2013 Atlantic Book Festival Events

2013 ATLANTIC BOOK AWARDS AND FESTIVAL

All Festival events are free! Books will be available for sale at most events.

New Brunswick

Thursday May 9

7:00 pm: Nicholas Tracy reads from Master and Madman: The Surprising Rise and Disastrous Fall of the Hon Anthony Lockwood RN, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John

Prince Edward Island

Thursday May 9

7:00 pm: Richard Lemm convenes a panel of contributors to the short story anthology, Riptides: New Island Fiction, Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown

Saturday May 11

1:00 pm: Keir Lowther reads from his debut novel Dirty Bird at Indigo Books, Charlottetown

Newfoundland and Labrador

Saturday May 11

1:00 pm: Lesleyanne Ryan reads from her debut novel Braco, Chapters, Kenmount Road, St. John’s

3:30 pm: Shannon Ryan reads from A History of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic to 1818, Chapters, Kenmount Road, St John’s

Monday May 13

7:30 pm: Meet the finalists for 2013 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards as they read from their shortlisted books:  Mark Callanan (Gift Horse), Don McKay (Paradoxides) and George Murray(Whiteout), nominees for the E.J. Pratt Poetry Award; and Mike Heffernan (The Other Side of Midnight: Taxicab Stories), Greg Malone (Don’t Tell the Newfoundlanders: The True Story of Newfoundland’s Confederation with Canada), and Joan Sullivan (In the Field), nominees for the Rogers Communications Award for Non-fiction, at the Quidi Vidi Brewery, St. John’s

Nova Scotia

Thursday May 9

2:00 pm: P.B. Waite reads from In Search of R.B. Bennett for residents of Camp Hill Veteran’s Memorial Building, Halifax

6:30 pm: Kathleen Martin reads from Kamakwie: Finding Peace, Love and Injustice in Sierra Leone and talks about her experiences in Sierra Leone, Halifax North Memorial Public Library. A teen/family event.

Friday May 10

3:30 pm: Children’s Art Workshop with Sydney Smith, illustrator of Toes in My Nose and Other Poems, at the Tantallon Public Library

4:00 pm: Denise Cormier reads from her book The Village of My Heart’s Mistake: An Acadian Life, Cape Breton Centre for Heritage and Science, Sydney

Saturday May 11

2:00 pm: Lisa Harrington reads from her YA novel Live to Tell, Woozles Children’s Bookstore, Halifax

2:30 pm:  Cindy Day recalls the wisdom of her grandmother’s weather related sayings, captured in her book Grandma Says at the Keshen Goodman Library, Halifax

Monday May 13

7:00 pm: Susan Dodd reads from her powerful book, The Ocean Ranger: Remaking the Promise of Oil, which explores the aftermath of the 1982 disaster, at Alderney Gate Library, Dartmouth

7:00 pm:  Joan Dawson reads from her book, Nova Scotia’s Historic Rivers: The Waterways That Shaped the Province, Antigonish Heritage Museum

7:00 pm: Trudy Sable and Bernie Francis, with Roger Lewis, share their book The Language of This Land, Mi’kma’ki  at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax

Tuesday May 14

7:00 pm: Historic Writing Panel with finalists P.B. Waite (In Search of R.B. Bennett), Nicholas Tracy (Master and Madman: The Surprising Rise and Disastrous Fall of the Hon Anthony Lockwood  RN), Laurie Glenn Norris and Barbara Thompson (Haunted Girl: Ester Cox and the Great Amherst Mystery), Spring Garden Road Memorial Library, Halifax

Wednesday May 15

10:00 am: Children’s Art Workshop with Sydney Smith, illustrator of Toes in My Nose and Other Poems, Bedford Public Library

12:00 pm: Over lunch, enjoy readings from the Newfoundland poets Mark Callanan (Gift Horse) and George Murray (Whiteout) at The Carleton Music Bar and Grill, 1685 Argyle Street, Halifax

1:00 pm: Bruce MacNab reads from The Metamorphosis: The Apprenticeship of Harry Houdini, hosted by the Guysborough Adult Learning Association, at the Harbourview Community Centre in New Harbour

1:00 pm: Greg Malone will sign copies of Don’t Tell the Newfoundlanders: The True Story of Newfoundland’s Confederation with Canada, at Chapters, Bayers Lake, Halifax

5:30 pm: The Role of the Publisher: Join this year’s nominees of the Best Atlantic-Published Book Award as they discuss all elements of the publishing process, with publishers Terrilee Bulger (The Acorn Press), Susanne Alexander (Goose Lane Editions) and Managing Editor Patrick Murphy (Nimbus Publishing) at Just Us Café, 5896 Spring Garden Road

7:00 pm: Authors Anne Marie Lane Jonah and Chantal Véchambre explore French Taste in Atlantic Canada 1604-1758:  A Gastronomic History/Le goût français au Canada atlantique 1604-1758 : Une histoire gastronomique, hosted by Alliance Française Halifax, 5509 Young Street

7:00 pm: Panel discussion with seasoned fiction authors and first-time fiction authors: Nicole Dixon (High-Water Mark), Scott Fotheringham (The Rest is Silence), Keir Lowther (Dirty Bird), D.R. MacDonald (Anna From Away), Donna Morrissey (The Deception of Livvy Higgs), and Lesleyanne Ryan (Braco), Keshen Goodman Library, Halifax

7:00 pm: Trudy Sable and Bernie Francis, with Roger Lewis, share their book The Language of This Land, Mi’kma’ki at The Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre, 2158 Gottingen Street

Thursday May 16:

12:00 pm: Enjoy the Newfoundland Non-fiction Nominees, featuring Mike Heffernan (The Other Side of Midnight: Taxicab Stories), Greg Malone (Don’t Tell the Newfoundlanders: The True Story of Newfoundland’s Confederation), and Joan Sullivan (In the Field) at Uncommon Grounds at Horticultural Hall in the Public Gardens, Halifax

7:00 pm: The 2013 Award Celebration will take place at Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth. Tickets are available through Ticket Pro and at the Alderney Landing Box office.