2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
AQUA BOOKS
BRAND SPANKING NEW LOCATION
AT 274 GARRY STREET
(Be sure to check it out if you haven’t been yet!)
The Manitoba Writers’ Guild, the Association
of Manitoba Book Publishers and
J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
invite you to attend:
the a/cross sections: neW Manitoba Writing —
Manitoba book Week book bash!
Spotlighting readings in a new and surprising way!
Anthology contributors and authors include:
George Amabile, Martha Brooks, Lori Cayer,
Clarise Foster, Catherine Hunter, Sarah Klassen
and Talia Pura. Hosted by Chandra Mayor.
Plus:
savory and sweet snacks, liquid refreshments,
a door prize and terrific raffle prizes!
12:00 p.m.
MILLENNIUM LIBRARY
Join photographers Susan Close and
John Paskievich for slide shows from their
recent books, Framing Identity (Arbeiter Ring Publishing) and The North End (U of M Press)
7:00 p.m.
ALTONA LIBRARY,
Altona, Manitoba
Waldemar Janzen reads from his book
Growing Up in Turbulent Times. (CMU Press)
19h30/7:30 p.m.
MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOKSELLERS,
GRANT PARK, travel alcove
Lancement Bilingue / Bilingual Launch
Qu’Appelle de David Bouchard
(édition française/French Edition)
7:00 p.m.
MCNALLY ROBINSON, POLO PARK
Rae Bridgman, popular author of several
young adult novels, launches her newest,
Fish & Sphinx. (Great Plains Publications)
10:00 a.m.
MANITOBA CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
Linda Ducharme, Métis author of Pépere Played the Fiddle and The Bannock Book will read and talk to children. (Pemmican Publications) Regular admission fees apply.
13h30
À LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT BONIFACE
Venez écouter Christian Violy lit les poème
de son livre Éxaucée. (Les Editions des Plaines)
6:30 p.m.
PENNYWISE BOOKS, Brandon
Reading by Barbara Huck of The Land Where
the Sky Begins, text by Barbara Huck, photography
by Dennis Fast. (Heartland Associates)
6:30 p.m.
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE LIBRARY
John Paskievich presents a slide show of photographs from his book, The North End. (U of M Press)
7:00 p.m.
THE NEW AQUA BOOKS LOCATION
274 GARRY
Just the Facts M’am …
Mike McIntyre, author of To the Grave: Inside
a Spectacular RCMP Sting (Great Plains Publications),
Alison Preston, author of Sunny Dreams
(Signature Editions), and Michael Van Rooy,
author of An Ordinary Decent Criminal (Turnstone Press)
will be on hand to give you details on the serious business of researching for accuracy. Mystery, Crime Fiction or True Crime, the story is in the details.
