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Guelph Writes: Chapter Two

An Evening with Literary Movers, Shakers and Story Makers

2025-03-26 19:00:00 2025-03-26 20:30:00 America/New_York Guelph Writes: Chapter Two Join the Friends of the Guelph Public Library for the second of two writers panels featuring Adam Lindsay Honsinger, Lisa Browning, Mary Swan and Deepa Rajagopalan. For adults. Please register. Main - Program Room

Wednesday, March 26
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-26 19:00:00 2025-03-26 20:30:00 America/New_York Guelph Writes: Chapter Two Join the Friends of the Guelph Public Library for the second of two writers panels featuring Adam Lindsay Honsinger, Lisa Browning, Mary Swan and Deepa Rajagopalan. For adults. Please register. Main - Program Room

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Program Room

Join the Friends of the Guelph Public Library for the second of two writers panels featuring Adam Lindsay Honsinger, Lisa Browning, Mary Swan and Deepa Rajagopalan. For adults. Please register.

Guelph has a vibrant and growing writers’ community that often goes unnoticed.

The Friends of the Guelph Public Library, the organization that brings you the annual giant book sale in support of our library, wants to change that.

It’s time to acknowledge and explore our thriving literary scene. To that end, we’re presenting the first of two panel discussions moderated by Vocamus Press publisher Jeremy Luke Hill.

Panelists will read from their recent work, talk about their craft and discuss the impact that living in Guelph has on their careers. A Question and Answer period with the audience follows. Books from the featured authors will be available for purchase.

Jeremy Luke Hill will host the event. Jeremy is the Managing Director at Vocamus Writers Community and the Publisher at Gordon Hill Press/The Porcupine's Quill. He is also the author of several chapbooks of poetry, bringing unique writer/publisher perspective to his moderator role.  

Chapter Two:

Adam Lindsay Honsinger is a writer, musician and visual artist. He is the author of three books of fiction, "Gracelessland" (Enfield and Wizenty, 2015), "Somewhere North of Normal" (Enfield and Wizenty, 2018) and "Giving Up the Ghost" (Porcupine's Quill, 2024).

Lisa Browning is the founder and publisher of One Thousand Trees. She is dedicated to empowering and uplifting people through storytelling. Her publishing company aims to create a space where people are seen, heard and valued, and where the stories of those who have endured hardship and emerged stronger can be shared. An author herself, she is planning a new work that we can expect this year.

Mary Swan is a novelist and short story writer who worked for many years at the University of Guelph library. Her novella, "The Deep", won the Malahat Review novella contest in 2000 and received the 2001 O. Henry award for short fiction. Her novel, "The Boys in the Trees", was inspired by a historical incident in Guelph, and was shortlisted for both the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Amazon First Novel Award. Mary’s latest book, "My Ghosts", was published by Knopf Canada in 2013.

Deepa Rajagopalan won the 2021 PEN Canada New Voices Award for her short story, “Peacocks of Instagram”, which is now part of her new Giller-nominated book. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in literary magazines such as "The New Quarterly", "Room Magazine", "The Malahat Review", "Arc Poetry Magazine", "EVENT magazine", "The Quarantine Review" and the anthologies "Bristol Short Story Prize 2023", and "The Unpublished City Vol. II."

Come celebrate Guelph’s thriving literary community with us!

By participating in this program, you acknowledge that you accept and agree to the Guelph Public Library's Code of Conduct.

If you have any questions, please contact Manager of Public Service Meaghan Forestell-Page at mforestell@guelphpl.ca.

Alternative formats are available as per the Accessibility per Ontarians Act by contacting Library Communications at 519-824-6220.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Workshops | Speakers | Community Event |

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