EVENTS REGINA October 30, 1:00 p.m. Adriana Marella Wolfe, A Time For God, Sherwood Village Library October 29, 6:30 p.m. Marie Donais Calder, the first three novels in The Other Side series: The Other Side of War, The Other Side of Fear, and The Other Side of Pain November 27, 5:00 p.m. Saskatchewan Book Awards Gala The eighteenth annual Saskatchewan Book Awards Gala will take place at the Conexus Arts Centre. During the Gala, all 14 writing and publishing awards will be presented. This year’s guest speaker is Steven Galloway, author of three novels: Finnie Walsh; Ascension; and The Cellist of Sarajevo. For more information on Steven Galloway, go to www. stevengalloway.com/. For more information on the Gala, go to www. bookawards.sk.ca/events/ awards-gala.html. Tickets
are $70 each and can be purchased on-line through PayPal after October 14 or by contacting (306) 5691585 or info@bookawards. sk.ca. November 30, 7:30 p.m. Poet Laureate announcement at Government House. Stay tuned to the SWG's website for more information. SASKATOON October 17, 1:30 p.m. Remember 1885! You are invited to a gathering at the Saskatoon Indian and Métis Friendship Centre, 168 Wall Street, hosted by Louise Halfe [Crooked Good] and featuring Rita Bouvier [The Batoche Musical], Doug Cuthand [Tapwe], Myrna Kostash [The Frog Lake Reader] and Morningstar Mercredi [A Warrior's Spirit]. This event follows the closing of the SWG AGM, so please join us before heading home.
McNally Robinson October 19, 7:30 p.m. John Ralston Saul and Joseph Boyden, reading and signing their new additions to Penguin's Extraordinary Canadians, Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine & Robert Baldwin, and Louis Riel & Gabriel Dumont October 16, 1:00 p.m. Saskatchewan Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors. For a list of authors visit the McNally Robinson website: www.mcnallyrobinson.com/saskatoon _ events October 20, 7:30 p.m. John Gormley, Left Out: Saskatchewan’s NDP and the Relentless Pursuit of Mediocrity October 23, 1:00 p.m. Saskatchewan Kids Author Celebration WEYBURN October 24, 2:00 p.m. Marie Donais Calder, the first three novels in The Other Side series: The Other Side of War, The Other Side of Fear, and The Other Side of Pain, at the Weyburn Public Library
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September/October 2010