Calling all fiction fans......

Just a reminder that tonight's the night (Wednesday, May 13) for a great reading at Octopus. Please join us for a reading by Carla Gunn and Mike Blouin, two great authors from one of our favourite publishers, Coach House Books. Mike Blouin's novel Chase and Haven is a haunting story – inventively told and deeply felt – of suffering and love. Blouin has been the recipient of the Diana Brebner Prize for Poetry from Arc, Canada’s National Poetry Magazine, as well as the Lillian I. Found Prize for Poetry from Carleton University, and his work has been shortlisted for a National Magazine Award. He is the author of the collection of poetry I’m not going to lie to you (Pedlar, 2007). He resides in Oxford Mills, a rural community near Ottawa. Carla Gunn's first novel, Amphibian, is a polished and engaging book and its nine-year-old narrator, Phin, is a symbol of our times. Gunn’s work has been published in the Globe and Mail, the National Post and heard on CBC radio. Besides writing, Carla teaches psychology at St. Thomas University. Carla grew up in a rural area in Miramichi, N.B. In the mid-eighties, she moved to Fredericton where she lives with her two sons, her partner, and three black cats. Also, if you're looking for  something fun to do tomorrow night, look no further than the launch for True Concessions by Craig Poile (Ottawa) and The Second Blush by Molly Peacock (NYC/Toronto).
Thursday, May 14 - 7:30 p.m.
Exhibition Room A, Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington St.
Free admission
For more information, visit www.collected-works.com Click here to see Craig read his poems on YouTube!