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Wander through events from current and past programming!
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Big Ideas with Niigaan Sinclair
Our Big Ideas series offers a space for non-fiction writers to share their life-changing insights on some of today’s most pressing topics “Based on years’ worth of columns, Niigaan Sinclair delivers a defining essay collection on the resilience of Indigenous peoples. Here, we meet the creators, leaders, and everyday people preserving the beauty of their…
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Afternoon Book Chat with Sarah Cox & Shani Mootoo
Join us for an hour of fascinating behind-the-scenes conversation with some of this year’s terrific writers! Join us for an interview between two expert thinkers, one a journalist and the other a poet, as they read from their latest books and discuss the intersections of ecological justice, colonialism, displacements, and the legacies of our inheritances.…
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Nooner with Robyn Braun
We’re excited to bring back our half-hour Nooners series, this time online! Prefer to log in from home? We’ve got something for you too! We’re excited to bring back our half-hour Nooners series, this time online. Join us on your lunch break and learn about your new favourite books! This series is free, with required…
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MainStage #1
Celebrate the come back of THIN AIR/Livres en fête MainStage! Relationships, be those between a person and a lover, or nature, or a history, can be difficult. Join us tonight to hear four award-winning writers read from books that confront the difficulty of relationships, their stories often offering us templates for braving these onerous but…
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Big Ideas with Sarah Cox
Our Big Ideas series offers a space for non-fiction writers to share their life-changing insights on some of today’s most pressing topics. “Environmental journalist Sarah Cox has witnessed what happens when we drive species to the brink of extinction. In Signs of Life, she tags along with the Canadian military, Indigenous guardians, biologists, conservationists, and ordinary…
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Afternoon Book Chat with Caroline Adderson & Shashi Bhat
Join us for a cozy conversation between two Governor General Award finalists as they read from and discuss their latest short fiction books. Registration is not required, but recommended.
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Nooner with Raymond Beauchemin
We’re excited to bring back our half-hour Nooners series, this time online! Prefer to log in from home? We’ve got something for you too! We’re excited to bring back our half-hour Nooners series, this time online. Join us on your lunch break and learn about your new favourite books! This series is free, with required…
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Free Press Book Club with Greg Kearney
Plume Winnipeg (formerly WIWF) is teaming up with the Free Press Book Club and McNally Robinson Booksellers to present September’s Book Club as a part of THIN AIR Festival! Originally designed to help ease some of the isolation-related boredom, the Winnipeg Free Press runs a monthly book club which will run completely online and is…
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Winnipeg Poetry Slam ft. Apollo Jenna
This year, THIN AIR / Livres en fête 2024 is teaming up with the Winnipeg Poetry Slam to showcase a fantastic new poetry voice, Apollo Jenna. Following Apollo’s performance, stick around for the Slam, a competition between some of the best spoken word artists this city has to offer. Sign up at 6:00pm if you…
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Writing Craft with Chimwemwe Undi
Writing Windows A poetic practice requires a practice of noticing the world around us. In this generative poetry workshop, we will read and discuss contemporary poems that notice and name what often goes unnamed – poems that cast new light and new shadows onto our shared every-day. We will then write and share our own…
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Reading & Beading
Join us for a celebration of poetry, art, and community with Marilyn Dumont & Cathy Mattes. Join us for a celebration of poetry, art, and community. This event will include a reading from acclaimed poet Marilyn Dumont, a presentation about beading and Métis art by the esteemed academic Cathy Mattes, and a casual conversation between…
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Cabaret littéraire flyé
Prestations multidisciplinaires pour mettre en lumière les mots et les talents de nos artistes locaux et invités. Poésie, cinéma, chant, conte, danse, humour et surprises en vue! Suite au lancement de l’anthologie Poésie franco-ouestienne 1974-2024, certains des écrivain.e.s s’étant déplacé à Winnipeg pour l’occasion livreront des prestations multidisciplinaires qui mettront en lumière leurs mots et…