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  • Events for April , 2008

    10h

    MANITOBA CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
    Venez lire et jouer avec France Adams,
    auteur de
    Regarde par-ici! Regarde par-là!
    Regarde partout!
    (Les Éditions des Plaines)
    Regular admission fees apply.

    11h

    À LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-PIERRE
    Auteur Tatiana Arcand lit et discute de son livre
    Voyages au pays des maléfices.
    (Les Éditions du Blé)

    7:30 p.m.

    THE ASPIRE THEATRE
    GIMLI, MANITOBA

    A literary evening featuring Martha Brooks (J. Gordon Shillingford) and Marjorie Anderson.
    Meet the authors and have your books signed.
    Tickets are free and are available at H.P. Tergesen & Sons. Refreshments served.

    10:00 a.m.

    MANITOBA CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

    Tom Andrich provides creative fun with his book Decorate Yourself: Cool Designs for Temporary Tattoos, Face Painting, Henna, & More. (Hyperion Press). Regular admission charged.

    12:00 p.m.

    MILLENNIUM LIBRARY, Carol Shield’s Auditorium.

    FROM NELLIE TO BELINDA: THE (UN)CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN IN POLITICS.

    With authors Tim Higgins (Heartland Associates), Faith Johnston (University of Manitoba Press), and chaired by Myrna Phillips, former speaker of the House.
    A lively discussion of key issues facing women in politics.

    2:45 p.m.

    THOMPSON LIBRARY, THOMPSON, MANITOBA

    Wayne Tefs, author of 4×4 will be on hand toread from his new book Be Wolf, set in Northern Manitoba. (Turnstone Press)

    7:00 p.m.

    MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOKSELLERS, GRANT PARK, TRAVEL ALCOVE THE RED RIVER REBELLION

    With authors Denis Combet (Les Éditions du Blé), Jack Bumsted (University of Manitoba Press) and Gerald Friesen (University of Manitoba Press).
    Hosted by Ron Robinson. Allow yourself to be transported back to the nineteenth century as our authors discuss recent works dealing with important fi gures and events in Manitoba history.

    7:30 p.m.

    WHODUNIT? MYSTERY BOOKSTORE
    MANITOBA MYSTERY AND CRIME

    With Alison Preston (Signature Editions), Michael Van Rooy (Turnstone Press) and Karen Dudley (Turnstone Press). Whodunit? hosts a night of murder, intrigue and suspense, as local mystery authors read from their work.

    8:00 p.m.

    MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOKSELLERS, GRANT PARK

    LAUNCH of Amber Ambrosia, a juvenile fantasy, by Rae Bridgman. (Great Plains Publications)

    1:30 p.m.

    MILLENNIUM LIBRARY

    Rae Bridgman reads Amber Ambrosia to Grade 6 students. (Great Plains Publications)

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