Welcome to the Canadian Literature Centre
Author Cabaret & Reception
When: Monday, March 1st, 2010, 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Where: Art Gallery of Alberta, 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Dr. Eric Schloss, founder of the Canadian Literature Centre, Mrs. Elexis Schloss, and Dr. Marie Carrière, Director of the Canadian Literature Centre, invite you to attend an Author Cabaret & Reception.
To register online, please go to: CLC Author Cabaret Online Registration & Payment
Registration is $100, and this event will benefit the programs and activities of the Canadian Literature Centre. A tax receipt will be issued for a portion of the ticket price. Spaces are limited, so please register by February 23rd, 2010.
Click here for more details . . .
CALL FOR PAPERS
Multiculticanada 2010
Imagining and Representing Identities in Canada: Words and Images of The Cultural Mosaic, University of Alberta. Click here for more information.
BROWN BAG LUNCH READINGS RECORDED
If you were unable to attend the Brown Bag Lunch with Douglas Barbour, you can listen to it here (Requires Windows Media Player): Brown Bag lunch reading with Douglas Barbour
Check our past events for more audio recordings.
Winter 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 Winter.
January 13: Afua Cooper
January 27: Douglas Barbour
March 3: Erin Mouré & Oana Avasilichioaei
March 24: Linda Goyette
Check our website frequently as we update our Winter Brown Bag Lunch Series info ...
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.
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.
News
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
Stanley A. Milner Library
Writer's Corner Series
For more information, please visit the EPL website.
Writers Guild of Alberta
Visit the WGA website.
Writer in Exile
The PEN Canada Writer in Exile for 2009-10 is Sheng Xui. Please visit her website.
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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Become a member of the Canadian Literature Centre, and we will keep you informed, by email, of our literature activities and research events.
February 24, 2010
Brown Bag Lunch with J.R. Léveillé
J.R. Léveillé joins us for the fourth in our Winter 2010 Brown Bag Lunch Reading Series.
March 1, 2010
Author Cabaret & Reception
Please the Canadian Literature Centre for an evening of fine words, wine and food with some of Canada's most talented authors.
March 2, 2010
2010 Henry Kreisel Commemorative Lecture by Eden Robinson
The Canadian Literature Centre is pleased to present the 2010 Henry Kreisel Lecture by Eden Robinson.
March 3, 2010
Brown Bag Lunch with Erin Mouré and Oana Avasilichioaei
Erin Mouré and Oana Avasilichioaei join us for the fifth in our Winter 2010 Brown Bag Lunch Reading Series.
