Uxbridge, Ontario - Celebration Of The Arts 2010 - Week Two Events - Books And Authors
Ted Barris will be the MC as three authors read from their works and talk with the audience at the Uxbridge Music Hall.
Ken Finkleman will be reading from his latest book "Noah's Turn".
"Finkleman is best known as the writer, creator and producer of the CBC Television series The Newsroom, in which he starred as television news producer George Findlay. He produced a number of other series for Canadian television as well, including Married Life, Foolish Heart, Foreign Objects and More Tears. Each of these series also included Findlay as a linking character.
Finkleman also wrote the screenplays for a number of Hollywood films in the 1980s, including Grease 2, Airplane II: The Sequel and the Madonna film Who's That Girl. His television productions are seen, in part, as a reaction to his experiences in the mainstream Hollywood studio system." wikipedia
Lisa Moore will be reading from her new novel "February" The book tells the story of Helen O'Mara, who lost her husband when the oil rig, Ocean Ranger, sank during a Valentine's Day storm in 1982. "February" has just been nominated for the Man Booker Prize.
"Moore's 2002 book Open was a commercial and critical breakthrough, earning a nomination for the Giller Prize. Her first novel, Alligator (2005), was also nominated for the Giller Prize. It won the 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book Award, Caribbean and Canada Region, and is longlisted for the 2007 IMPAC Award. Moore often incorporates her Newfoundland heritage in her work; Alligator, for example, is set in St. John's". wikipedia
Trevor Cole has worked everywhere from a factory floor to the boardroom of a national newspaper. He is the author of "Norman Bray In The performance Of His Life" and the "Fearsom Particles"
"His first novel, Norman Bray, in the Performance of His Life, was published in 2004 and became a finalist at the 2004 Governor General's Awards. His second novel, "The Fearsome Particles," likewise was nominated for the Governor General's Award. Cole began the site AuthorsAloud.com in August 2006 to "present readings and insights by Canadian authors and poets." Itunes now features an AuthorsAloud podcast, which Cole hosts."wikipedia
Thursday Sept 23, 8 pm Uxbridge Music Hall
Tickets $15 (includes refreshments)
from Blue Heron Books or at the door
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