THE WORLD IS MOSTLY SKY SASKATOON BOOK LAUNCH (CANCELLED)

Thursday, April 23, 2020, 7:00 pm

McNally Robinson, Travel Alcove, Saskatoon (event link here) 

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Saskatoon launch of The World Is Mostly Sky.

THE WORLD IS MOSTLY SKY WINNIPEG BOOK LAUNCH (CANCELLED)

Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 7:00 pm

McNally Robinson Grant Park, Winnipeg (event link here)

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Launch of The World Is Mostly Sky (Turnstone Press). In this shining debut, identity and community converge in poems for a modern generation. Beginning with the open prairie skies of her youth, Sarah Ens maps an emergence into millennial womanhood, questioning feminine expectations and examining heartache and disembodiment during an age of personal and planetary upheaval. The World Is Mostly Sky looks backwards and inwards to find respite in stars, warm earth, and deep waters while rejoicing in the sacred bonds of sisterhood that offer the courage to meet our uncertain horizon.

RIVER VOLTA READING SERIES: GRADUATING STUDENT SHOWCASE (CANCELLED)

Thursday March 19 2020, 7:00 pm

D'Lish by Tish, Saskatoon (event link here)

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Join us in congratulating the University of Saskatchewan's MFA in Writing Class of 2020, as our graduating students showcase their brilliant fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction!

PUBLISHING 101 - A HOW-TO WORKSHOP

Saturday, January 18 2020, 1:30 pm

SaskBooks, Cliff Wright Branch Library, Saskatoon (event link here)

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Demystify the publishing process with SaskBooks, the provincial publishing association. In this workshop and seminar, we will cover the process a book takes from manuscript submission to final sale. Covering topics like how to find a publisher to best practices for self-publishing, participants will get one-on-one time with publishing professionals and with publishers themselves at an afternoon panel. Jillian Bell, Director of Marketing and Finance at SaskBooks will make a presentation in the morning that covers the publishing industry, how manuscript acquisition works, and the things you need to think about when you self-publish. The afternoon session features a panel of Saskatchewan publishers (Serimuse Books, JackPine Press, and McKenzie Carver & Associates) who will talk about their successes and their challenges.

WILD WRITERS LITERARY FESTIVAL 2019

Friday, November 1, 2019

Waterloo, Ontario (event link here)

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Parents make for great source material. Award-winning writers Elizabeth Hay and Kathy Page know this all too well. Kathy Page’s Dear Evelyn grew from her father’s war-time love letters to her mother. Elizabeth Hay’s All Things Consoled details the decline of her ferociously independent elderly parents.

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Featuring readings from The New Quarterly magazine’s annual writing contest winners, Sarah Ens, Paola Ferrante, and Terence Young. Followed by readings and discussion with Kathy Page and Elizabeth Hay. Moderated by Eufemia Fantetti. 

AN EVENING WITH MEMORY SEEKERS

Tuesday, October 8 2019, 7:00 pm

d'Lish by Tish, Saskatoon (event link here)

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Please join Dora Dueck, Katherine Lawrence, and Sarah Ens in Saskatoon for an evening of readings and discussion about memories kept and lost, and the art of writing these stories to life.

FROM PITCH TO PRESS

Wednesday, November 28 2018, 1:00 pm

Geology 265, University of Saskatchewan (event link here)

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Editors and publishers share tips! Presentations by MFA in Writing students Kathryn Shalley, Allison McFarland, and Sarah Ens.

NPM IN THE WFP 2018 LAUNCH

Monday April 30 2018, 7:00 pm

McNally Robinson, Winnipeg (event link here)

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April is National Poetry Month. For the third year in a row, the Winnipeg Free Press will be publishing a National Poetry Month project, featuring poems by Winnipeg writers in the April 21 edition of the paper. 

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Hosted by editors Jason Stefanik and Ariel Gordon, this event will feature readings from some featured NPM in the WFP 2018 poets including:

Conni Cartlidge 

Rebecca Danos 

Kristian Enright 

Sarah Ens 

J. Robert Ferguson 

Sally Ito 

Ted Landrum 

Louella Lester 

Kim MacRae 

Michael Minor 

Amber O’Reilly

Patricia Robertson 

David Yerex Williamson

WRITER IN RESIDENCE FAREWELL

Tuesday April 19 2018, 7:00 pm 

Millennium Library, Winnipeg

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Say farewell to Writer-in-Residence Jennifer Still as she marks the end of her term with us and hear a sample of her work in progress. A selection of the emerging writers who consulted with Jennifer during her residency will also read.

PRAIRIE FIRE PRESENTS AN EVENING OF POETRY & PROSE

​Tuesday February 27 2018, 7:00 pm

Fools + Horses, Winnipeg (event link here)

Join Prairie Fire for an evening of poetry and prose by young and emerging writers! With readings by:

Sarah Ens, Josiah Neufeld, Lindsey Olver, Marika Prokosh, Tamar Rubin, Jason Stefanik