Carol Shields Festival of Voices
What's New?
Want to know what's new with the Festival of Voices? This page will be updated regularly with information on all the events surrounding the symposium. Check back often for new events!
Book Club Contest
Stay tuned to CBC Radio One April 25 - May 1 for information on how to win free group admission to the symposium, and either an hour session with Jane Urquhart to discuss her book Stone Carvers, or a full set of books by Carol Shields! Click here for more information, and be sure to visit CBC Manitoba to enter!
Symposium Appetizers at McNally's
McNally Robinson Booksellers offers four upcoming mini-Symposium 'events
as a taste of what the Festival of Voices will offer.
Dropped Threads Contributor Reunion - Thursday, May 7 at 7:30 pm,
Polo Park.
Light food and refreshments;
Open to the public; optional donation towards literacy
Around forty contributors from the three Dropped Threads books will gather for
their first reunion and “en masse” celebration with their readers. Everyone is
welcome to come and speak with these Canadian women writers and learn about
their experiences of being part of a Canadian publishing phenomenon.
Dropped Threads and
Beyond:
Writers speak of their experiences as contributors to the Dropped Threads anthologies, what it was like at the time and what the effects have been since, including the influences on their writings.
Eleanor Wachtel: Carol’s invitation to be part of DT
Ten Contributors: Dropped Threads experiences and beyond
Mary Jane Copps: Contribution to the DT book and to
the Festival of Voices
There will be a Meet & Greet at the end of the evening.
Quilt Raffle
Created
in the spirit of Carol Shields, three beautiful quilts have been donated to our symposium, and you have
the opportunity to take one of them home with you! Raffle tickets for
these beautiful quilts are being sold now in the Riddell Hall Atrium (The University
of Winnipeg) every Mon - Wed & Fri. - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm.
If you'd like a ticket and can not come to campus, email festivalofvoices@uwinnipeg.ca. Tickets can also be purchased at the symposium and Random House Canada Tribute to Carol Shields.
To view these stunning quilts, click here.
Book Drive
Please consider bringing a well-loved (but gently worn) paperback book to donate on behalf of
the Carol Shield’s Symposium to the women of the Portage Correctional Centre in
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. We welcome all kinds of books, from fiction to poetry. Books can be dropped off at the front desk of the Duckworth Centre (on Spence St), or the front desk at the library, 4th floor, Centennial Hall.
Writing and Reading Women's Lives: Life Writing Workshop
This three-week summer institute course, in partnership with the Global College, examines the reception and production of women's life writing. Click here for more information.
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