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We are hiring!: The Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador is seeking applications for the part-time position of Executive Assistant. The position will operate out of the Writers’ Alliance office in St. John’s. For details on this exciting opportunity and to apply, visit our jobs & funding page.

The Boreal Poetry Garden with Marlene Creates: The Writers’ Alliance is pleased to offer “The Boreal Poetry Garden” on Wednesday, July 21, at 7:45 p.m. (rain date: July 22). Join environmental artist and poet Marlene Creates (http://www.marlenecreates.ca/) as she leads a walking reading through The Boreal Poetry Garden in the six acres of boreal forest where she lives in Portugal Cove, pausing at certain spots to read out site-specific poems. A small bonfire and refreshments will follow the walk.

Registration is limited to 30 people. Advance registration and payment are required. Cost: $15 general, or $10 for WANL members, students and seniors. Payment can be made to WANL in advance by VISA, MasterCard, cheque (made out to WANL), or cash. Register by calling WANL at (709) 739-5215 or emailing wanl@nf.aibn.com.

Call for car pool volunteers: Meeting at The Rooms parking lot at 7 p.m. on July 21 to match cars with passengers. (Leaving parking lot promptly at 7:10 p.m.) If you have a car or need a ride, let WANL know so we can do our best to make sure there are spaces for everyone who needs one.

About The Boreal Poetry Garden: This project uses words in situ to commemorate certain fleeting moments of Marlene Creates' interaction with the place where she lives in a ‘relational aesthetic’ to the land. Within these six acres there is a multitude of microhabitats: dark spruce and fir thickets; a steep wooded droke; a windblown tolt with goowiddy and tuckamore; a rattling brook called the Blast Hole Pond River; an overgrown bawn; and moss-covered volcanic rock up to 1,000 million years old. Marlene Creates says, “I have become more and more aware that my experience of the landscape includes language. I cannot walk this terrain without local names for landforms and vegetation sounding in my head.” The Boreal Poetry Garden was featured on Bravo! TV in April 2008.

Other news and events

On WAM this weekend, Angela Antle checks in with a local artist currently in Beijing...if the phone lines get all connected in a straight line to Craig Francis Power. Dan Rubin talks about what musicians need to know ...or at least, how they can find out what they need to know. Three young artists mount a joint show at the Emma Butler Gallery in St. John's, and they are excited! Renowned documentary film maker Molly Dineen is in St. John's for the Nickel Film Festival and will drop by the studio to talk about film and life. National Aboriginal Day celebrations are discussed, there's a community BBQ in the Battery, and Liner Notes features Gramercy Riffs. Weekend Arts Magazine airs on Saturday and Sunday mornings beginning at 6 a.m., 5:30 a.m. in Labrador. http://www.cbc.ca/wam/

“The Story of the Irish in Newfoundland,” a new historical walking tour with Michael Boyle (St. John’s): Wednesdays ONLY starting June 16. Meet outside The Rooms at 7:20 p.m. This tour lasts 75 minutes. Cost: $10. No need to book or reserve. http://www.boyletours.com/

Public reading of Saint Gracious: The Comic Book Club by Morgane Chollet (St. John’s) will be held on Tuesday, June 22, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., HGR Mews Centre, Mundy Pond Road. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

An Evening with British Poet/Author/Broadcaster Seán Street (Cupids): Cupids 400 Inc. and Cupids Historical Society are pleased to present “An Evening with British Poet/Author/Broadcaster Seán Street” presenting Time Between Tides new and selected poems. The event happens this Friday, June 18, 7:30 p.m., at the Legacy Hall, Cupids Legacy Centre. Admission is $5 per person, the proceeds of which go to the Cupids Legacy Centre Trust. Refreshments will be served. Books will be available for purchase. For more information, contact Kathi Stacey at (709) 528-1610 or kstacey@cupids400.com. Supported in part by Cupids Haven B&B.

On Air: A night of stories, songs, recitations and poetry (St. John’s): Sunday, June 20, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at The Ship on Solomon’s Lane. The evening features: poet and independent radio producer Seán Street (http://www.seanstreet.com/, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ps11l); storyteller and independent radio producer Chris Brookes (http://www.batteryradio.com/; and introducing singer/songwriter Ilia Nicoll and musicians, the Hunter Gatherers (http://www.myspace.com/jakenicollmusic). Presented by A Brace of Hehirs - simple affairs for smart people. For more information, contact Kevin Hehir at (709) 722-0678 or kevin.hehir@gmail.com.

Launch of Iceberg Alley: A Journal of Nature’s Most Awesome Migration by Stephen Bruneau and Kevin Redmond (St. John’s) will be celebrated on Wednesday, June 23, at 7 p.m., Angus Bruneau Engineering Lecture Theatre, S. J. Carew (Engineering) Building, Memorial University. The book will be available for sale. The authors will be giving a presentation and then signing books. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Flanker Press at (709) 739-4477 or toll free at 1 (866) 739-4420.

June 26 is Atlantic Author Day: The second annual Atlantic Author Day will take place on Saturday, June 26. This fun-filled celebration of authors and illustrators throughout the region will feature numerous readings, special events, and book signings. On June 14, visit this web page ( http://www.atlanticpublishers.ca/articles/entry/atlantic-author-day/) for a schedule of events and where you will be able to find your favourite authors on Atlantic Author Day.

TWUC demands changes to proposed copyright legislation: From a media release dated June 8: On behalf of all Canadian writers, The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) expresses outrage at the inclusion of a new provision for educational uses in Bill C-32, which they see as a wholesale expropriation of writers’ rights and a move that opens the door for the education sector to copy freely from books and other copyright material without paying writers. Incoming TWUC chair Alan Cumyn said that The Writers’ Union of Canada intends to push for changes to the bill, adding that the proposed legislation violates Canada’s international treaty obligations. Read the full release here: http://www.writersunion.ca/av_pr060810.asp

Authors Ken McGoogan and Aline Apostolska at the helm of the Public Lending Right Commission: Writers and journalists Ken McGoogan and Aline Apostolska are, respectively, the newly elected Chair and Vice-Chair of the Public Lending Right Commission (PLRC). Both Ken McGoogan, who represents The Writers’ Union of Canada on the Commission, and Aline Apostolska, who represents the Union des écrivaines et des és;crivains québécois, underlined that they will bring a perspective to PLRC discussions based on the views of the many members of their associations. Read the complete news release here: http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2010/ew129205631441749986.htm

WFNB’s new mailing address: The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick has a new mailing address, as follows: WFNB, P.O. Box 306, Moncton, NB, E1C 8L4.

New and improved ABT website: The APMA is pleased to reveal its new website. The re-designed http://atlanticpublishers.ca/ will be the online home to Atlantic Books Today. You’ll find book reviews, feature stories, author interviews and the latest on all that’s happening in the world of book publishing in Atlantic Canada. The site will also serve as an information hub for publishing in Atlantic Canada. It will be kept up-to-date with fresh content, news and events, a directory of bookstores, publishers, their titles and related authors.

Brick Books extends its 35th anniversary sale: Brick Books has been celebrating its 35th anniversary with cake and door prizes in Edmonton, Whitehorse and Vancouver. A further celebration will take place in Toronto in October. To continue these celebrations, Brick Books is extending its 35th anniversary sale to June 30. $10 books - you can buy a maximum of five books at $10 each (plus shipping & taxes) - that’s a savings of up to 50% on each book. Sale does not apply to 2010 books and the offer cannot be used in combination with other special sales. No sales to bookstores or web booksellers. Payment must be received before the books will be mailed. http://www.brickbooks.ca/

18 June 2010

Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador

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