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<font size="2">We are excited to kick off this year's Reading Series on the theme of Alternate Realities with science fiction writer, kung fu master, and UW grad in applied mathematics, James Alan Gardner!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica" size="2">Please join us on Thursday 22 October at 4:30pm in STJ 3014.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica" size="2">The reading is free and all are welcome. Please spread the word!</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica" size="2">James Alan Gardner has published eight science fiction novels and a collection of short stories. He has won the Aurora Award twice, as well as the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award and the Asimov’s Magazine
Readers Choice award; he has also been a finalist for the Nebula and Hugo awards. In his spare time, he teaches kung fu and is working on a B.Sc. in Earth Sciences (Geology).</font></p>
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<font size="2">Check him out at <a href="http://thinkage.ca" target="_blank">thinkage.ca</a>!<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica" size="2">For more information, please visit
<a href="http://canlitkicksass.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://canlitkicksass.blogspot.ca" target="_blank">canlitkicksass.blogspot.ca</a></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica" size="2"><i>We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.</i></font></p>
<font size="2"><i>Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.</i></font><br>
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