Author Gail Scott** will explain how her writing is written in Mile End, with its layers of stories and people. She will talk about ghosts and the plurality of voices from everywhere in Mile End. She will talk about a “half-breed” grandfather and his French “gendarme” admirer in Mile End. And she will read from her novel set in its imaginary triplex located in an alley between Saint-Joseph Boulevard and Villeneuve Street, on the former Crystal Palace grounds.
Date and time: Sunday 16 January 2011, 3:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Place: Mile End Library, 5434 Park Avenue, just south of Saint-Viateur Street (80 bus)
Languages: The lecture will be in French and English, the readings will be in English, and the discussion will be in French and English
Cost: Free
Reservations: Not necessary
Information: info@mile-end.qc.ca
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* Mile End Memories is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the heritage, history and culture of the Mile End neighbourhood. The preliminary program of activities for 2011 may be found here. Reserve Sunday 13 February 2011, 3-4:15 p.m., for a presentation by Karen Herland on Prostitution in Mile End; details to follow!
** Other novels by Gail Scott include Main Brides, My Paris and Heroine.