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home | books juvenile & young adult | nonfiction | action | bio | contact | news | short story2012 January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | 2013 January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October| November | December | Literary Logbook 2012Events open to the public are noted: Join Me If You Can!Events are continually being arranged. Please check this page reqularly for new information
June 2012 Friday, June 22,
4:00 pm-8:00 pm: Participating author
with books for sale: “Word in the West” being held
at The Mountain View
County office, corner of the 2A and township road
320 -Bergen road - Directions if coming from south:
turn off the No. 2 QE Highway at the Bergen road OR
at Didsbury and take the 2A to the Bergen road.
If coming from the north, turn off at Olds.
Contact for further information:
Michael Baird,
Library Director,
Sundre Municipal Library,
#2 - 310
Center Street North, Box 539, Sundre, AB, T0M 1X0
Phone: 403-638-4000; Fax: 403-638-5755; Email:
mbaird@libs.prl.ab.ca (Join me if you can!)
July 2012 Saturday, July 14: attendee, “7th Annual Paddle for the Peace” The paddle will start from the Halfway River bridge (between Fort St. John & Hudson’s Hope BC on Highway 29) to Bear Flat. Eating events free for paddlers. Pancake breakfast provided by West Moberly First Nations. Guest Dr. David Suzuki speaking at end of paddle. “There is no limit to the number of people who can participate; if interested, just show up at the launch location between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. the day of the event.” (Join me if you can!) Thursday, August 2, 2:00-3:00 p.m.: slide show & reading with Fred McCall re: Maverick in the Sky, The Aerial Adventures of WWI Ace Freddie McCall. Aero Space Museum, 4629 McCall Way NE, Calgary. Ph: 403-250-3752, email for information: guestservices@asmac.ab.ca This will be a one-hour session in conjunction with Calgary Historic Week and 100 year anniversary of Royal Flying Corps (RFC). (Join me if you can!)
Fri.-Sun., August 17-19:
volunteer, attendee: “Shady Grove Bluegrass
Festival” near Nanton, Alberta, sponsored by
Foothills Bluegrass Music Assoc. For more
information contact Rick Gerrior at 403:479-8906,
or
www.foothillsbluegrass.com/ShadyGrove.
(Join me if
you can!)
September 2012
Monday, October 15, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Alexandra Writers Centre Society, 922 - 9TH Avenue SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0S4 – discussion facilitator re: “Writers Connection.” These monthly discussions feature various topics and facilitators. Matheson’s topic is focused on “Getting it All” – finding sources for your nonfiction stories, planning interviews and research sessions, and digging beyond the top layer of information to uncover the essential stories. Contact for information: Robin van Eck, AWCS Program Director. Phone: 403-264-4730 Email: awcs@telusplanet.net Join me if you can!
Friday,
October 19, 7:00-9:00 p.m.,
Calgary Public Library, Cenranch. Variety of
programs including slide show & readtral
Bing with Fred
McCall re: Maverick in the Sky,
The Aerial Adventures of WWI Ace Freddie McCall and
100th anniversary of RFC. Other
related speakers and shows will perform in
conjunction with our event (final arrangements
TBA). (Join
me if you can!)
Saturday, October 27, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
– guest author – book display and “salon reading
presenter”,
Authors Among Us, Sheep River Library
Celebrates Canadian Library Month, Turner Valley,
AB. Contact Deanna at
don4@telusplanet.net for further information.
(Join me if
you can!)
November 2012
Thursday, November 8, evening.
Guest author, “37th Bob Edwards Award
Dinner” sponsored by Calgary Public Library,
Fairmont Palliser Hotel Crystal Ballroom. Guest
speaker Mary Walsh. For information or ticket
purchase email:
Shannon.slater@calgarypubliclibrary.com .
(Join me if you can!)
Sunday,
November 11, 11:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
“Fort Calgary Artisan’s Fair”, exhibitor. Fort
Calgary. Contact for information: Nicky Peeters,
email
npeeters@fortcalgary.com. Or phone
403-290-1875, Ext. 239.
(Join
me if you can!)
Saturday, November 17 (10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.) Edgemont Community Association, 33 Edgevalley Circle NW, Calgary. Exhibitor, “Christmas Craft Sale” Free Admission. Contact for information: Bev Johnson, Ph. 403-239-1211, or email: Edgemont@telus.net Join me if you can!
Saturday, November 24 (10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.), Richmond Knob Hill Community Centre, 2106 – 33 Ave. SW, Calgary. Exhibitor, “Christmas Craft Sale” Free Admission. Contact for information: Gale Boughner, Email: galeboughner@shaw.ca Join me if you can! Friday, November 30, 2012, 7:00-10:00 p.m. – Exhibitor, Hillhurst-Sunnyside Winter Craft Sale, HS Community Association, 1320 – 5 Ave. NW, Calgary. Contact: Sara Hughes, Marketing & Events Coordinator, email: hscamarketingevents@gmail.com Join me if you can! DECEMBER, 2012 Saturday, December 1, 2012, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Exhibitor, Artisans Holiday Market, Town & Country Centre, 275 Jensen Drive NE, Airdrie, AB. Contact: Jane Romanishko, email: janerom@shaw.ca Join me if you can! Saturday, December 8, 2012, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Exhibitor, Annual Santa’s Breakfast & Craft Sale, Winston Heights Mountainview Community Hall, 520 – 27 Ave. NE, Calgary. Contact: Lenore, email: lpeaton@shaw.ca. Join me if you can! Events are continually being arranged. Please check this page reqularly for new information
For direct bookings for author readings and/or
writing workshops:
Literary Logbook 2013 JANUARY, 2013 FEBRUARY, 2013 MARCH, 2013 APRIL, 2013 Saturday, April 20, 2013 – 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Presenter, Calgary Young Writer’s Conference, Crescent Heights High School, 1019 – 1 St. NW, Calgary. Contact website for information: www.calgaryywc.com MAY, 2013 JUNE, 2013 JULY, 2013 AUGUST, 2013 Tuesday, August 6 to Sunday, August 11, 2013 – Presenter, “When Words Collide” (A Festival for Readers and Writers), Carriage House Inn, 9030 Macleod Trail South, Calgary, AB. Contact website for information: www.whenwordscollide.org I will be presenting workshops on writing memoirs/biographies – schedule as follows: Material to be submitted via email attachment to festival organizers two months in advance of workshop. Tuesday evening, Aug.
6: pre-workshop social to meet students; SEPTEMBER 2013 OCTOBER 2013 NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2013
Events are continually being arranged. Please check this page reqularly for new information
For direct bookings for author readings and/or
writing workshops:
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