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Events
Wander through events from current and past programming!
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Writing Craft 3: Taking on the Climate Crisis, with Joan Thomas (online)
Tackle the challenges of writing realistic fiction in the shadow of a climate emergency with award-winning writer JOAN THOMAS. How do we write compellingly about a world in ecological crisis? Is the realistic novel, with its focus on individual subjectivity and its emphasis on insight rather than event, up for the job? Disputing the notion…
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An Evening with Waubgeshig Rice
Join us for an evening with Waubgeshig Rice as he returns to Winnipeg to discuss Moon of the Turning Leaves (Random House of Canada) featuring a reading and a conversation hosted by Rosanna Deerchild. A book signing will follow. Co-presented by McNally Robinson Booksellers. The event will be hosted live in the Atrium of McNally Robinson…
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AfterWords
We’re closing THIN AIR 2023 with a crowd favourite: the Haiku Death Match! We’re closing out the festival at Kilter Brewing with a crowd favourite: the Haiku Death Match! This year’s contestants, armed with funny, cringy, sultry, or gasp-worthy verse, will battle it out in the spirit of syllable counts—the audience is the judge. If you’re feeling feisty, you…
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An Evening with Michael Crummey
Join us for an evening with the award-winning, bestselling author of The Innocents, Michael Crummey, who returns to Winnipeg to discuss and sign The Adversary (Knopf Canada): a dark, enthralling novel about love and its limitations, the corruption of power and the power of corruption. Featuring a reading and a conversation hosted by Chris Hall,…
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An Evening with Emma Donoghue
Join us for an evening with internationally bestselling author Emma Donoghue who will discuss and sign her latest novel, Learned By Heart (HarperCollins Canada). Featuring a conversation hosted by Angela Torgerson of McNally Robinson Booksellers. Co-presented by McNally Robinson Booksellers as a part of THIN AIR 2023. The event will be hosted live in the Atrium of McNally…
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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…