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Wander through events from current and past programming!
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Writing Craft 2: Poetry and Pain, with Margarita Saona
Award-winning poet MARGARITA SAONA will offer you a path to create poetry from experiences of physical illness and alienation. This 90-minute workshop will provide a safe space to explore the connection between physical and mental ailments and experiences with health systems. This discussion is grounded on the idea that pain and illness can generate “aesthetic”…
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An Afternoon with Jon Klassen
Join us for a very special afternoon with Jon Klassen as he discusses and signs The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale (Candlewick Press). Co-presented by McNally Robinson Booksellers. This event will be hosted live in the Atrium of McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park and also available as a simultaneous YouTube stream. Before arriving, please review details of how…
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Une soirée avec Catherine Leroux
Ne manquez pas la chance d’entendre lire l’écrivaine Catherine Leroux dans la maison historique de Gabrielle Roy! Ne manquez pas la chance de visiter La Maison Gabrielle-Roy en présence de l’écrivaine Catherine Leroux, récipiendaire du Prix littéraire du Gouverneur general 2019. Joignez-vous à nous pour entendre Catherine faire une lecture de son livre acclamé, L’avenir,…
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Afternoon Book Chat with Lauren Carter & Catherine Leroux
Our Afternoon Book Chats are back, but we’re gathering at the Millennium Library this time out. Join us for six memorable conversations with some of this year’s featured writers. We’ll have books available for purchase, so when you find your new favourite book, you can get it signed! Lauren Carter & Catherine Leroux: Short stories…
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An Evening with Alicia Elliott
Join us for an evening with Alicia Elliott, bestselling author of A Mind Spread Out On The Ground, as she visits Winnipeg to discuss and sign her debut novel, And Then She Fell (Doubleday Canada). Hosted by Jenny Heijun Wills. Co-presented by McNally Robinson Booksellers as part of THIN AIR 2023. The event will be hosted live…
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All Things Métis / Toutes Choses Métis
It’s a Kitchen Party! Hear readings from Métis writers Michelle Porter, katherena vermette, and Matthew Tétreault. It’s a Kitchen Party! Métis writers Michelle Porter, Matthew Tétreault, and Winnipeg’s own katherena vermette will read from their new books. Listen to a little traditional fiddling by Alexandre Tétreault (Douzie), and try your hand at some beading courtesy…
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Afternoon Book Chat with Michelle Porter & Matthew Tétreault
Our Afternoon Book Chats are back, but we’re gathering at the Millennium Library this time out. Join us for six memorable conversations with some of this year’s featured writers. We’ll have books available for purchase, so when you find your new favourite book, you can get it signed! Michelle Porter & Matthew Tétreault: To be…
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An Evening with Casey Plett
Join us for a very special evening with Casey Plett as she returns to Winnipeg to discuss two new books. The first, A Safe Girl to Love (Arsenal Pulp Press), is a reissue of her debut short story collection. The second, On Community (Biblioasis), is a short meditation on the concept of community itself. Plett…
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Afternoon Book Chat with hannah_g & Zoe Whittall
Our Afternoon Book Chats are back, but we’re gathering at the Millennium Library this time out. Join us for six memorable conversations with some of this year’s featured writers. We’ll have books available for purchase, so when you find your new favourite book, you can get it signed! hannah_g & Zoe Whittall: Reflecting on real…
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Speaking Crow featuring Jody Baltessen
Winnipeg’s longest-running poetry open mic moves online with a featured reading by Prairie Fire contest winner Jody Baltessen. Welcome to Speaking Crow the Virtual Edition! Just as before, we will be meeting the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00pm, this time via ZOOM. We have two registration options: Register via EventBrite HERE 1)Register to…
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Afternoon Book Chat with Michael Afenfia & Kerry Ryan
Our Afternoon Book Chats are back, but we’re gathering at the Millennium Library this time out. Join us for six memorable conversations with some of this year’s featured writers. We’ll have books available for purchase, so when you find your new favourite book, you can get it signed! Michael Afenfia & Kerry Ryan: Leave…
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Writing Craft 1: But When Is It Finished? with Daniel Allen Cox
Acclaimed writer DANIEL ALLEN COX will help you know when it’s time to let you short-form non-fiction piece go out into the world. We hear a lot about the challenges of starting a piece of writing, but what about the business of wrapping it up? We worry about sending out a piece prematurely, but we…