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SUMMARY:5 Poets Breaking Into Song (Liberation Celebration)
DESCRIPTION:During the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020\, George Elliott Clarke\, Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada (2016-17) and Toronto Poet Laureate (2012-2015)\, began to commission composers to set Canadian poems to music. He now has 71 poems/songs to share in his signature series “5 Poets Breaking Into Song”. At each event a vocalist and a pianist perform 8 songs by 5 or 6 poets and the audience also hears brief readings by 5 poets. \nThe Heliconian Hall event is #17 in the series and will feature presentations of poems and songs primarily by women. The theme of the event is “Liberation Celebration”. 
URL:https://canadianauthors.org/national/event/5-poets-breaking-into-song-liberation-celebration/
LOCATION:35 Hazelton Avenue\, Toronto\, ON\, M5R 2E3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Presentation,Reading,Social
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SUMMARY:Muskoka Authors Association Meeting – Interview with Best Selling Author Claire Cameron
DESCRIPTION:Interview with Best Selling Author\, Claire Cameron\, About Her Debut Memoir\, How to Survive a Bear Attack \nFree for MAA Members and $20 for Non-Members.\nDoors open at 6:30 pm ET. \nJoin Muskoka Authors Association as they welcome bestselling author Claire Cameron to learn about her powerful new memoir\, How to Survive a Bear Attack. Known for her novels\, The Bear and The Last Neanderthal\, in her newest work Cameron explores grief\, family\, cancer\, and the wild through the lens of a rare bear attack in Algonquin Park in 1991. The memoir blends nature writing and true crime as she confronts a genetic cancer diagnosis and returns to the wilderness of her past in search of healing and truth. \nHow to Survive a Bear Attack: A Memoir is at once an intimate portrait of an extraordinary animal\, a bracing chronicle of pain\, obsession\, and love\, and a profoundly moving exploration of how we can understand and survive the wildness that lives inside us. \nFor more information and to register\, please email your contact information and etransfer payment to info@muskokaauthors.ca. You can also reach out for more information\, to David Bruce Patterson at davidbrucepatterson.maa@gmail.com. 
URL:https://canadianauthors.org/national/event/muskoka-authors-association-meeting-interview-with-best-selling-author-claire-cameron/
LOCATION:46 Dominion Street\, Bracebridge\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Muskoka Authors Event,Presentation,Reading,Virtual Event,Webinar
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