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Top Canadian writers give public readings in Charlottetown in August
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Carol Bruneau will join Anne Simpson at a public reading from their works on August 20, at 6 p.m. in the Confederation Centre Public Library. Karen Connelly, who was previously scheduled, will be unable to participate. Ann-Marie MacDonald will read on Thursday, August 21, at 7 p.m. in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery.
The three are members of the faculty for SeaWords, which takes place August 18 to 22 at Shaw’s Hotel in Brackley Beach, P.E.I. The fourth faculty member is literary agent and former publisher Jackie Kaiser.
Supported by the LMMI and UPEI, SeaWords is being held in conjunction with the 100th anniversary celebration of the publication of L.M. Montgomery’s first and most famous novel, Anne of Green Gables. The theme of the workshop is “Canadian women writers.”
Simpson's second novel, Falling, was recently published by McClelland & Stewart. Her first novel, Canterbury Beach (2001), was a finalist for the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award. Winner of the Journey Prize for short fiction, Simpson has written three books of poetry: Light Falls Through You, winner of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and the Atlantic Poetry Prize; Loop, winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize and a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Poetry; and, most recently, Quick.
Carol Bruneau's most recent novel, Glass Voices, was published last year to rave reviews and named one of Globe and Mail Best One Hundred Books.Her first novel, Purple for Sky won the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and the Dartmouth Book Award. She is also the author of two short fiction collections, Depth Rapture and After the Angel Mill, and the novel Berth.
A novelist, playwright and actor, MacDonald has won many awards, including the Governor General's Award, the Chalmers Award, the Commonwealth Prize, a Gemini, and several Doras. Plays include Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) and Belle Moral: A Natural History. She is author of the internationally best-selling novels, Fall on Your Knees and The Way the Crow Flies.
The readings are hosted by UPEI and the L.M. Montgomery writers-in-residence program. The writers’ books will be on sale during the readings.
The three are members of the faculty for SeaWords, which takes place August 18 to 22 at Shaw’s Hotel in Brackley Beach, P.E.I. The fourth faculty member is literary agent and former publisher Jackie Kaiser.
Supported by the LMMI and UPEI, SeaWords is being held in conjunction with the 100th anniversary celebration of the publication of L.M. Montgomery’s first and most famous novel, Anne of Green Gables. The theme of the workshop is “Canadian women writers.”
Simpson's second novel, Falling, was recently published by McClelland & Stewart. Her first novel, Canterbury Beach (2001), was a finalist for the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award. Winner of the Journey Prize for short fiction, Simpson has written three books of poetry: Light Falls Through You, winner of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and the Atlantic Poetry Prize; Loop, winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize and a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Poetry; and, most recently, Quick.
Carol Bruneau's most recent novel, Glass Voices, was published last year to rave reviews and named one of Globe and Mail Best One Hundred Books.Her first novel, Purple for Sky won the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and the Dartmouth Book Award. She is also the author of two short fiction collections, Depth Rapture and After the Angel Mill, and the novel Berth.
A novelist, playwright and actor, MacDonald has won many awards, including the Governor General's Award, the Chalmers Award, the Commonwealth Prize, a Gemini, and several Doras. Plays include Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) and Belle Moral: A Natural History. She is author of the internationally best-selling novels, Fall on Your Knees and The Way the Crow Flies.
The readings are hosted by UPEI and the L.M. Montgomery writers-in-residence program. The writers’ books will be on sale during the readings.
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