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Reading with R.W. Gray

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RW GrayR.W. Gray’s poetry and prose have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. He has published two books of short stories and he is an award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter with over ten short films produced. He is also a professor of film and screenwriting in the English Department at the University of New Brunswick.

All are welcome to attend as Dr. Gray reads from his Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award-winning collection of stories, Entropic.

What: Reading with R. W. Gray
When: Tuesday, March 7, 4:15 p.m.
Where: Archives and Special Collections Reading Room, Fifth floor, Killam Library

This public reading is sponsored by the Canadian Literary Collections Project.

Reading with J.A. Wainwright

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One of our most respected Dalhousie Canadian literature teachers and writers (now retired from teaching),  Dr. J. A. Wainwright, will be giving a reading Tuesday, October 4 at 7:30 p.m. The reading will take place in the program room on the fifth floor of the Killam Library.

Dr. Wainwright is the author of five books of poetry, five novels, and two biographies. His most recent work of fiction is The Last Artist (2016). He is McCulloch Emeritus Professor in English at Dalhousie University. The Last Artist, is a novel about a painter who reproduces several modern masterpieces on a cave wall so they will last for 20,000 years. A Paleolithic girl paints the physical and spiritual depths of her world in another cave. The creative connections between the two are profound.

This reading is sponsored by the Canadian Literary Collections Project, which Dr. Wainwright helped establish.

 

 

 

Author Reading with Binnie Brennan

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Join us at the Killam Library for a reading with author and musician Binnie Brennan.

Tuesday, March 1, 4;15 p.m.
Killam Memorial Library
Archives & Special Collections Reading Room (fifth floor)

Binnie has written three books of fiction. She has made long and short lists for several awards, winning the Ken Klonsky Novella Contest award in 2009. In addition to her books, she has been published in several literary journals and one of her stories, A Spider’s Tale, was adapted for the stage. Binnie also plays the viola in Symphony Nova Scotia. In this reading, Binnie will talk about the creative process and read from her book, Like Any Other Monday.

This public reading is sponsored by the Canadian Literary Collections Project.

 

Author reading with William Kowalski

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When: Wednesday, January 14 at 4:30 p.m.
Where: Special Collections & Archives Reading Room, fifth floor, Killam Library

William Kowalski is a writer and an independent publisher. He has written five works of literary fiction: Eddie’s Bastard (1999), Somewhere South of Here (2001), The Adventures of Flash Jackson (2003), The Good Neighbor (2004) and The Hundred Hearts (2013). In September 2014, William won the Thomas H. Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award for The Hundred Hearts, which he will read from on January 14.

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Reviews for The Hundred Hearts:

“This searing novel manages to be a portrayal, both pitilessly accurate and strangely tender, of the toll of battle on soldiers and their families.” — The Globe and Mail

“Timely, beautifully written, and memorable.” — Owen Sound Sun Times

Don’t miss this chance to see William Kowalski in person as he reads from The Hundred Hearts.

 This public reading is sponsored by the Canadian Literary Collections Project.

 

 

 

Russell Wangersky to read at the Killam Library

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Russell Wangersky “It’s as if the wickedly observant Alice Munro and the bawdy Al Purdy had produced a love child, by way of a gritty newsroom...” (Toronto Star, April 30, 2006)

Russell Wangersky “It’s as if the wickedly observant Alice Munro and the bawdy Al Purdy had produced a love child, by way of a gritty newsroom…” (Toronto Star, April 30, 2006)

Update: December 18, a video of this reading is now available to view.

Reading with Russell Wangersky
Tuesday, November 26/7:30 p.m.
Special Collections & Archives Reading Room,
Fifth floor, Killam Memorial Library

Fiction writer and journalist Russell Wangersky will read at the Killam Library on Tuesday, November 26 at 7:30 p.m. The reading will take place in the Special Collections & Archives Reading Room on the fifth floor of the library. He will read from his latest collection of short stories, Whirl Away, for which he won the 2013 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award.

Russell Wangersky was raised in Halifax, the son of a professor of oceanography at Dalhousie. He studied philosophy at Acadia, and during those years, he served as a volunteer firefighter in Wolfville. Eventually, he moved to St. John’s, Newfoundland, where he worked as a reporter at the Sunday Express, spent five years at CBC Television, and returned to volunteer firefighting until 2002. Today, still in St. John’s, he is the author of four books and the commentary editor at the daily newspaper The Telegram.

An award-winning author, Russell has written four books: The Glass Harmonica, a novel; Burning Down the House, a personal account of his experiences as a volunteer firefighter; and Whirl Away and The Hour of Bad Decisions, two collections of short stories.

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Other prizes won by Russell include the 2011 BMO-Winterset Award, the B.C. National Non-Fiction Book Award, the Edna Staebler Award, and the Rogers Cable Non-Fiction Prize. Whirl Away was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

This reading is part of the Canadian Literary Collection Project series (CLCP) and is sponsored by the Dalhousie Libraries. For more information about Russell Wangersky, visit his website.

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