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Experience the excitement of literature by attending upcoming readings and events at the Library!

 J.B. Harkin: Father of Canada's National Parks by E.J. (Ted) Hart

Hart follows Harkin's career from his apprenticeship in the Department of the Interior to his retirement in 1936, and presents Harkin as a major force in early Canadian parks and wildlife conservation.

Thursday, Mar 25

6:00 - 7:00p.m.

Central Library

616 Macleod Trail SE

 

Register online, by calling 403-260-2620, or in person at your local branch starting Dec 21.

 

 

The Great Planet Robbery

 

The Great Planet Robbery by Craig DiLouie

 

 

DiLouie reads from his latest science fiction novel in which two weary soldiers try to get rich by robbing an entire planet.

 

 

Thursday, Apr 1

12:00 – 1:00p.m.

Central Library

616 Macleod Trail SE

 

 

Register online, by calling 403-260-2620, or in person at your local branch beginning Dec 21.

 

Craig Di Louie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Notorious Poets for Lunch:

Thursday, Apr 22

Central Library

616 macleod Trail SE

 

·     Too Bad by Robert Kroetsch

Governor General’s Award-winning author shows through stark lyrics how ‘every enduring poem was written today.”

 

12:00 – 12:15p.m.

 

·     Memory's Daughter by Alice Major

Come and listen to the voices of the muses in a Scottish-Canadian daughter’s homage to her parents.

 

12:15 – 12:30p.m.

 

·     wild horses by rob McLennan

Supple lines meander and flit over scapes of love and place, affording a lucid estrangement.

 

12:30 – 12:45p.m.

 

Register online, by calling 403-260-2620, or in person at your local branch beginning Dec 21.

 

 

 

Vanishing and other stories by Deborah Willis

Vanishing and Other Stories

 Deborah Willis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An exploration of emotional and physical absences, the ways in which people leave, are left, and whether or not it’s ever possible to move on.  Nominated for a Governor General’s award, this is Deborah’s first book. 

 

 

Thursday, Apr 29

12:00 – 1:00p.m.

Central Library

Main Floor- New & Notable Area

616 Macleod Trail SE

 

 

Register online, by calling 403-260-2620, or in person at your local branch beginning Dec 21.