Events
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September 27, 2017 - 7:30 pm
MainStage — Modern Day Myths Past Event
THIN AIR 2017The MainstageManitoba Theatre for Young People (MTYP)
Writers
Anne Fleming grew up in Southern Ontario idolizing the directors at her YWCA summer camp, two self-sufficient lesbians who raised goats and chickens and built their own kayaks. She has published three books of fiction for adults, Pool-Hopping and Other Stories, shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award, Gay Dwarves of America, and the novel Anomaly, as well as a poetry collection, poemw. The Goat (Groundwood), her first book for young readers, is a tender story of a young girl’s encounter with friendship, healing, and a renegade goat in Manhattan one summer. Anne Fleming lives in Kelowna and teaches creative writing at University of British Columbia, Okanagan.