Still-Life with Seashells

In Defense of Irreverent Humour for Children

Amphora Interview (2007)

Book Launch for Peeps and Ports
In Aislinn Hunter’s A Peepshow with Views of the Interior: Paratexts, Hunter offers a guided tour through the gap between our everyday perception of things and the wonder of things themselves. This book is a call to see the world more attentively — a reminder of the importance of both the real, common, everyday thing and its power to shape and transform not only our lives and imaginations, but also our understanding.Miranda Pearson’s latest collection of poetry, Harbour, looks at ways humans are driven to construct territory in whatever space is available, however borrowed or makeshift. Moving fromhospitals to museums, the poems explore the tensions between antiquity

Eanie Meanie Hate Zucchini Book Launch
Kids love Eanie Meanie but hate zucchini. A book launch will be held October 17th at 2 pm at the LaSalle Public Library (5940 Malden Road, LaSalle, ON.). Books will be available for purchase and signing by the author Arnot McCallum.

Sailboating

Shawna Lemay at the Edmonton Lit Fest
October 15th. 7 pm.Shawna Lemay with The PEN Writers Cabaret.The Edmonton International Literary Festival.9535 Jasper Avenue.

3-Poet Tour
Poetry reading and signing for new works by three Atlantic poets: Christina McRae Next to Nothing (Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd), John Wall Barger Pain-Proof Men (Palimpsest Press), Brent MacLaine Athena Becomes a Swallow and Other Voices from The Odyssey (Goose Lane Editions). Books will be available for sale and all are welcome.