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Dave Williamson will be the first guest author on a new radio show, CJOB's The Book Club hosted by Justine Routhier, this Sunday, April 15 from 10-11am. Dave will discuss his new comic novel, Dating, with Justine and listeners who call in.

CJOB host Justine Routhier describes her new show, The Book Club, as follows: "The Book Club is a live show that takes place every Sunday, from 10-11am. I, along with a rotating round table of “bookworms,” will cover new topics and interview different authors every week! It is a show you can listen to while in the car, or while curled up on the couch with a cup of hot coffee in one hand, and a phone in the other, waiting to call in and join the conversation. Books clubs are making a comeback, but not everybody has the time or is capable of meeting regularly with others to discuss books. So join us every Sunday morning from the comfort of your own home, and be a part of The Book Club!" For more information, click here.

Today's CBC Manitoba Scene features Dave Williamson's Dating: A Novelin the article titled "Winnipeg novelist Dave Williamson explores return to dating...past one's prime." Producer Sandra Thacker writes, "Do you remember what it was like when you were first dating? Chances are you (like me) were in your teens - unsure, hesitant and excited all at the same time. Well imagine going through that decades later. The emotions might be the same, but the physicality of the situation will have no doubt changed, over time." The article includes information about the launch of Dating tonight, April 12 at 8pm, at McNally Robinson in Winnipeg and also includes an excerpt from the novel. Please read full posting here.

Today's Winnipeg Free Press features a preview of Dating: A Novel by Dave Williamson. In her article, "Novel pokes fun at dating at both ends," arts reporter Alison Mayes interviews Williamson and his motivations for writing Dating, a novel that explores a widow's experiences of dating later in life: "The author has done some research on bereaved men," writes Mayes. Williamson's research into the topic "confirmed his impression that widowers typically revert to seeing themselves as eligible young bachelors. They tend to approach dating with the same mindset they had decades earlier." Williamson's comic novel will be launched tonight, April 12 at 8pm at McNally Robinson in Winnipeg. Please read the full article here.

Check out the latest March/April issue of McNally Robinson's online newsletter, The Bookseller, for some fine suggestions for spring reading. The cover features new fiction by Dave Williamson and the latest poetry from Sarah Klassen.

Dave Williamson launches his comic novel, Dating, at McNally Robinson (Winnipeg) in the Prairie Ink Restauarnt on Thursday, April 12 at 8pm and Sarah Klassen launches her new poetry collection, Monstrance, the following week on Wednesday, April 18 at 8pm, also at McNally Robinson (Winnipeg) in Prairie Ink Restauarnt.

Dave Williamson will be teaching a class in McNally Robinson's Community Classroom starting Friday, March 2nd on each Friday morning in March from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon on learning how you can Get More Out of the Fiction You Read. The cost is $100.00.

This is a class for readers - those who love literature and seek to enrich the experience of fiction by better understanding how it works. The class will draw on examples from a range of novels, short stories and novellas. The elements of fiction, character, setting, narrative points of view, and style and structure will all be examined focusing on the hallmarks and the pleasures of different genres of popular fiction.

Register today to ensure your spot in person or by calling McNally Robinson Booksellers at 475-0483.

Pre-retirement, Dave Williamson was the Dean of Business and Applied Arts at Red River College. Dave Williamson will launch his new novel, Dating, at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg on Thursday, April 12 at 8:00 p.m.

Sarah Klassen will launch her new poetry collection, Monstrance, at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg on Wednesday, April 18 at 8:00 p.m. She is the featured poet at the upcoming Speaking Crow poetry series on Tuesday, March 6, 7:00 pm at Pop Soda's Coffeehouse and Gallery, 625 Portage Avenue in Winnipeg.

Sarah Klassen has been invited to speak at the Manitoba Writers' Guild first ever Symposium on Manitoba Writing taking place May 10 to 12, 2012. Sarah will present on May 10. Time and location to be announced.

Dave Williamson will launch his new novel Dating at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg on Thursday, April 12 at 8:00 p.m.

Main character Jenkins never dreamed he'd live long enough to be dating again. Less than two years after his beloved wife's death, he finds himself sheepishly slinking past her portrait to take another woman out to the movies. Recalling his dating experience throughout the decades, Jenkins discovers that he is still no wiser than a schoolboy. Boomers will connect on many levels with this funny portrayal of their generation grappling with the realities of growing older.

Dave Williamson will launch his new novel, Dating, at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg on Thursday, April 12 at 8:00 p.m.

Main character Jenkins never dreamed he'd live long enough to be dating again. Less than two years after his beloved wife's death, he finds himself sheepishly slinking past her portrait to take another woman out to the movies. Recalling his dating experience throughout the decades, Jenkins discovers that he is still no wiser than a schoolboy. Boomers will connect on many levels with this funny portrayal of their generation grappling with the realities of growing older.

Quill and Quire highlights Dating by Dave Williamson and Dadolescence by Bob Armstrong in their Spring Preview 2012: "Turnstone Press seems to be staking out territory in the area of male Boomer humour. Following last year’s novel Dadolescence by Bob Armstrong, the Manitoba publisher is bringing out Dave Williamson’s Dating ($19 pa., April), about a widower who finds himself thrust back onto the singles market in his senior years." Please read full article here.

Jenkins never dreamed he’d live long enough to be dating again. But the tables have turned and the parents are now the children. This outrageously funny portrayal of the realities of growing old in the modern world will have readers chuckling about their own not too distant futures.