Turtle Valley
This is a great week for local fans of literature out loud, with the Gillespie launch yesterday, a double feature reading today and events every day during the Edmonton Poetry Festival: Tuesday September 18
- Gail Anderson-Dargatz and Todd Babiak – reading from their new novels,
Turtle Valley, Anderson-Dargatz's fourth novel, revisits the setting of her first two novels, The Cure for Death by Lightning and A Recipe for Bees - BC's Shuswap region. As well, the new novel is a bit of a sequel to The Cure for Death by Lightning, with that novel's teenage character, Beth Weeks, reappearing in the new novel as a grandmother. The novel was inspired by the real Salmon Arm fire of 1998, when Anderson-Dargatz helped her parents evacuate their home.
- M.G.Vassanji – the two-time Giller winner reading from his new novel, The Assassin’s Song. 7:30 pm at Volume II Books (12433 - 102 Avenue,
Thursday September 20
- An epic day of seven different poetry events during the Edmonton Poetry Festival. Too many to describe – take a look and attend your favourite!
Friday September 21
Another poetry-filled day, including:
- The Roar spoken word festival, aka the Lit Crawl, organized by writer Thomas Trofimuk. Starting at 7pm at various venues in downtown
Saturday September 22
- Word! Gala: A wrap-up to the Word! Symposium, featuring the performance of the Honour Songs project (co-organized by Marilyn Dumont,
- Leonard Cohen Night: Crystal Plamondon and other musicians and poets honour poet and musician Leonard Cohen in this 6th annual event. 8pm at the Myer Horowitz Theatre, Students' Union Building,
Sunday September 23
- The Edmonton Poetry Festival’s wrap-up event: Coffee Lines Stroll. Forty poets are lined up to give you a sip of their work. 2pm – 4pm at venues around
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