The 'Catch-Up' Reading Series
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The 'Catch-Up' Series is Westminster Bookmark's monthly reading series featuring local and travelling authors. This will be the last 'Catch-Up' of the year, but we will be back in the new year! This month we will have readings from Jon Claytor (Nowhere), Adelle Purdham (I Don't Do Disability and Other Lies I've Told Myself), and Mark Anthony Jarman (Wild West).
Hosted by acclaimed novelist and poet, Fawn Parker, this free event takes place here at the shop (88 York St.) on Sunday, November 29th, 3 pm.
About the Authors:
Jon Claytor is a graphic novelist, painter, and writer. Born in San Francisco, he lived and worked in several Canadian cities, including Halifax, Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto, before settling in Sackville, New Brunswick. Claytor’s work ranges from oil painting and watercolour to comics. He holds an MFA from York University and a BFA from Mount Allison University. His graphic memoir, Take the Long Way Home, was published by Conundrum in 2022. Nowhere, a fictional graphic novel about growing up among monsters in a small maritime town is his first graphic novel.
Adelle Purdham is a writer, teacher, and parent disability advocate. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from the University of King's College and is a writing instructor at Trent University. Adelle currently resides in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Mark Anthony Jarman is the author of nine books, including Burn Man, 19 Knives, and Ireland’s Eye. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Jarman has taught at the University of Victoria, the Banff Centre, and University of New Brunswick. He was fiction editor of The Fiddlehead for 25 years and is now co-editor of the literary journal CAMEL.
Hosted by acclaimed novelist and poet, Fawn Parker, this free event takes place here at the shop (88 York St.) on Sunday, November 29th, 3 pm.
About the Authors:
Jon Claytor is a graphic novelist, painter, and writer. Born in San Francisco, he lived and worked in several Canadian cities, including Halifax, Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto, before settling in Sackville, New Brunswick. Claytor’s work ranges from oil painting and watercolour to comics. He holds an MFA from York University and a BFA from Mount Allison University. His graphic memoir, Take the Long Way Home, was published by Conundrum in 2022. Nowhere, a fictional graphic novel about growing up among monsters in a small maritime town is his first graphic novel.
Adelle Purdham is a writer, teacher, and parent disability advocate. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from the University of King's College and is a writing instructor at Trent University. Adelle currently resides in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Mark Anthony Jarman is the author of nine books, including Burn Man, 19 Knives, and Ireland’s Eye. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Jarman has taught at the University of Victoria, the Banff Centre, and University of New Brunswick. He was fiction editor of The Fiddlehead for 25 years and is now co-editor of the literary journal CAMEL.
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Where is it happening?
88 York St, Fredericton, NB E3B 3N5, Canada
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