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Atlantic Book Awards Non-Fiction Double-Header, Part II: Sharing Our Stories

June 3, 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm America/Halifax

Join journalist and author Pauline Dakin in conversation with Atlantic Book Award nominees

-Joanne Gallant (A Womb in the Shape of a Heart: My Story of Miscarriage and Motherhood)

-Susan MacLeod (Dying for Attention: A Graphic Memoir of Nursing Home Care)

-Donna Morrissey (Pluck: A Memoir of a Newfoundland Childhood and the Raucous, Terrible, Amazing Journey to Becoming a Novelist)

to discuss the experience of writing about challenging topics. These writers share intimate stories of navigating complicated systems and paradoxes in their lives. These deeply personal accounts are inspiring and insightful. Immediately follows the On (Auto)Biographical Writing panel.

Presented in partnership with Halifax Public Libraries and the Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia.

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Details

Date:
June 3, 2022
Time:
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm America/Halifax
Website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1352726555209081/

Venue

Halifax Central Library
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