Upcoming Launches in Toronto and London

Launch for To the Edge of the Sea by Anne McDonald
and Shrinking Violets by Heidi Greco 
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
5:30 to 7:00 pm
Mykonos Restaurant, 572 Adelaide St North,
London, Ontario 

Please come out and help us celebrate new fiction from across the country! Readings, signings, books. Everyone welcome.

Shrinking Violets by Heidi Greco. Aside from the fact that she was born with bright orange hair, Reggie has always felt pretty ordinary. She works as a supermarket cashier, and her life as a single mother isn’t exactly what she’d wanted. But just when things start going the way she thinks they’re supposed to, she discovers that even that road isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. http://www.quattrobooks.ca/

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Launch for To the Edge of the Sea by Anne McDonald
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
7:00 pm
Toronto Writers Centre
(627 Bloor St West– at Euclid between Bathurst and Christie subway stations). 
Toronto, Ontario 
www.writerscentre.ca  

“Writ large, the country takes shape beneath a nurturing hand. We’re given Sir John A and the people of a groundbreaking time. We’re given writing that is evocative, genuine and eye-opening. A worthy chair by the fire sort of read.” 
Richard Wagamese

To the Edge of the Sea's Regina Launch



Anne McDonald reads from To the Edge of the Sea
Photo by Shelley Banks

 To the Edge of the Sea was launched to a full house at the end of April. The audience enthusiastically participated in the program which featured doorprizes, a stirring rendition of the Canadian Boat Song, PEI potato skins, and Sir John A. chocolate malt cheesecake. Check the photographs tab for more pictures of the event.

John A Macdonald and Anne McDonald - together again

Anne McDonald and John A Macdonald go over last-minute preparations for the upcoming launch of To the Edge of the Sea at 7:30 pm on Thursday, April 28 in the Arizona Room of Regina's Bushwakker Brew Pub.

Thanks to Shelley Banks at Latitude Drifts for the photo!

To the Edge of the Sea

The sun is shining.
The weather is unusually warm.
Island breezes – Prince Edward Island that is, are blowing.
John A, the John A, is falling in love.

The circus is in town.

Thirteen thousand dollars worth of champagne from the Canadian’s ship is being poured.

Late lunches of island delicacies abound and “ … the ice was broken and the wooing began,” as George Brown, founder of the Globe and Mail proclaimed.

Farini, the tightrope walker from Port Hope Ontario, in a daredevil stilt walk along the top of Niagara Falls, will be stuck on Goat’s Island above the American falls.

“Writ large, the country takes shape beneath a nurturing hand. We’re given Sir John A and the people of a groundbreaking time. We’re given writing that is evocative, genuine and eye-opening. A worthy chair by the fire sort of read.”
Richard Wagamese

Party Launch in Regina Thurs, April 28

To the Edge of the Sea Party Launch

7:30 pm, Thursday April 28, 2011

Arizona Room at Bushwakker Brew Pub

2206 Dewdney Ave

Regina, Saskatchewan 

Help me celebrate the arrival of To the Edge of the Sea! Copies of the book will be available.

Please check back for news about readings in London and Toronto this May.

A Night of Poetry and Film April 14, 2011

A NIGHT OF POETRY & FILM 4

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Doors open 7:30 pm, event starts at 7:45 pm

The Filmpool

301- 1822 Scarth Street (across from the Globe Theatre)

Regina

 

Featuring: 

Poets Bruce Rice, Bernadette Wagner and Anne McDonald

Filmmakers Adrian Dean, Jon Tewksbury and Jason Shabatoski