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Opportunities
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2023 Fall Feast of Words
Event Chair: Suzanne Harris
DETAILS:
The library is looking for two volunteers per evening to set up the book sale table and handle sales of the presenter’s books before and after their author talk. Volunteers are welcome to join the audience for the presentation. At the end of the event, the author(s) will join you at the book sale table to sign books and interact with event attendees.
Depending upon their comfort level, volunteers may be asked to assist with taking photos, checking in patrons, and last minute set up details.
The time commitment is approximately 2-2.5 hours each event beginning at 6:30PM.
Oct 3rd | 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Community Centre Meeting Rooms 3 & 4
Jessica Johns, Bad Cree
Jessica Johns is a nehiyaw aunty with English-Irish ancestry and a member of Sucker Creek First Nation. Her debut novel, Bad Cree mixes horror, magical realism and mystery, and was shortlisted for the Amazon First Novel Award and won the MacEwan Book of the Year award.
Oct 11th | 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Community Centre Meeting Rooms 3 & 4
Ali Bryan, The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships
Award-winning author Ali Bryan’s darkly comedic and fast-paced novel is set to the soundtrack of classics belted out with abandon. Calgary-based Ali Bryan is a novelist and creative nonfiction writer who explores the what-ifs and the wait-a-minutes of everyday life. Ali’s work ranges from laugh-out-loud books about family to dystopian teen thrillers.
Oct 18th | 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Community Centre Meeting Rooms 3 & 4
Zazie Todd, Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy
Zazie Todd is an animal behaviour expert and award-winning author of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy and Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy. She’ll be talking about her process for turning her life’s work into books, being a go-to expert on pets, and her mission to inspire people to have happier pets.
Oct 24th | 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Community Centre Meeting Rooms 3 & 4
Sharon Butala, Leaving Wisdom
Sharon Butala is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a three-time Governor General's Literary Award nominee, and is the author of twenty-one books, as well as numerous essays, articles, poetry, and plays. Her, new novel, Leaving Wisdom, explores memory, family, and the long shadow of World War II through the story of a retiring social worker in the Canadian Prairies.
Nov 2nd | 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Community Centre Meeting Rooms 3 & 4
Thomas Trofimuk, The Elephant on Karlův Bridge
In award-winning Albertan author Thomas Trofimuk’s most ambitious book yet, an elephant escapes from the Prague Zoo and wanders through the city, altering the lives everyone she meets. The author masterfully convinces us to accept that a bridge can tell a story, that art is integral to our survival, and that an elephant can scatter flashes of insight in her wake.
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