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fall 2000
September 7-16
Thursday, September 7
FRIday, September 8
7:00 PM
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- READING SERIES
Joe Blades,
Catharina Gripenberg, Hermenegilde Chiasson,
Alistair MacLeod
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9:00 PM
NAC Studio
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- THE BIG IDEA
Where on Earth are We Going? With Maurice Strong
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9:00 PM
NAC Elgin Room
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- CD LAUNCH
Sheri-D Wilson: The Sweet Taste of Lightning
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Saturday September 9
10:00 AM
Public Library, Main Branch
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- KIDS EVENT 8+
Kenneth Oppel,
Jan Andrews
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10:30 AM
NAC Elgin Room
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- AN INSIDERS LOOK AT PUBLISHERS AND SELF-PUBLICATION
Jim Munroe,
Joe Blades,
Darren Wershler-Henry,
rob mclennan
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NOON
NAC Studio
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- THE BIG IDEA
Where Life Began: Discoveries in Inner Earth and Outer Space with Michael Ray Taylor
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1:30 PM
NAC Elgin Room
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3:00 PM
NAC Studio
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- READING SERIES
Carsten Jensen,
George Murray,
Steven Hayward,
Lauren B. Davis,
Barry Callaghan
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7:00 PM
NAC Studio
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- READING SERIES
Liz Jensen,
David Macfarlane,
Anne Stone,
Joan Clark
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9:00 PM
NAC Studio |
- THE BIG IDEA
Multinationals, the Brain Drain and the Corporatization of our Lives with Jeff Simpson & Naomi Klein: a CBC WordPlay Event
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Sunday, september 10
11:30 AM
NAC Panorama Room
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- PEN BRUNCH FUNDRAISER
With Alistair MacLeod
Hosted by Ken Rockburn
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1:30 PM
NAC Elgin Room
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- DEAD ALIVE: READINGS FROM THE GREATS
With Murray Wilson
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3:00 PM
NAC Studio
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- READING SERIES
Jim Munroe,
Pernille Rygg,
Ray Robertson,
Ib Michael,
Kenneth Oppel
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5:00 PM
NAC Elgin Room
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- BOOK LAUNCH: THE LAST GREAT DANCE ON EARTH
Sandra Gulland launches the 3rd book in her Josephine B. Trilogy.
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7:00 PM
NAC Studio
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- READING SERIES
Camilla Gibb,
Darren Wershler-Henry,
Michael Winter,
Helen Humphreys
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9:00 PM
NAC Studio
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- THE BIG IDEA
The Politics of Meaning with Rabbi Michael Lerner
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MONday September 11
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TUESday, september 12
9:00 AM-5:00 PM
The NRC Theatre
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- S/SF: FIRST CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE & SCIENCE FICTION
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7:00 PM
NAC Elgin Room
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- LIVE THEATRE EVENT
With Amy Friedman
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7:00 PM
NAC Studio
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- READING SERIES
George Bowering,
Cordelia Strube,
Elizabeth Hay,
Leon Rooke
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9:00 PM
NAC Elgin Room
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- LIVE THEATRE EVENT
With John Murrell
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9:00 PM
NAC Studio
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- THE BIG IDEA
Is Truth Stranger Than Fiction? The Science of Science Fiction with: Robert J. Sawyer,
Julie Czerneda,
Robert C. Wilson,
James A. Gardner
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wednesday September 13
8:00 PM
NAC Studio
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- ARTS IN THE NEW CITY
with Claudette Cain and
Bob Chiarelli
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9:30 PM
NAC Studio
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- THE BIG IDEA
Writing Mother Earth with: Wayne Grady, Sharon Butala, Elizabeth May
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10:00 PM
Waterfall Court, Canadian Museum of Civilization
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THURSday, september 14
7:00 PM
NAC Studio
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- READING SERIES
Glenn Patterson,
John Barton,
Catherine Bush,
Michel Faber
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9:00 PM
NAC Studio
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- THE BIG IDEA
The Search for Community in the Global Villiage with
Mark Kingwell & James Laxer
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friday September 15
7:00 PM
NAC Studio |
- READING SERIES
Gale Zoe Garnett,
Eden Robinson,
Ken Babstock,
Elizabeth Harvor
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Saturday, september 16
10:30 AM
NAC Elgin Room
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- THE SECOND TIME AROUND: WRITING THE SECOND NOVEL
Catherine Bush,
Gale Zoe Garnett,
Michel Faber,
Rabindranath Maharaj
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12:30 PM
NAC Elgin Room
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- DANCING THE DREAM AWAKE
The Mystical Poetry of Sheridan Bushnell
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1:30 PM
NAC Elgin Room
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3:00 PM
NAC Studio
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- READING SERIES
Rabindranath Maharaj,
Alan Cumyn,
Anne Hines,
Kirsti Simonsuuri,
Diane Schoemperlen
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7:00 PM
NAC Studio
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- READING SERIES
Steven Heighton,
Alan Cumyn,
Atle Næss,
David O'Meara,
Anita Rau Badami
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9:00 PM
NAC Studio
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- THE BIG IDEA
On Becoming Canadian with Wayson Choy, Charlotte Gray & Gregory Scofield
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