Drawing from the Past with Nancy Nickolson + Book Swap Doors open at 7:00pm, The Talk begins at 7:30 pm. This event will include a book swap. Bring in the history related books that you’re done with and trade with other attendees for fresh reads for 2024! Anything history related is welcome: be it historical […]
The Department of English and Film Studies invites you to “The Writing Life: Black Artistic Vulnerability and Resilience,” a conversation between Tier 1 CRC in Black Global Studies, Professor Michael A. Bucknor, and internationally acclaimed author, Professor David Chariandy. A member of the Royal Society of Canada, Chariandy is the foremost thinker on Black Canadian […]
Please join the Edmonton Public Library in collaboration with the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta for a special reading by David Chariandy. Of Black and South Asian Caribbean descent, David Chariandy is a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the winner of the prestigious 2019 Windham-Campbell Prize, […]
Join us for a lunch-hour reading by David Chariandy of his novel, Brother, recently made into a full-length feature film. Brother was also a finalist at the 2019 Canada Reads competition and won the 2017 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the 2018 Toronto Book Award, and the 2018 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Henderson Hall, 1-17 […]
In this Black History Month lecture, Chariandy will discuss the process of the historical recovery of Mathieu da Costa, the first known “Black Canadian.” da Costa worked as an interpreter between European traders/colonists and Indigenous peoples. As a thinker and creative artiste whose work focuses on Black lives, Chariandy will show the entangled lives of […]
Featuring: M’Kayla Kongnetiman, A.N., Okechukwu Nnamchi, and Dizzy Walka Welcome to TD Amplify 2023-24, a season of unexpected and unmatched Calgary performers brought together by curator and spoken word icon Wakefield Brewster. Part live show and part underground DJ party - make TD Amplify part of your Friday or Saturday night in downtown Calgary. Calgary’s sixth […]
Poets' Haven Reading Series (Doors open at 6:30) Features Poetry by: Kathy Fisher, Tyler DeWacht, Seaneen O'Rourke, Anna Mioduchowska Mic Host: Kathy Fisher Door Host: Naomi McIlwraith Open Mic: Sign-up (2-min. poem) Welcome all! See you at the Haven! Bring your friends! New and first readers are always welcome and given priority during the Open […]
Dr. Jen Gunter is a bestselling author, a practicing OB-GYN, and a champion of women's health. Her new book, Blood, is a must-read for anyone looking to take charge of their menstrual well-being. Audreys Books and Random House Canada are proud to present Dr. Gunter live in conversation with Tara McCarthy at the U of A's […]
Audreys Books and Random House Canada are pleased to present Dr. Jen Gunter in Conversation with Tara McCarthy from Edmonton AM (CBC Radio One). Dr. Gunter, author of the bestselling books Vagina Bible and Menopause Manifesto, is here to discuss her brand hew book Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation. There will be […]
Poets' Haven Reading Series Doors open at 6:30 Features Poetry by: Dorothy Lowrie, Kenneth Brown, Pierrette Requier, Ivan Sundal Mic Host: Kenneth Brown Door Host: Loren Marsden Open Mic: Sign-up (2-min. poem) Welcome all! See you at the Haven! Bring your friends! New and first readers are always welcome and given priority during the Open […]
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