May 6, 2002 Banff Centre Media Release - Readings from the Writing Studio begin at The Banff Centre

The Banff Centre’s 70^th consecutive season of summer arts programming began on Thursday, May 2 with the first night of Readings from the Writing Studio. Greg Hollingshead, Director, Writing Programs at The Banff Centre was the first of several distinguished participants and faculty to read from new work in the intimate Bentley Chamber Music Studio, in the Music & Sound building at The Banff Centre.

Readings from the Writing Studio continue throughout the month of May, and feature a who’s who of Canadian literature. Author readings include Giller-prize winner for A Good House, Bonnie Burnard; Metis poet, Marilyn Dumont; novelist Elizabeth Hay; Governor-General’s Award winning poet, Don McKay; and one of Canada’s great poets, P.K. Page.

READINGS from the WRITING STUDIO
May 6, 9, 13, 14, 16, 25, 27 at 8 pm
Music Building – Free and open to the public
Perk up your ears and liberate your mind as writers from The Banff Centre's 2002 Writing Studio let us to sample their latest works.
May 6 Bonnie Burnard
May 9 Elizabeth Hay and Don McKay
May 13 P.K. Page
May 14 Marilyn Dumont (8 pm, The Club, Theatre Complex)
May 16 Edna Alford and David Carpenter
May 25 Shannon Cowan (1 pm, TransCanada Pipelines Pavilion)
May 27 Barry Dempster and Trevor Ferguson

For more detail on Readings from the Writing Studio, visit www.banffcentre.ca/cfa/events/2002/series/readings_writing_studio.htm

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