Michael Crummey talks about his latest novel, The Adversary with CBC Radio producer Kim Garrity during the Imagination Writers’ Festival. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) IMAGINATION WRITERS’ FESTIVAL: Bestselling author Michael Crummey discusses The Adversary Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com Newfoundland author Michael Crummey presented his most recent novel at the Morrin Centre’s Imagination Writers’ Festival on…
Bob McDonald points to a photo of his younger self when he first started working at the Ontario Science Centre. CBC Radio host Angelica Montgomery is on the right. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) IMAGINATION WRITERS’ FESTIVAL: Bob McDonald encourages readers to ‘Just say yes!’ Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com College Hall of the Morrin Centre was packed for Bob McDonald’s presentation at the Imagination Writers’…
Poets Amélie Prévost and Rachel McCrum recite their poems together onstage, taking on the various faces of the stepmother. (Photo by Myriam Labbé) IMAGINATION WRITERS’ FESTIVAL: Stepmother-poets break the “two solitudes” Myriam Labbé myriam@qctonline.com On April 26, as part of the Morrin Centre Imagination Writers’ Festival and in collaboration with the Maison de…
Playwright and translator Leanna Brodie gives a workshop about writing dialogue for the stage at the Imagination Writers’ Festival on April 26. (Photo by Oksana Mukhina) IMAGINATION WRITERS’ FESTIVAL: Aspiring writers get useful advice at Imagination Writers’ Festival Oksana Mukhina oksana@qctonline.com Cara Gerard used to write plays as a child. She now wants to come back…
The 2025 Imagination Writers’ Festival at the Morrin Centre began on April 22 with a relaxed 5-à-7 in College Hall followed by a workshop by graphic novelist Sophie Escabasse and two book talks in the Library by suspense novelist Nina Laurin (pictured with moderator Michèle Thibeau) and fantasy author Coltrane Seesequasis. See inside this edition and next week’s edition for full festival coverage. (Photo by Ruby Pratka) IMAGINATION WRITERS’ FESTIVAL 2025: Book lovers welcome Imagination…
Author and illustrator Sophie Escabasse got help from the audience during her interactive drawing workshop to create a tomato character who escapes certain death in a spaceship. (Photo by Danielle Burns) IMAGINATION 2025: Graphic novelist wants kids to follow dreams at Imagination Danielle Burns danielle@qctonline.com French-born Sophie Escabasse lived for many years in Brooklyn, N.Y., working as an illustrator before taking…
Mary Thaler authored an epic poem; Rachel Deutsch, a full-colour graphic novel; and Boum, a greyscale graphic novel. For all three authors, the format became an integral part of the story, not just a different way of telling the story. Linda Morra (far right) hosted the panel discussion. (Photo by Myriam Labbé) IMAGINATION 2025: Imagination comes in all shapes and sizes Myriam Labbé myriam@qctonline.com On April 27, as part of the Morrin Centre’s Imagination Writers’ Festival, authors Mary Thaler, Rachel Deutsch and…
Moderator Béatrice Provencher listens as Nathan Hellner- Mestelman answers an audience member’s question at the Imagination Writers’ Festival on April 24. (Photo by Ruby Pratka) IMAGINATION 2025: Teen science writer takes Imagination audience on far-out ride Ruby Pratka editor@qctonline.com Teenage popular science writer Nathan Hellner- Mestelman took the Morrin Centre audience on a wild and…
Sommelier Bianca Thériault presents the Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon wine that she selected to pair with Rachel McCrum and Amélie Prévost’s bilingual poetry book La Belle-mère/The Stepmother during the Imagination Writers’ Festival. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) Pairing Books & Wine a delicious mix at Imagination Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com On April 25, one of the most popular events of the Imagination Writers’ Festival took place in the…
On April 27, the Morrin Centre
with Marc Garneau as part of the
On the table, there are delicious pastries from a local bakery, Pâtisserie Chouquette, a house tea called Domestic Chemistry, Garneau’s book A Most Extraordinary Ride, and a meteor rock for the occasion. IMAGINATION 2025: Living legend Marc Garneau shares life stories over tea and pastries Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com What better way to spend a rainy Sunday morning than at the Morrin Centre,…