyeum,
151 West Cordova St
Vancouver, BC
V6B 1E1

Times: 11:00am – 2:00am

“Women on Ice” will be most-consulted book on women’s hockey in area: Suite 101.com

Lori Henry wrote a an article on Wayne Norton‘s Women on Ice for Suite 101.com recently. I’m pleased to see that even now that it’s (finally!) summer, people are still interested in this book. And why wouldn’t they be?? Great pictures, interesting characters, stories from Western Canada’s history, and, well, hockey!

Here’s a quote from the article. Click here to read the whole thing.

“This historical tome will doubtless become the book most referred to in all subsequent work on women’s hockey in Western Canada.
. . .
This historical account of women’s hockey in Western Canada, Women on Ice by Wayne Norton, covers more than just the game of ice hockey. The book reveals the attitude about women’s role in society in the late 1800s and early 1900s, as well as how society reacted when women decided to take to the ice.
Most importantly, Wayne Norton has filled the book with quotes, clips of newspaper articles, historical photos and commentary that make this a significant contribution to the records of this area. As he state, the women mentioned have all since passed away, so no firsthand accounts are available. Without this book, their stories would most likely be overlooked and lost forever.”

Read more at Suite101: Women’s Hockey in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Banff http://wcanadatravel.suite101.com/article.cfm/womens-hockey-in-vancouver-calgary-edmonton-and-banff#ixzz0rsrjx3F4

Howard Richler interviewed on The Commentary

Thecommentary.ca editor Joseph Planta interviewed Howard Richler last week. About Strange Bedfellows: The Private Lives of Words, Planta said: “It’s a fascinating, informative, and engrossing book on a great number of words, their origin, original meaning, and for some of them, where the English language has stolen them from. It’s also often amusing, and I find myself still—weeks after getting the book—dipping into it.” You can listen to the interview here.

Beryl Young’s new website

Beryl Young has a great new website. Check it out for information on her books, author visits and other news. Take a look at Beryl’s childhood photos — beautiful bows! www.berylyoung.com

Garry Gottfriedson, Rita Wong, and Joanne Arnott at the Vancouver Public Library

Join critically acclaimed BC poets Garry Gottfriedson, Rita Wong, and Joanne Arnott for a poetry reading to celebrate the release of Garry Gottfriedson‘s Skin Like Mine, a bold collection in which Gottfriedson tackles issues facing first nations today. Through their poetry, these three authors have explored the rhythms of the land, the rhythms of the body and the destruction that can be caused to both. Rita Wong is the author of Forage (2007) and Joanne Arnott is the author of Mother Time (2007).

A program open to all ages Thursday July 22
7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Free
Meeting Room, Level 3
Central Library
350 West Georgia Street

For more information please contact VPL – Popular Reading Library at 604-331-3691

View the Vancouver Public Library’s calendar here: http://www.vpl.ca/cgi-bin/api/calendar.cgi

October: Jack Hodgins at WordFest, Calgary/Banff

This October (12–17), Jack Hodgins (The Invention of the World) will be reading at Calgary-Banff WordFest (schedule to be announced).

June 16: Jean Rae Baxter in Hamilton

On Wednesday, June 16, Jean Rae Baxter (The Way Lies North) will be reading at the Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street, Hamilton, ON. 7:30 p.m. Check the Artbar calendar for more details.

July 3: Norma Charles at Bowen Island festival, BC

Norma Charles (The Girl in the Backseat, Chasing a Star) will be presenting on a panel and doing ‘blue pencil’ sessions at Write on Bowen Festival of Readers and Writers, Bowen Island, BC, on July 3.

June 12: Sheila James at WESTFEST, Ottawa

WESTFEST is a free three-day celebration of the arts: music, literature, visual arts, theatre, and more. Sheila James (In the Wake of Loss) will be reading on Saturday, June 12, from 12-1:30pm. Sheila is an engaging and entertaining performer and her readings from her short stories are very theatrical — if you’re lucky, she may even sing for you!
For more information, click here.

May 27th: Jean Rae Baxter in Oakville, ON

On Thursday, May 27, Jean Rae Baxter (The Way Lies North) will give an illustrated talk, “The Facts behind the Fiction,” at W. H. Morden Public School, 180 Morden Road, Oakville, ON.