June 1 & 2, 7:30pm: Drama. Two Hours in a Madhouse: An Evening with the Notorious Nellie Bly, a new one-woman show written and directed by Gary L. Blackwood and featuring Amanda Jefferson premieres at the Marigold Cultural Centre in Truro. For more information, visit: www.marigoldcentre.ca.
June 2, noon: WFNS Annual AGM. Please come out and join us for our annual AGM followed by readings by our 2012 Mentorship Program participants: Carmelita Boivin-Cole, Ella Silver, Iain MacLeod, Vincent MacIllivray and Meaghan Campbell. The shortlists for the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, the Atlantic Poetry Prize and the Evelyn Richardson Memorial Literary Prize for Non-Fiction will also be announced and the WFNS new website: writers.ns.ca will be unveiled. All are welcome, there will be lots of delicious food! 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax.
June 2, 7pm: Authors and Angels at the Astor. This tribute to Joyce Barkhouse will feature readings and performances by local authors and musicians including: Alex Hickey (Joyce’s granddaughter), Vernon Oickle, Marcia Pierce Harding, E. Alex Pierce and Janet Barkhouse (Joyce’s daughter). $10 for the evening at the Astor, $10 for wine and treats in another venue after. All proceeds go to support the Astor Theatre. Astor Theatre, Liverpool.
June 3, 1:30-3:30pm. Fundraiser for the Elizabeth Bishop House. Join Carole Langille for a lively and inspiring afternoon of poetry and conversation. Space is limited to 15 people, RSVP to reserve a place, email Sandra Barry at slbarry@ns.sympatico.ca or call (902) 429 6385. Light refreshments will be served. Elizabeth Bishop House, 8740 Highway #2, Great Village, NS.
June 11, 10:30-11:30am: Book Launch. Carol MacDougall and Shanda LaRamee-Jones launch their new book Baby Play at the Keshen Goodman Library, Halifax.
June 11, 7pm. Book Launch. Three poets and three new titles hosted by our very own Nate Crawford!: Jaime Forsythe launches her first collection Sympathy Loophole (Mansfield Press), Alice Burdick launches Holler (Mansfield Press) and John Wall Barger launches Hummingbird (Palimpsest Press) at WFNS, 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax.
