CALGARY NOVELIST SUZETTE MAYR LAUNCHES HER LATEST, MONOCEROS, AT NELSON’S OXYGEN ART CENTRE, MONDAY, JULY 25, 7:30 PM The ripple effect of the suicide of a bullied gay 17-year-old is the focus of Calgary novelist Suzette Mayr’s tragicomic new novel, Monoceros, which she will launch at Nelson’s Oxygen Art Centre, 320 Vernon St. (alley entrance), [...]
World-renowned ice climber Margo Talbot will be launching All That Glitters: A Climber’s Journey through Addiction and Depression at the Cedar Creek Café in Winlaw BC. Members of the public are invited to attend the launch on Saturday, June 11 from 3:30-5:30 pm. Schedule: 3:30 pm: Hors d’oevres/desserts 4:00 pm: Author presentation Book signing until [...]
A week of workshops and writerly talks For info, http://www.holleyrubinsky.com
Adventurer Jon Turk has written an astounding book about his travels in Siberia and his experience with a shaman there. He will be at the Oxygen Art Centre on Friday, March 4 with a multi-media presentation. Jon Turk is an American who lives part-time in Fernie.
Between 1825-1833, Scottish naturalist David Douglas made the first systematic collections of flora and fauna in the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Columbia Bay District. Between 1825-1833, Scottish naturalist David Douglas made the first systematic collections of flora and fauna in the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Columbia district. Join author Jack Nisbet for a slide presentation about the [...]
Between 1825-1833, Scottish naturalist David Douglas made the first systematic collections of flora and fauna in the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Columbia district. Join author Jack Nisbet for a slide presentation about the landscape that Douglas saw during his time in the interior and the people who showed him how it worked.