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Manitoba Historical Society Book Club
Started by Shirlee Anne Smith Nov 24, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes
On Monday of this week the Manitoba Historical Society Book Club discussed Shelley Emling's 'The Fossil Hunter...' . Mary Anning's contribution to paleontology was considerabale. It is unfortunate…Continue
Tags: English-social-history-1785-1840, Lyme-Regis, Fossils, Paleontology-history, Mary-Anning
Ray Book Update
Started by Shirlee Anne Smith Nov 22, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Attended Arthur (Skip) Ray's Book Launch,Nov.17, 'Telling it to the Judge: Taking Native History to Court', Nov.17.� It was a hugh success,70 people present. McNally Robinson Booksellers expect the…Continue
Tags: Expert-Witness, Land-Claims, Aboriginal-Land-Claims, First-Nation-Claims, Books
Joan Thomas Book Reading
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Time: November 24, 2011 from 8pm to 9pm
Location: The Cornerstone
Street: Main Street
City/Town: Kenora
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q…
Event Type: reading
Organized By: Judy Major
Latest Activity: Nov 19, 2011
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Event Description
Joan Thomas will be in Kenora on Thursday Nov. 24 for a reading from her latest book Curiosity.
Joan has been writing fiction since about 2000. Her 2008 novel Reading by Lightning won the Commonwealth Prize for Best First Book (Canada and the Caribbean) and the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. Her second novel, Curiosity, was published in April 2010 by McClelland & Stewart. It was named a Quill and Quire Book of the Year and has been nominated for the ScotiaBank Giller Prize and the International IMPAC-Dublin Literary Award.
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