From writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca Sun Aug 15 10:35:37 2010 From: writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca (WD-Listserv) Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:35:37 -0400 Subject: WD - EVENT - Sci-fi convention returns to Ottawa next weekend Message-ID: <4C67C2F9.25303.4071258@localhost> From writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca Sun Aug 15 11:03:27 2010 From: writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca (WD-Listserv) Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:03:27 -0400 Subject: WD - Sunday Citizen Book Events - Aug. 15 Message-ID: <4C67C97F.1359.186D5B@localhost> Hi all, (If you lose this message, they are archived on the WD site: http://listserv.storm.ca/mailman/listinfo/writers_deadline) --- Weekend Reminder... Literary Events - Book Events - Book Pages The Ottawa Citizen now includes "Literary Events" as individual items on its "Events Listings" Web page: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/events- listings/index.html (If you want an accurate and current listing of Ottawa writing events, please visit the Bywords Web site (http://www.bywords.ca/) and click on "Events" in the left-hand table-of-contents.) -- "Book Events" are listed and we show them below, in case you missed the Sunday Citizen... -- Links to "Book Pages" from the major Eastern newspapers are also listed below. ---- SATURDAY Signing: Dancehall and Reggae artist Ky-Mani Marley will autograph his book Dear Dad for fans as well as perform at this year's Ottawa Reggae Festival. Dear Dad chronicles the young Ky-Mani's gritty ascent out of the bullet-riddled life of street conflict and crack selling. Meet Marley from 10 to 11 a.m. at Sankofa, 430 Rideau St. and have a copy of the book autographed. Info: 613-315-4461 or info at ottawareggaefestival.com. Signing: George Caron will be signing his book, Mouse on a String at the Prison For Women, at Chapters Rideau from noon to 3 pm. Caron was a warden at a women's prison during the 1970s and 1980s. Signing: T. Robert Fowler will sign copies of his book Courage Rewarded: The Valour of Canadian Soldiers Under Fire 1900-2007, from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Gift Boutique of the Canadian War Museum. COMING Presentation: Guy Thatcher will be discussing his book A Journey of Days: Relearning Life's Lessons on the Camino de Santiago, on Aug. 25 at 10 a.m. at the Gloucester Presbyterian Church, 91 Pike St. Also on Aug. 25, The Cove Country Inn presents "An Evening with Guy Thatcher" at 7 p.m. The Cove Country Inn is located at 2 Bedford-on-the-Water, Westport, Ont. Reading: Writer, actor and former Ottawa resident Andrew Binks reads from and signs his novel The Summer in Between, at Chapters Rideau, 47 Rideau St., on Aug. 28 from 1 to 4 p.m. --- WEEKEND BOOK PAGES: Here are the links to the major from the CBC, Globe & Mail, Montreal Gazette, National Post, Ottawa Citizen and Toronto Star.) CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/ http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/ Globe & Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/ Montreal Gazette: http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/books/index.html National Post: http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/books/index.html Ottawa Citizen: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/books/index.html Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books OTHER OFFERINGS TO CHECK OUT: National Public Radio (NPR): http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1032&ps=lt (If you want to get some good reviews, from and American source...) --- Granta - the magazine of new writing http://www.granta.com/ (Granta.com features a wealth of additional material ? including the latest developments in the literary world, interviews, brand-new short stories and topical commentary.) --- Bookslut http://www.bookslut.com/ ("... known for offering sharp, thoughtful and acerbic reviews of fiction and non-fiction, author interviews, commentary on publishing trends and literary news." and "...regarded as one of the most provocative and, at the same time, erudite of the book review sites.") --- (NOTE: If you have any other links that you would like to add, please send them in to me: patrick at writersdeadline.ca --- Best! -pwm aka Patrick Meikle "The Connector" Moderator - Writers' Deadline!! Listserv http://listserv.storm.ca/mailman/listinfo/writers_deadline Ottawa Writing Resources at: http://www.writersdeadline.ca/