From writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca Tue Aug 17 15:01:44 2010 From: writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca (WD-Listserv) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:01:44 -0400 Subject: WD - Maple tree Literary Supplement, MTLS, Issue 7 In-Reply-To: <4C67C97F.1359.186D5B@localhost> References: <4C67C97F.1359.186D5B@localhost> Message-ID: Maple Tree Literary Supplement (MTLS) Issue 7 launched, live and hot at: http://www.mtls.ca/issue7/index.php Highlights Interview Lawrence Hill, author of over-all-category Commonwealth-Prize-winning novel, The Book of Negroes Olu Oguibe, Poet , Teacher, Artist and Art Curator on the late Esiaba Irobi ?Bakhtin the Poet?: Editorial on Bakhtin, subversion and split tongues Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Creative-Non-Fiction, Essays and Book Reviews. Conversation with Mclelland & Stewart?s David Ward on publishing Practices In this Issue Claudia Del Balso Mary Baxter Ankur Betageri Donna-Michelle St. Bernard Jeff Cottrill George Elliott Clarke Julia P.W. Cooper Amatoritsero Ede Brendan Fernandes Candace Fertile Salim Gold. Sylva Nze Ifedigbo Maurice Gotlieb Ogaga Ifowodo Kyle Greenwood Lara Szabo Greisman Lawrence Hill Michael Hingston Patrick Iberi Austin Kaluba Rosel Kim Rena Klisouris Julie Leroux Naila Keleta Mae Ian Malczewski John W. Macdonald Andrew MacDonald rob mclannan Ami Mattison Angela Nwosu Olu Oguibe Ifesinachi Okoli Adebiyi Olusolape Stephen Potts Taryn Pearcey Justin Pfefferle Michele Rackham Pratap Reddy Kyle Stewart Amanda Tripp Tom Ue Chika Unigwe David Ward J.A. Weingarten Gein Wong Changming Yuan ________________________ SSHRC Fellow and Doctoral Candidate English Department Carleton university Ottawa, Canada Editor & Managing Editor: Gboungboun Magazine and PONAL Quaterly Forum Project on New African Literatures www.projectponal.com Managing Editor: Maple Tree Literary Supplement, MTLS www.mtls.ca > To: writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:03:27 -0400 > From: writers_deadline at listserv.storm.ca > Subject: WD - Sunday Citizen Book Events - Aug. 15 > > 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!! 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