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A Book Launch Afternoon

Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024
2:00pm to 4:30pm

University of Alberta (Rutherford South Library)
Free
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Nov.
28


Join the Centre for Literatures in Canada for an afternoon of readings from recently published books.

We are hosting two double book launches in Henderson Hall (Rutherford Library South 1-17):

From 2:00-3:15 PM, Dorothy Thunder and Marilyn Dumont will read from and discuss their respective books This Land Is a Lullaby / cistomâwasowin ôma askiy and South Side of a Kinless River.

From 3:30-4:30 PM, Jaspreet Singh, with Dreams of the Epoch & the Rock, and Erina Harris, with Trading Beauty Secrets with the Dead, will read from and talk about their new poetry collections.

Books will be available for purchase, courtesy of Audreys Books. Light refreshements will be provided and the events are open to the public. Come to one or both!


University of Alberta (Rutherford South Library)

11204 89 Avenue University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, T6G 2J4


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