University Archives
& Special Collections
Canadian Literary Collections Project (CLCP)
2010 - 2011 "Written Word Coming to Life" Public Reading Series
Anne Simpson 7:30 p.m., March 24, 2011
DUASC Reading Room
5th floor, Killam Library
494-3615 for more info
Award-winning poet and novelist Anne Simpson, currently Dalhousie Writer-in-Residence with the Department of English, will read from her forthcoming collection of poems Is.
Anne Simpson was the winner of the 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize for her second poetry book, Loop, and she will soon release her fourth poetry collection Is. Her most recent novel, Falling, won the Dartmouth Fiction Award and was longlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award. She has also written a book of essays, The Marram Grass: Poetry and Otherness, published by the small yet mighty Gaspereau Press.
Anne Simpson has worked previously as a Writer-in-Residence at the University of New Brunswick (2002-2003) and as Artist-in-Residence at the Medical Humanities Program at Dalhousie University (2004). She lives in Antigonish.
This reading is sponsored by the Canadian Literary Collections Project.
Shandi Mitchell 7:30 p.m., October 28, 2010
DUASC Reading Room
5th floor, Killam Library
494-3615 for more info
Shandi Mitchell is an author and filmmaker. She graduated from Dalhousie University with a degree in English and Theatre. Her award-winning short films have been featured at festivals across North America. In 2008, she was awarded the Canada Council's Victor Martin-Lynch Staunton Endowment in Media Arts.
Her debut novel Under This Unbroken Sky was simultaneously published by Penguin Canada, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK) and Harper Collins (US) in August 2009. It has sold in nine countries, including translation rights for Chinese, Hebrew, Dutch and Italian. Under This Unbroken Sky won the 2010 Commonwealth Regional Prize for First Book (Canada/Caribbean), the Thomas Head Raddall Fiction Award, and the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award.
This reading is hosted by Dalhousie University Archives & Special Collections, holders of the Thomas Head Raddall Collection, and is sponsored by the Canadian Literary Collections Project (CLCP).
About the Reading Series
In 1992, the Canadian Literary Collections Project launched a Public Reading Series to provide a venue for the work of both established and emerging writers, with special emphasis on those of the Maritime region. The reading series was also intended to raise the profile of creative writing on the Dalhousie campus as well as in the Halifax community.
Since 1992, the series has featured many excellent authors such as Karen Connelly, Don Domanski, Richard Cumyn, Harry Thurston, and Carole Glasser Langille. We sometimes push the envelope of "creative writing" to include such folks as local artists (Tom Forrestall), songwriters (Dan MacKinnon), filmmakers (Glenn Walton), and translators (Dalhousie professor Betty Bednarski).
Readings are usually held on the 5th floor of the Killam Library in the charming University Archives & Special Collections Reading Room, and are always lively and inspiring.
Contact Us
For further information about these readings or about the CLCP, please email Karen Smith, Head of Special Collections, or Tina Usmiani, Dalhousie Libraries Communications Officer, or phone us at 494-3615.
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