BookFestWindsor 2008 Schedule
This is it, the heart and soul of BookFestWindsor — the schedule of events! Follow the links above for a graphical schedule of each of the 4 days of this year's festival, or look below for an overview of what's going on.
Wednesday, October 29
- Wilkinson Room (Main Floor)
- 7:00-9:00 PM: The Next Word. Louis Cabri, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Richard Douglass-Chin, Andrew George, Mariela Griffor, Dorothy Mahoney, Andre Narbonne, Jenny Sampirisi.
- Lecture Room (3rd Floor)
- 7:00-9:00 PM: The Book Gang, Book Clubs.
Thursday, October 30
- Windsor Public Library, Central Branch
- Morning and Afternoon: School Classes, Richardo Keens-Douglas.
- Wilkinson Room (Main Floor)
- 7:30-9:30 PM: Tales from the Black Moss Black Moss authors: Roger Bell, Ross Belot, Dianne Joyce, John B. Lee, Susan McMaster, Eugene McNamara, Karen Mulhallen, Marilyn Gear Pilling, Betsy Struthers, John Wing Jr. Marty Gervais to moderate.
- Valiant/Rodzik Room (3rd Floor)
- 7:30-9:30 PM: Freedom Readers, Christopher Paul Curtis, Karolyn Smardz Frost, Patricia McCurdy, Leslie McCurdy. Paul Vasey to moderate.
Friday, October 31
- Concourse
- 6:30-7:00 PM: Reception, Reception, music by Kenneth MacLeod and Cameron Ritchie, cash bar, refreshments – hockey goalie masks!.
- Wilkinson Room (Main Floor)
- 7:00-7:45 PM: He Shoots, He Writes, (Marty Gervais, moderator) Fred Addis – presentation on goalie masks John B. Lee, Randall Maggs, (hockey poems).
8:00-10:00 PM: Books that go Bump in the Night, (Micheline Rawlins, moderator) Jean Rae Baxter, Mary Jane Maffini, Mary Swan - Valiant/Rodzik Room (3rd Floor)
- 8:00 - 10:00 PM: Return to the Ugly House, "Ugly House" poets: Joanne Arnott, John Barlow, Lorenzo Buj, John Liddle
Saturday, November 1
- Bamboo Restaurant (coffee and muffins)
- 10:00-11:00 AM: So You Say You Want to be a Famous Poet, How to publish your poetry and be famous for more than 15 minutes (Marty Gervais, moderator) John B. Lee, Randall Maggs, Mary Ann Mulhern
- Wilkinson Room (Main Floor)
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: After the Writing, the critics, the films (Stephen Pender, moderator) Stephen Henighan, Linda Leith, Mary Jane Maffini, Nino Ricci.
1:00 - 3:00 PM: The Story Makers, (Percy Hatfield, moderator) Christopher Paul Curtis, Linda Leith, Alistair MacLeod, Eric Walters.
3:30 - 5:30 PM: Writing with Attitude, (Michael Duben, moderator) David French, Stephen Henighan, Nino Ricci, Diane Schoemperlen
8:00 - 10:00 PM: The Wired, Wired Word, Multimedia poetry presentation (Karl Jirgens, moderator) Alanna Bondar, Di Brandt, David Hickey, Karl Jirgens, M. Nourbese Philip, Steven R. Smith - Concourse
- 1:00-3:00 PM: Book Builders: North tip - Suzanne Konyha, children’s hands-on, Richardo Keen-Douglas, story-telling at 2:00 PM, Transformations: Bottom of stairs, Susan Gold Smith, A Farce at the FestCentral area, Ubu Roi (from 1:00 - 1:15 PM)
7:00-8:00 PM: Reception and presentation of Windsor Endowment for the Arts, Meet Christopher Paul Curtis, recipient of the second Alistair MacLeod Award for Literary Achievement. Presentation of the award at 7:30 PM. - Lecture Room (3rd Floor)
- 1:00-3:00 PM: Je ne sais quoi, Francophone session (Jeremy Worth, moderator) Mustapha Hamil, Judith Sinanga.
- Studio Room (2nd Floor)
- 1:00-3:00 PM: It’s a Bird, it’s a Plane, it’s a Book, (Mary-Lou Gelissen and George Rizok, moderator) Graphic Novels - Max Douglas (Salgood Sam), Tony Gray (launching his new book)
- Valiant/Rodzik Room (3rd Floor)
- 1:00 - 3:00 PM: Memoir – living with bipolar disorder, Mike Barnes.
8:00 - 10:00 PM: Best of the Versed, Poetry Contest winners (Irene Moore, moderator)