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Debbie Schnitzer appearing with Drek Daa, Chandra Mayor, Liz Worth, and Courtney Slobogian at Words Allowed at Mondragon
Saturday, January 21, 8:00 pm
Mondragon Cafe, Bookstore & Grocery
1-91 Albert St, Winnipeg, MB R3B 1G5
Words Allowed brings together a mix of emerging and established authors for an intimate night of literary readings and performance poetry.
Deborah Schnitzer is the winner of the 2010 Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction for her An Unexpected Break in the Weather (Turnstone Press). "Just as Mordecai Richler did with St. Urbain Street in Montreal, University of Winnipeg English professor Deborah Schnitzer brings life and story to our own Corydon Avenue." - Winnipeg Free Press Deborah Schnitzer is also the author of the novel, Gertrude Unmanageable, the long poem, Loving Gertrude Stein, as well as scholarly works and critical anthologies equally devoted to the unexpected.
Drek Daa is an award winning poet, songwriter, CBC columnist, arts organizer, academic, and psychotherapist. ‘Drek Daa's audio file is brilliant, funny and stunningly skillful. I was greatly entertained and impressed. Please thank him. He's really good’. – Leonard Cohen: http://www.drekdaa.com/
Chandra Mayor is the award winning author of August Witch, Cherry, and All the Pretty Girls. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, and Chandra has appeared in writers' festivals and reading series across the country: http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/review.cfm?review_id=3934
Courtney Slobogian is an emerging writer who was born in Winnipeg and used to be pretty happy about that. She co-hosts a radio show on CKUW called Tiger Lilies are Poisonous, dislikes cotton socks and is currently working on developing her spy skills, among other things.
Liz Worth is a Toronto-based author. Her new book, Amphetamine Heart, is a surreal collection of poetry inspired by punk rock, strange dreams, heavy metal, and late, late nights. Her first book, Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History of Punk in Toronto was recently re-issued by ECW Press: www.lizworth.com
