Category: Writing
WINE & WORDS Every spring, TBTR invites Winnipeg to Wine & Words, an event dedicated to celebrating writing, reading, and yes, wine! Since its first production in 2010, Wine & Words has celebrated the…
“BOOKMARK COMES TO WINNIPEG WITH THE REPUBLIC OF LOVE BY CAROL SHIELDS Project Bookmark Canada is pleased to announce its first Bookmark in Winnipeg. On October 24th at 11…
MAINSTAGE: POETRY BASH! September 28, 2012 8 pm – 10 pm at MTYP These poets invent new paths through our language—and new languages for our paths… Jonathan Ball…
BIG IDEAS: CARMEN AGUIRRE: Fighting for Chile September 28, 2012 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm What are the demands of freedom? Canada Reads winner Carmen Aguirre talks…
THE NOONER: Missy Marston September 27, 2012 {12:15 pm – 12:45 pm} An infatuated alien is just one of a brigade of characters who help a woman regain…
MAINSTAGE at Manitoba Theatre for Young People FABLES FOR OUR TIME September 26, 2012 8 pm – 10 pm Writing with a bite. These writers reframe our contemporary…
BIG IDEAS: NIIGAANWEWIDAM JAMES SINCLAIR: Manitowapow! September 26, 2012 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Millennium Library, 251 Donald Street Carol Shields Auditorium Manitowapow, the precursor of our province’s…
THE CAMPUS PROGRAM / PROGRAMMATION DES CAMPUS: READING: Richard Ford A teenage boy escapes to Saskatchewan when his parents are arrested in Richard Ford’s celebrated new novel, Canada. Richard…
THE SCHOOL PROGRAM: SCHOOL STAGE, Karen Levine Grades 4-6: Karen Levine, Shane Peacock Grades 7-9: Susin Nielsen Middle-years students have a theatre-style experience with award-winning writers. Karen Levine…
MAINSTAGE: VOICES FROM OODENA/VOIX D’OODENA Oodena, the natural amphitheatre at The Forks, has been a gathering place for centuries. THIN AIR celebrates that history with a collage of…
FOREWORDS: ALSO THE WRITERS FESTIVAL! Corey Redekop will read from his sharply funny novel Husk, in which a newly-minted zombie attempts to balance family, career—and cannibalism. Also on the…
THIN AIR 2012 begins with Manitoba Reads, an annual celebration of Manitoba’s rich writing culture. This summer, we posted a long list of twelve Manitoba titles on CBC…