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The Minotaur Dreams: The Downtown Eastside Labyrinth Project

April 28th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Events, Stage, Students, Faculty, and Alumni No Comments »

The Minotaur Dreams: The Downtown Eastside Labyrinth Project

A new telling of an ancient tale, with and for the Downtown Eastside with puppets, masks, promenade theatre, storytelling…
 
Event Details:
Saturday May 8 at 8 PM
Sunday May 9 at 2 PM and 8 PM
Russian Hall 600 Campbell Ave, Vancouver
by donation ~$10

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XS-NRG Documentary Screening by MFA Shay Wilson

April 28th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Events, Screen, Students, Faculty, and Alumni, UBC Creative Writing No Comments »

XS-NRG Documentary Screening
Four ultra-marathon runners attempt to conquer the 180 km Sunshine Coast Trail, non-stop. Produced by Creative Writing MFA Shay Wilson.
 
Event Details:
Vancouver Screening: Saturday May 1, 6:00 pm to 7:00pm, with Q&A to follow and prizes to be won!
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Auditorium, 1100 Chestnut Street.
Tickets $15 in advance from www.xsnrg.tv. They will also be available at the door, but we recommend advance purchase to avoid disappointment!

For more info email shayjwilson@gmail.com

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Come to celebrate the publication of Maggie De Vries’s new picture book, Fraser Bear: a Cub’s Life

April 28th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Book Launch, Children's Literature, Events, Students, Faculty, and Alumni, UBC Creative Writing No Comments »

Fraser Bear tells the story of the first two years in the life of a bear cub living at the foot of Mount Robson,
the tallest of the Rockies, and the story of the chinook salmon who spawn there, in the headwaters of the Fraser
River. It is illustrated by Renne Benoit, who also illustrated Tale of a Great White Fish: a Sturgeon Story.

Come to the book launch on Thursday, May 6 at 7pm at Kidsbooks, 3083 West Broadway,
It will be mostly a mingling kind of event, with food and drink and just a few words
from the author. A celebration!

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Celebrate the launch of THE MAQUINNA LINE: A Family Saga

April 26th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Book Launch, Events No Comments »

Celebrate the launch of THE MAQUINNA LINE: A Family Saga
the lost novel of Norma Macmillan

Event Details:
Tuesday, April 27 at 7 PM
The Railway Club
579 Dunsmuir Street
Vancouver, BC
All are welcome

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Kogawa House Reading Series

April 26th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Book Launch, Events, Students, Faculty, and Alumni, UBC Creative Writing No Comments »

Come to the intimate living room at Historic Joy Kogawa House for a fascinating series of salon gatherings with writers who call for social change through their literature.

Anosh Irani Sunday May 2, 3:30 pm

Stephen Galloway Monday May 17, 7:30 pm

Karen Connelly Monday June 21, 7:30 pm

Nancy Lee, Monday June 28, 7:30 pm

Joy Kogawa House is located at 1450 West 64th Avenue (2 blocks east of Granville).
http://www.kogawahouse.com/

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RED ZONE Book Launch Party

April 26th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Book Launch, Events No Comments »

RED ZONE Book Launch Party
Saturday, May 8, 8:00 pm at W2, 151 Cordova Street, Vancouver
Free. All welcome

Join Kim Goldberg for the Vancouver launch of her latest book, RED
ZONE - an illustrated poem-diary of Nanaimo’s homeless population. Kim
spent three years wandering Nanaimo’s back alleys, underpasses, squats
and homeless camps to create this book, which is now being taught as Read the rest of this entry »

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Cross-Border Reading

April 26th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Events, Students, Faculty, and Alumni, UBC Creative Writing No Comments »

Readings by Camille T. Dungy, Marguerite Pigeon, Ray Hsu, Mary Cornish and David Zieroth.

Event Details:

May 4, 2010, 7-9 PM

W2 Storyeum, 151 W Cordova, Vancouver

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Poetry reading Lorri Neilsen Glenn

April 18th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Events, Poetry No Comments »

Poetry reading Lorri Neilsen Glenn
 
Event Details:
Tuesday April 27 7:30 pm at 9:00 pm
Peter Kaye Room, Lower Level
Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.
Admission is free. Seating is limited.
www.brickbooks.ca
there will be door prizes

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Eve Lazarus and Claudia Cornwall reading

April 18th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Events No Comments »

Eve Lazarus and Claudia Cornwall reading in North Van April 21
 
Event Details:
April 21, 7PM
Lynn Valley Library
1277 Lynn Valley Rd.
North Vancouver, BC
604-984-0286
free

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The On Edge readings series presents: Sina Queyras

April 18th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Events No Comments »

The On Edge readings series presents: Sina Queyras

Event Details:
7 pm, Tuesday, April 27
Room NB 245
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 1399 Johnston St.
Granville Island, Vancouver/Coast Salish Territories
free

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