Public Intellection

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PUBLIC INTELLECTION

Invited Public Readings:
St. Francis Xavier University. Antigonish, NS. 4 Nov. 2008. Solo reader. Fiction.
Keshen Goodman Public Library. Halifax, NS. 27 Aug. 2008. Solo reader. Fiction.
Ingrid Mueller Art & Concepts. Fredericton, NB, 27 April 2008. Panel reader. Fiction.
Northrop Frye Literary Festival. Moncton, NB. 23-27 April 2008. Solo reader. Fiction.
Université Sainte-Anne. Church Point, NS. 19 Mar. 2008. Co-Reader. Fiction.
Cape Breton University. 12 Jan. 2007. Co-Reader. Fiction.
(17th) Annual International Cycle History Conference, York University,
3-5 July 2006. Refereed conference presenter. Fiction.
Acadia University. 21 January 2005. Solo reader. Fiction.
Westminster Books (with the Canada Council). Fredericton, NB. 27 May 2004. Solo reader. Fiction.
Canada Council Sponsored bp Nichol Reading Ser.. Glendon College, York University. 11 March, 2004. Solo reader. Fiction.
Windsor Festival of the Book/PEN Canada Borders of Writing/Refuges of Order. Windsor, ON. 15 Nov. 2003. Panel Member and Group reader (15 min.) Fiction and non-fiction.
Word on the Street Festival. Halifax, NS. 28 Sept. 2003. Solo reader. Fiction.
eyelevel gallery. Halifax, NS. 28 Sept. 2003. Solo reader. Fiction.
Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English Annual Conference. Dalhousie University. 29 May 2003. Co-Reader (with George Elliott Clarke). Fiction.
The Kingston Brewing Company, Kingston ON. 21 May 2003. Solo reader. Fiction.
Lexiconjury Ser.. The Pilot, Toronto ON. 20 May 2003. Co-Reader (with Michael Redhill). Fiction.
The Press Club, Windsor ON. 18 May 2003. Solo reader. Fiction.
The Common Sky: Canadian Writers Against the War Windsor launch. Vermouth Bar, Windsor ON. 3 April 2003. Group reader. Poetry.
Stolen Time Labour Arts Festival. University of Windsor. Lebel Gallery. 7 Feb. 2003. Group reader. Fiction.
The Windsor Review Literary Quickies Ser.. University of Windsor. English Department Undergraduate Student Lounge. 29 Nov. 2002. Solo reader. Fiction.
The Art Gallery of Windsor. Windsor, ON. 1 Nov. 2002. Group reader. Multimedia poetry.
Windsor Review Transportation Issue Launch. University of Windsor. Odette Lounge. 4 Oct. 2002. Group reader. Fiction.

Refereed Conference Presentations:
“The Insufficiency of Home: Migration, Metaphor, and Metonymy in Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion.” Old Environments—New Environments, VII Triennial Conference of the Nordic Association of Canadian Studies. 10 Aug. 2002. Stockholm University, Sweden.
"'He Came to the Desert': The English Patient's Other Historical Hero." Theory/History/Fiction Panel, ACCUTE—Canadian Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities. 26 May 2000. University of Alberta.
“Wandering the Earth in a Few Well-Told Lies: Michael Ondaatje and Travel Literature.” Rediscovering Canada: the Sixth Triennial Conference of the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies. 6 August 1999. University of Iceland.
“Losing Beautifully: Photography and Failure in Michael Ondaatje’s Running in the Family.” CACLALS—Canadian Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities. 29 May 1998. University of Ottawa.
“‘Dismantling Ondaatje’s ‘Terrible Letters’: a Narratological Study of the Metonymic Use of Metaphor in the English Patient.” Michael Ondaatje: la septième Colloque international organisé par le Centre d’Etudes Canadiennes de l’Université de Paris III/Sorbonne Nouvelle. 29 Nov. 1997.

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