For the mystery lover, Penguin offers their “Dead of Winter Mystery Promo”. Buy 3 books and get 1 free. All are in paperback- what a deal! Choose from a fantastic selection of top mystery authors, including Peter Robinson, John Le Carre, Barbara Vine, Phillip Kerr and many others.
We’ve extended our hours for the Holiday season. Beginning Thursday, Dec. 17 we will be open weeknights until 8 pm. We’re also open Sunday from 1-5pm.
Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Midnight Madness in Sackville!
From 9am – midnight we’ll offer these amazing deals!
20% off all books
20% off calendars and planners
20% off Christmas cards and wrap
20% off All Mesissa & Doug products,
including wooden puzzles, children’s games, art supplies & puppets
Come out and enjoy this special event! As always, there will be horse-drawn
wagon rides, free hot chocolate and apple cider, carrollers and street vendors,
and a visit from Santa Claus.
The Tantramar Heritage Trust is pleased to launch their newest publication- “Head of the Bay: A History of the Maringouin Peninsula, Bay of Fundy, Canada” by Jeffrey P. Ward.
Join us on Thursday, November 26th from 2-4 pm in the store for a book signing and discussion with the author.
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October 6-
Award-winning short story writer Tamas Dobozy reads from his collection and from new work. Sponsored by the Canada Council and Mount Allison Canadian Studies Program and Department of English. Everyone welcome! Owens Art Gallery at 4:00 pm
October 14-
Creative Couples in Conversation- Joseph Boyden and Amanda Boyden, together with Herménégilde Chiasson and Marcia Babineau in conversation with CBC host Shelagh Rogers. Everyone welcome! Owens Art Gallery at 7:30pm
October 14-
Cumberland Adult Network for Upgrading (CAN-U) presents an intimate and interactive evening with Donna Morrissey, author of “Kit’s Law”, “Downhill Chance”, “Sylvanus Now” and “What They Wanted”. Tickets are $15.00. Proceeds from this event will support adult literacy in Cumberland County. Tantramar Theatre, 98 Victoria St., Amherst from 7-9 pm.
October 15-
Reading by novelist Amanda Boyden, author of “Dirty Little Pretty” and “Babylon Rolling”. Sponsored by Mount Allison University, Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic & Research. Everyone welcome! Owens Art Gallery at 4:00 pm
October 15-
Reading by Giller Prize winning novelist Joseph Boyden,author of “Born with a Tooth” (short stories), “Three Day Road” (novel), and “Through Black Spruce” (novel). Sponsored by the Canada Council and Mount Allison University (Office of the Provost & Vice President Academic & Research). Everyone welcome! Owens Art Gallery 7:00 pm
October 15-
The Frye Festival announces their bilingual Community Reads series with Rawi Hage, author of Giller and Governor General’s award nominated “De Niro’s Game”, and his new book “Cockroach”. Everyone welcome! Moncton City Hall lobby at 7:00 pm.
October 21-
Deborah Ellis, author of numerous children’s books including the award winning “Breadwinner Trilogy” will read from her works at Crabtree Auditorium at 7:00 pm. Everyone welcome!
October 28-
Mount Allison University Professor Dan Vyleta will be reading from his book “Pavel and I” at the Owens Art Gallery at 7:00 pm. Everyone welcome!
September is a busy month, with several wonderful author events planned:
September 17- Goose Lane Editions launch Lorrie Bell Hawkins’ book “Jolicure Cats” at the Capitol Theatre in Monctonat 7 pm. Tidewater Books will donate 10% of book sales to the local SPCA.
September 18- Sybertooth Editions launch the newest collection of poetry by Sackville’s Own poet laureate, Douglas Lochhead, entitled “Looking Into Trees”, at the Owens Art Gallery at 4 pm. Join us as we celebrate.
September 20- Diane Shink, co-author of “Canadian Heritage Quilting” will host a quilting workshop at the Owens Art Gallery at 3 pm
September 24- Goose Lane Editions launch Lorrie Bell Hawkins book “Jolicure Cats” at Joey’s at 7 pm
September 28- Mount Allison University presents the 2009 Wilfred B. Jonah lecture by Stephen Lewis, special envoy to the United Nations, at Convocation Hall at 7:30 pm. Copies of his book “Race Against Time; Massey Lectures Series” will be available for sale.
September 30- Breakwater Books present renowned artist Christopher Pratt, reading from his collection of life observations entitled “Ordinary Things” at the Owens Art Gallery at 7 pm
All events are open to the public, and free of charge.
Writers Fest Features Emerging and Nationally Recognized Writers in Sackville
July 15
The third annual “Writers Fest Day” will be held at Sackville’s
Festival by the Marsh on Wednesday, July 15 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. This
year’s Writers Fest features readings by Joan Clark, Michael Crummey,
Marilyn Lerch and Kenzie Robinson at three events, including a chance to meet
the writers at a buffet dinner.
The Writers Fest starts at 5 p.m. with “Dining with Writers and
Readings” at Cranewood (the historical house/Mount Allison President’s
home across from the Town Hall) on Main St. Sackville. This event will feature
a catered buffet meal, and a chance for writers (including the four featured
writers), and people who appreciate writers, to mingle. This event will also
feature readings by Marilyn Lerch and Kenzie Robinson. Seating is very limited,
and tickets must be bought or reserved in advance. They can be purchased at
Tidewater Books in Sackville or reserved by contacting the Festival, and are
$7.50 for writers (self-identified) and $12.50 for others. “Dining with
Writers and Readings” is sponsored by Mount Allison University.
“We’re very excited to have such a great line up of writers this
year,’ said Festival by the Marsh Artistic Director Ron Kelly Spurles
“I’m especially looking forward to the dinner and the chance to
interact with the writers close up – it will be a great night.”
The author of fifteen books, Joan Clark has won both the Marian Engel Award- for
a body of adult fiction- and the Vicky Metfalfe Award -for a body of
children’s literature. Her work has been short-listed for the Governor
General’s, the Impac and Commonwealth Awards, and has twice won the Mr.
Christie, Geoffrey Bilson and Winterset Awards. In addition to more than a dozen
foreign publications, she has given readings and papers in Malaysia, China,
Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Iceland, England and Scotland, where she was
writer-in residence at Edinburgh University. Her most recent adult fiction is An
Audience of Chairs ( Knopf); Road to Bliss, a novel for younger readers will be
published by Doubleday in September of 2009. A native of Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick, for the past twenty-five years, Joan Clark has lived in
Newfoundland.
Michael Crummey has published half a dozen books, including Hard Light and
Salvage (poetry), Flesh and Blood (short stories) and two novels. His first
novel, River Thieves, was a national bestseller and was a finalist for the 2001
Giller Prize. His most recent book is The Wreckage, published in 2005. A
national bestseller, it was short-listed for the Rogers’ Writer’s Trust Fiction
Prize and long-listed for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award. His work has
appeared in The Penguin Book of Canadian Short Stories and in The New Canon: An
Anthology of Canadian Poetry. He was the 2007 winner of the Timothy Findley
Award, given to a Canadian writer at mid-career to honour a significant body of
work. He lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Michael Crummey was born and raised
in Newfoundland.
After moving to Sackville, having taught high school English and Humanities in
Washington, D.C. for twenty-four years, Marilyn Lerch helped form the Sackville
Writers Group and later the Roving Poets which took poetry to the people. She
has also committed Randon Acts of Poetry and given creative writing workshops at
Springhill, Dorchester and Westmoreland Correctional Institutions. Her latest
collection of poetry, “Witness and Resist” was published by Morgaine
House in 2008. Previously, “Moon Loves Its Light” came out in 2004
and “Lambs & LLamas, Ewes & Me” in 200l.
Marilyn is serving as president of the Writers Federation of New Brunswick and
helped edit the forthcoming book, “Breaking the Word Barrier: Stories of
Adults Learning to Read” to be published by Goose Lane.
Kenzie Robinson is a young prize winning poet from Sackville who is quickly
gaining a reputation as someone to watch in the literary world.
The Festival by the Marsh Writers Fest Day is sponsored by the Canada Council
for the Arts, Mount Allison University, and Tidewater Books. More information on
Writers Fest Day, or any of the Festival by the Marsh events, can be found at
their website www.festivalbythemarsh.ca or by phoning (506) 364-2179 or
toll-free 1-866-890-6329.
Festival by the Marsh presents Dining with Writers, and readings, Wednesday, July 15th, from 5:00 – 9:00 pm at Cranewood,
113 Main Street.
Guest writers: Marilyn Lerch, Kenzie Robinson, Joan Clark, and Michael Crummey.
For additional information contact 506-536-3079.
Public reading by David Adams Richards
Owens Gallery
June 10, 2009. 7:00 pm
Award-winning Canadian novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and poet, DAVID ADAMS RICHARDS, will read from his work. Open to the public. This event is part of the Third Biennial Archives in Canada Conference Series (ACCS) at Mount Allison June 10-12, 2009.
Public Lecture — “Stories, Buildings, and Maps: A Canadian Archive”
Noah Richler
Tweedie Hall
June 11, 2009. 9:00 am
Award-winning Canadian author, journalist, and documentary maker NOAH RICHLER takes a novel look at the topic of archives. Open to the public. This event is part of the Archives in Canada Conference series, taking place this week at Mount Allison 10-12 June 2009.
