Couple of things for your attention, esp those who feel the need for a prod, better known as the magic wand of inspiration....
1) The Halifax Club Literary Luncheon
Thursday, July 22, 2010
12pm – 2pm
Sheree Fitch, Shandi Mitchell and Binnie Brennan
Sheree Fitch is a multi award-winning writer, speaker, and educator and the author of twenty-three books in a variety of genres. She has received the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work inspirational to Canadian children and two honorary doctorates for her contribution to Canadian literature and issues affecting women and children. Her latest work is the critically acclaimed Kiss The Joy As It Flies (2008).
Shandi Mitchell is Halifax-based author and filmmaker. Her debut novel Under This Unbroken Sky (2009) was published in Canada, the U.S and the U.K. and won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book for Canada and the Caribbean. The narrative also picked up both the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction award and John and Margaret Savage First Book Award at this year’s Atlantic Book Awards.
Binnie Brennan has had her work published in a number of literary journals, including The Wascana Review, Existere, and All Rights Reserved. In 2007 her children’s story A Spider’s Tale was adapted for stage in a collaboration of Symphony Nova Scotia and Dalhousie Theatre. Her novella, Harbour View, won the 2009 Ken Klonsky Novella Contest and was nominated for this year’s Atlantic Book Awards.
The Halifax Club is located at 1682 Hollis St in downtown Halifax.
Reservations can be made by calling 902.423.8460 or by email - reservations@halifaxclub.ns.ca
More information is available online at www.halifaxclub.ns.ca
or by contacting
Stephen Patrick Clare
902.422.3098
novamedia@gmail.com
AND:
2) CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Theme: Language Deadline: August 25th
Her Royal Majesty is a quarterly online publication devoted to publishing excellent new artwork. We are looking for visual and literary submissions for our ninth issue following the theme of language. The deadline is August 25th and the issue will be published in mid-September.
The magazine was founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in September 2008 and it has grown from a zine designed to serve the local community into an international literary arts magazine. Her Royal Majesty is a print magazine that is currently available for free online with handmade printed hardcopies available to order through the website: www.heroyalmajesty.ca
Thank you for circulating this call to submissions to your community.
Sincerely,
Harriet Alida Lye Kyra Simone
Editor in Chief Assistant Editor
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