Write Out Loud is “On the Move”
The Write Out Loud Committee is excited to present the upcoming season of author readings at the Swift Current Museum–up the hill and around the corner from its usual venue, the Lyric Theatre, which is currently closed for renovation.
The line-up for 2023 -2024 includes:
September 20 – Zarqa Nawaz – Regina author, journalist, and producer for film and TV. She was the creator and producer of the CBC sitcom, “Little Mosque on the Prairie”, that ran for 6 seasons. She currently writes and stars in “Zarqa” on CBC Gem and has been shortlisted for the 2023 Leacock Medal for Humour for her latest book, “Jameela Green Ruins Everything”.
October 18 – Deryn Collier – a mystery writer from Nelson, BC. Her latest novel, “A Real Somebody”, is a postwar historical novel based on her Aunt June’s life. As a steno in 1947, the protagonist challenges her inner conflict about pursuing her dreams versus living up to family and societal expectations.
November 15 – Jennifer S. Wallace – has written a daughter’s memoir, “Miss G and Me”. Her mother was a Jamaican nurse who immigrated to the Canadian prairies in the 1960’s, married a Scottish man, and raised her family in Saskatoon. Using anecdotes, journals, and personal essays, Ms. Wallace examines her mother’s life and their relationship.
February 21 – Local Writers’ Night
March 6 – Arnolda Dufour Bowes – Her award-winning short story collection, “20.12 m”, honours the true-life experience of her father, a resident of the Punnichy, Saskatchewan, Road Allowance Community. Following the 1885 Resistance, Metis were forced off their land by immigrant farmers. The unoccupied crown land in the 20.12 meters of road allowance became a meagre option for many impoverished Metis.
April 17 – Gayle M. Smith – “Thickwood” was short-listed for the First Book Award 2023 at the SK Book Awards. Willo, while remembering her years as a professional baseball player in the US, struggles to realize her dream of raising horses on her beloved ranch in the Thickwood Hills.
May 15 – Matthew Anderson – “The Good Walk” focusses on the author’s real-life adventures with a group of Indigenous and settler walkers, many of them local to the Swift Current area, trekking thousands of kilometers on swollen feet along the Traders’ Road, the Battleford Trail, the Frenchman and the Fort Qu’Appelle Trails—prairie paths that haven’t been walked in over a century.
Admission is $8.00, and doors open at the SC Museum at 6:30. Musical entertainment begins at 7:00 with the featured author to follow.
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