September 21, 2014
Winnipeg International Writers Festival is September 19 – 27, 2014.
I am honoured to have read from Quivering Land on Sunday, the 21st at 6:30pm at Voices from Oodena.
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The reading was meant to take place at Oodena at The Forks but had to be moved inside because of the weather. Oodena’s outdoor, natural amphitheatre is a lovely place for performances. Nonetheless, I’m so terribly pleased to be have read with this incredible local line-up: Keith Cadieux, Ko’ona Cochrane, Brenda Hasiuk, Charles Leblanc, and Chimwemwe Undi.
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Thanks to those who came out and supported their local writers!
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Artist Bios:
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Keith Cadieux studied medieval to postcolonial literature, horror and weird fiction, and even narrative in video games, before finally receiving a Master of Arts in creative writing from the University of Manitoba. His debut novella, Gaze, was shortlisted for a Manitoba Book Award and long-listed for a 2010 ReLit Award. His most recent fiction has just appeared in Grain, and is forthcoming in the Exile Book of New Canadian Noir.
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Ko’ona Cochrane is an Anishinaabe-kwe member of the Bizhiw Doodem (Lynx Clan) from Peguis First Nation. She has been sharing her traditional teachings for over twenty years, primarily through making and teaching indigenous hand drumming. After studying and working in Ottawa, she returned to Manitoba and obtained an Early Childhood Education diploma from Red River College. Ko’ona lives in the North End of Winnipeg.
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Brenda Hasiuk is an award-winning short fiction writer whose work has appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies. Her first young adult novel, Where the Rocks Say Your Name, was nominated for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year. This year, she released a second young adult novel, Your Constant Star. She is also releasing a collection of loosely linked stories for adult readers, Boy Lost in the Wild, set in the dying days of a Winnipeg summer.
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Né à Montréal en 1950, Charles Leblanc s’est établi à Winnipeg en 1978. Après avoir exercé divers métiers au Québec et au Manitoba (enseignant, barman, organisateur d’événements culturels, ouvrier industriel), il est aujourd’hui traducteur professionnel, ainsi que comédien de théâtre, chroniqueur, animateur culturel et poète. Il a publié huit recueils de poésie aux Éditions du Blé, dont l’appétit du compteur (prix littéraire Rue-Deschambault 2004, finaliste au prix littéraire Carol-Shields de la ville de Winnipeg 2004), heures d’ouverture, des briques pour un vitrail, et soubresauts.
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Chimwemwe Undi‘s work is informed largely by the immigrant experience, a religious upbringing, and various people, places, and things. She was an ensemble member at the 2014 Victoria Spoken Word Festival, and is currently a member of the 2014 Winnipeg Poetry Slam Team. She’s been named Winnipeg Youth Slam champion twice, and is the director of communications for Voices, Ink (the Winnipeg Youth Slam). Her performances are potent and exhilarating, and show her deep engagement with social justice issues but also with the human need for connection and play.
