Chaudiere author Joe Blades reads at QWERTY Reads, Fredericton NB: February 6, 2013

QWERTY magazine reads hits Alden Nowlan House, the UNB GSA Grad House, again, with the prose and poetry stylings of Lisa Jodoin, Martin Ainsley, and Joe Blades. Come enjoy some snacks and drinks while taking in literary greatness!

QWERTY Reads, February!
February 6, 2013 at 7:30pm
Grad House, 676 Windsor St, Fredericton, New Brunswick

rob mclennan reads at Ottawa's A B Series, January 31, 2013

ROB MCLENNAN & BEATRIZ HAUSNER

8:00pm
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Ottawa Art Gallery, Firestone Gallery
2 Daly Ave, Ottawa
Free / a hat will be passed

A B Series gratefully acknowledges the support of the City of Ottawa, Ontario Arts Council, and, through the League of Canadian Poets, the Canada Council for the Arts.

Info at the A B Series website here, including author bios.

rob mclennan will be launching Songs for little sleep, (Obvious epiphanies press, 2012).

January 25, 2013: Monty Reid reads in Winnipeg as part of WinterWORDfest 2013

WinterWORDfest 2013
Sharon Butala Readings and Workshops

Wednesday, January 23
Sharon Butala
12:30 PM Room 3M64 (3rd oor of Manitoba Hall), University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue
Hosted by the Department of English

Ted Dyck with Luann Hiebert
7:30 PM: The Neighbourhood Cafe, 898 Westminster Avenue
Hosted by the Mennonite Literary Society

Thursday, January 24
Sharon Butala
1 PM: Great West Life Lecture Theatre, The Roblin Centre, Red River College, 160 Princess Street
Hosted by the Department of Creative Communications

Sharon Butala
7 PM: The Atrium, McNally Robinson Booksellers, 1120 Grant Avenue
Introduced by Geoff Hancock

Friday, January 25
Monty Reid with Michelle Elrick and friends
7 PM: Travel Alcove, McNally Robinson Booksellers, 1120 Grant Avenue
Hosted by Contemporary Verse 2

Saturday, January 26
MEMOIR WRITING WORKSHOP WITH Sharon Butala
9 AM - 4 PM
Cost: $55 (includes lunch)
Artspace Boardroom, 424-100 Arthur Street
To register, contact Prairie Fire at 204 -943-9066 or prfire@mts.net

FICTION EDITING WORKSHOP WITH Geoff Hancock
1 - 4 PM
Cost: $45 for MWG members, $55 for non-members
Burns Family Classroom, Manitoba Writers’ Guild, 218-100 Arthur Street, in the Artspace building
To register, contact info@mbwriter.mb.ca or call 204-944-8013

ottawater #9: Lea, Le Dressay, mclennan, Pirie + Reid

Five Chaudiere Books authors--Nicholas Lea, Anne Le Dressay, rob mclennan, Pearl Pirie and Monty Reid--have new work in the 9th issue of the Ottawa annual poetry pdf journal ottawater.

Check here for the link to the current issue, as well as all previous issues, archived on the site, as well as information on the launch at The Carleton Tavern on January 24, 2013.

Jennifer Mulligan begins "12 or 20 Questions in Film" interview series,

Jennifer Mulligan has started posting a "12 or 20 Questions in Film" interview series, roughly based on rob mclennan's "12 or 20 questions" (series one, (current) two and (small press) three). Aiming to post new interviews every week or so, the first interview is with Ottawa filmmaker Derek Price.