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The Department of English Literature is delighted to announce the 23rd season of the Writers Reading Series in Peterborough. These events bring award-winning and world-class authors to Peterborough for literary readings, critical/practical discussions and plain old casual conversation. As befits the range and scope of Canada’s literary landscape, our authors cover a lot of emotional and intellectual ground. These are smart people with serious talent, but the events are stimulating and funny, not stodgy and solemn. Because we choose writers for their unique talents no two events are exactly alike, but they’re all free and they’re all fun. All events begin at 7:00 PM in the Junior Common Room (Scott House) at Traill College, 310 London Street, Peterborough, with a public reception in The Trend Pub immediately afterwards. We invite all members of the community to take advantage of this opportunity to see, hear, and meet these writers in relaxed and hospitable circumstances.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 Rebecca Rosenblum’s short fiction has been short-listed for the Journey Prize, the National Magazine Award, and the Danuta Gleed Award, longlisted for the Relit Award, and she was herself a juror for the Journey Prize 21. Her work has been seen in Exile Quarterly, The Antigonish Review, The New Quarterly, Maisonnueve, Coming Attractions, and Best Canadian Stories 10. Her first collection of stories, Once, won the Metcalf-Rooke Award and was one of Quill and Quire’s 15 Books That Mattered in 2008. The Maclean’s blog named her “Canlit Rookie of the Year” in 2008. Her new collection of stories is The Big Dream. Visit: http://www.rebeccarosenblum.com/
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Priscila Uppal is a Toronto poet, fiction writer and York University professor. Among her publications are eight collections of poetry, most recently, Ontological Necessities (2006; shortlisted for the $50,000 Griffin Poetry Prize), Traumatology (2010), Successful Tragedies: Poems 1998-2010 (Bloodaxe Books, U.K.), and Winter Sport: Poems; the critically-acclaimed novels The Divine Economy of Salvation (2002) and To Whom It May Concern (2009); and the study We Are What We Mourn: The Contemporary English-Canadian Elegy (2009). She was poet-in-residence for Canadian Athletes Now during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic games. Time Out London recently dubbed her “Canada’s coolest poet.” Visit: http://priscilauppal.ca/
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 One of Canada’s most prolific and versatile writers, Dave Bidini is the award-winning author of nine books, including On a Cold Road, Tropic of Hockey, Around the World in 57 ½ Gigs and Baseballissimo. His play, “The Five Hole Stories,” was performed by One Yellow Rabbit and toured Canada in winter, 2009, and his two “hockumentaries,” The Hockey Nomad and The Hockey Nomad Goes To Russia were Gemini-nominated films; The Hockey Nomad won for Best Documentary. He was a founding member of the iconic Canadian band, The Rheostatics, and currently performs with Bidiniband. His newest book is a biography of Gordon Lightfoot. Visit: http://davebidini.ca/ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Teresa Toten is an award-winning author of eight books as well as numerous short stories and articles. She has twice been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award: for The Game in 2001 and for Me and the Blondes in 2006. Her recent work includes Better than Blonde in (2007) and Beyond Blonde (2011). Her acclaimed anthology Piece by Piece: Stories About Fitting into Canada was released in 2010. Visit: http://www.teresatoten.com/ For more information about the Series, please visit: facebook.com/writersreadContactLewis MacLeodlewismacleod@trentu.ca |
