Robson Reading Series 2012 Fall Line Up

Robson Reading Series Fall 2012 Lineup

This fall, the Robson Reading Series presents a vibrant season of readings from new books by authors from across Canada at the UBC Bookstore at Robson Square and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
The season kicks off with readings from two gifted young novelists: Grace O’Connell with Magnified World and Ben Stephenson with A Matter of Life and Death or Something. Surrey resident Raminder Sidhu explores the lives of women caught between two cultures in her novel, Tears of Mehndi. CBC personality Grant Lawrence joins us with his acclaimed memoir, Adventures in Solitude, and Darren Bifford with his debut poetry collection, Wedding in Fire Country. Weyman Chan, a finalist for the 2008 Governor General’s Award for Poetry, presents his new book, Chinese Blue. Michael Kenyon and John Lent launch great new BC fiction. ReLit Award-winner, Dani Couture, reads from her novel,Algoma, alongside the hashtag-inspired microfictions of Julie Wilson’s Seen Reading.
In the 2012 finale, we present Alix Ohlin—“a writer who should be famous” according to the Globe and Mail—alongside the talented Toronto-based poets, Nyla Matuk and Matthew Tierney. All this and more at Vancouver’s longest-running reading series!
September 20
Readings by Grace O’Connell (Magnified World, fiction) and Ben Stephenson (A Matter of Life and Death or Something, fiction). Thursday, September 20 at 7:00pm, free. UBC Bookstore at Robson Square, 800 Robson Street. More info at www.robsonreadingseries.ubc.ca.
October 11
Readings by Darren Bifford (Wedding in Fire Country, poetry) and Grant Lawrence (Adventures in Solitude, nonfiction). Thursday, October 11 at 7:00pm, free. UBC Bookstore at Robson Square, 800 Robson Street. More info at www.robsonreadingseries.ubc.ca.
November 1
Readings by Michael Kenyon (A Year at River Mountain, fiction) and John Lent (The Path to Ardroe, fiction). Thursday, November 1 at 7:00pm, free. UBC Bookstore at Robson Square, 800 Robson Street. More info at www.robsonreadingseries.ubc.ca.
November 22
Readings by Dani Couture (Algoma, fiction) and Julie Wilson (Seen Reading, fiction). Thursday, November 22 at 7:00pm, free. UBC Bookstore at Robson Square, 800 Robson Street. More info at www.robsonreadingseries.ubc.ca.
December 13
Readings by Nyla Matuk (Sumptuary Laws, poetry), Alix Ohlin (Inside, fiction) and Matthew Tierney (Probably Inevitable, poetry). Thursday, December 13 at 7:00pm, free. UBC Bookstore at Robson Square, 800 Robson Street. More info at www.robsonreadingseries.ubc.ca.
Since 2008, the Robson Reading Series has presented afternoon readings at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. We are proud to announce that the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre has recently come on board as a full partner in the organization of the Robson Reading Series. We will host two afternoon events in Fall 2012:
September 28
Reading by Raminder Sidhu (Tears of Mehndi, fiction). Friday, September 28 from 3:00-4:00pm, free. Lillooet Room (301) of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC. More info at www.robsonreadingseries.ubc.ca.
October 30
Reading by Weyman Chan (Chinese Blue, poetry). Tuesday, October 30 from 3:30-4:30pm, free. Chilcotin Room (256) of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC. More info at www.robsonreadingseries.ubc.ca.
The Robson Reading Series gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, UBC Bookstore, UBC Library and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Refreshments at Robson Square courtesy of Peake of Catering.
For more information, visit us online at www.robsonreadingseries.ubc.ca or find us on Facebook andTwitter (#ikblcrrseries).
Contact:
Crystal Sikma
robson.readingseries@ubc.ca
604-822-6453