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If you were unable to attend the Brown Bag Lunch with Marc Prescott, you can listen to it here (Requires Windows Media Player): Brown Bag lunch reading with Marc Prescott
Check our past events for more audio recordings.
Brown Bag Lunch with Marina Endicott
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 12 noon
Student Lounge, Old Arts Building, University of Alberta
Please join us for the fifth in our Fall 2009 Brown Bag Lunch Series. Admission is free and there will be Door Prizes.
Marina Endicott's second novel, Good to a Fault, (Freehand 2008) won the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and was a finalist for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her first novel, Open Arms (Freehand 2001) was nominated for the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel award and serialized on CBC Radio's Between the Covers. Her long poem about the Mayerthorpe incident, "The Policeman's Wife, Some Letters," was short-listed for the national CBC Literary Awards in 2006. She is at work on a new novel about The Belle Auroras, a sister-trio-harmony vaudeville act touring the Canadian prairies in 1909.
Fall Brown Bag Lunch Series
Mark your calendars, because you won't want to miss any of the talented authors in our Brown Bag Lunch Series this Fall.
September 23: Caterina Edwards
October 7: Bert Almon
October 21: Shawna Lemay
November 4: Marc Prescott
December 2: Minister Faust (Malcolm Azania)
Community Events
What Happens Next? The Future of Story, presented by Grant MacEwan School of Communications
Friday, February 5th and Saturday, February 6th, 2010
The Future of Story will explore and examine issues that affect the future of storytelling and narrative at a time when the use of social media technologies is exploding, and traditional story forms are struggling to stay current. The conference will feature Corus Entertainment Distinguished Lecturer Hart Hanson, the Gemini Award-winning Canadian film and television writer and producer, and creator of the long-running Fox Television series Bones. Hanson will speak about the shifting role of narrative in an evolving literary environment. As well, special guest Jack Hodgins, a Governor General Award-winning novelist, will read from his soon-to-be published new novel, The Master of Happy Endings. Hear also from local stars who will share their perspectives about key issues facing the literary, media and communication professions in the 21st century. A tentative line up of panel discussions includes:
- The Next New Journalism
- Post-Reality TV - Moving Beyond Dog, the Bounty Hunter and Tommy Lee goes to College
- Selling It in Hard Times - The Future of Advertising When the Boom Goes Bust
- Telling It in Cynical Times - The Future of Corporate Narrative
- The 21st Century Writer - Or, How to Chart a Career in Letters through Murky Times
- From Quill Pen to Kindle - The Future of the Book
- Setting the Stage - Stories for Tomorrow's Theatre
- Alternative Narratives - Breaking with Convention - Advertising, and Corporate Narrative
Register today at Tix on the Square for your opportunity to network with prominent writers, film makers, and other communicators! Attend Friday evening, all day Saturday or both - there's flexibility to suit your schedule. For conference details, visit www.MacEwan.ca.
Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory Project
The CWRC has received over $1 million in funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. In a recent news article by Gateway reporter Simon Yackulic, CLC Director Marie Carrière, explains how this "huge collaborative effort of over 100 scholars will keep Canada at the cutting edge of the digital revolution."
Follow the link to read the article: U of A helping develop new literary database
Alice Major's The Office Tower Tales receives 2009 Pat Lowther Memorial Award
The winners of the 2009 Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards were announced on Saturday, June 13, at a special event at the League of Canadian Poets Poetry Fest and Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. Alice Major won the Pat Lowther Memorial Award for The Office Tower Tales (The University of Alberta Press).
The 2009 jury commented that The Office Tower Tales "expertly weaves the mundane things of life into a tapestry of priceless collectables. The tales paint life with a new brush, post-modern paint, and extraordinary strokes... This is an epic work, huge in scope..."
The Pat Lowther Memorial award is given each year for a book of poetry by a Canadian woman. Previous winners include such wonderful poets as Gwendolyn MacEwan and Lorna Crozier. For more information, please visit the League of Canadian Poets website.
CLC Honourary Board Member Lauded
Edmonton author and CLC Honourary Board member Rudy Wiebe is one of two artists selected for a 2009 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Award, a prize worth $30,000. Wiebe has written nine novels, six non-fiction books, four short story collections and two children's books. The awards will be presented June 20 in Grande Prairie. Read more at www.edmontonjournal.com.
Stanley A. Milner Library
Writer's Corner Series
For more information, please visit the EPL website.
Writers Guild of Alberta
2009 Alberta Literary Awards Announced!
The Alberta Literary Awards recognize and celebrate the highest standards of literary excellence from Alberta authors. This year, jurors deliberated over 140 submissions to select 21 finalists in seven categories. Read more at www.writersguild.ab.ca.
Writer in Exile
The PEN Canada Writer in Exile for 2009-10 is Sheng Xui. Please visit her website, and check out this interview with Edmonton Journal writer Liz Withey.
We've Moved: Come visit us at our new location at 4-115 Humanities Centre, or email us at: cdnlit@ualberta.ca
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November 25, 2009
Fall 2009 CLC Scholarly Lecture presented by Dr. Keavy Martin:
Please join us as Dr. Keavy Martin presents the inaugural CLC scholarly lecture.
December 2, 2009
Brown Bag Lunch with Minister Faust (Malcolm Azania)
Minister Faust joins us for the final reading in our Fall 2009 Brown Bag Lunch Reading Series.
