In a special night celebrating the poetry of Pat Lowther, The Olive is excited to welcome the most wonderful Christine Wiesenthal.
Date: 8 March 2011
Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: LEVA Cappuccino Bar
Address: 11053 86 ave
Christine Wiesenthal is a poet, nonfiction writer and editor, who teaches creative writing at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Her books include Instruments of Surrender (2001, short-listed for the Gerald Lampert and Stephan G. Stephannson poetry awards), a biography, The Half-Lives of Pat Lowther (2005, finalist for the Governor-General’s Literary Awards for Nonfiction and winner of the Clio Prize in History), and The Collected Works of Pat Lowther (2010). Her poetry and nonfiction have appeared in numerous U.S. and Canadian magazines and anthologies. “Horses of the Ghost,” her most recent work, was originally commissioned by the Banff Center for the Arts for the 2009 Literary Journalism Program, and appears in LAKE: A Journal of Arts and the Environment (Spring 2010).
Hope to see you there!
