THIN AIR

In September each year, Winnipeg welcomes writers from Canada and around the world for a week of readings, lectures, interviews, conversations, book launches, and other events. That week of literary feasting—which reaches out into the rural areas of the province as well—is THIN AIR, the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. With programming for adults and children, in English and French, THIN AIR is an infusion of energy into the thriving literary culture of this city.

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Une joute d’improvisations visuelles et littéraires qui jumelle écrivains et artistes visuels pour produire des oeuvres mixtes sur papier. La création dans l’instant, le suspense du nouveau. Le temps est la limite. Le public pourra aussi participer à une improvisation.

Cette années nous avons ajouté un petit tourbillon d’extrait des nouveautés d’ici et deux brève lectures : Mes Shorts, de Marc Prescott (Éditions du Blé), ainsi que De perdre tes pas, de Jérôme Melançon (Éditions des Plaines).
Featuring Dany Laferrière, Viateur Lefrançois, David MacNair, Jérôme Melançon, Marc Prescott, Mélanie Rocan, Gary Tessier.

I don’t speak French very well, but La Plume et le Pinceau appeared to be improvised drawing that was inspired by random words, which was then interpreted by a poet who wrote lines upon the drawing and then the artist drew a bit more and the poet finished it off.

Very cool. Two minutes per round. Sort of a high pressure intellectual sport.

The results will be published by Charles Leblanc and

Les Éditions du Blé