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<span style="font-family: Garamond, Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt;">a reading by novelist</span><br>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12pt"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Melanie Fishbane</span></b></span></span></font></div>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont">We are delighted to welcome </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12pt">Melanie
Fishbane</span></b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont"> for our final reading of the 2018-19 academic year.</span></font><br>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12pt">The opening act will be
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8 March</span></span><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12pt"><span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_298_333" tabindex="0"> at</span> 4:30pm in SJ1 3027</span></b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont">. </span></font><br>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont">The reading is free and all are welcome. Please spread the word!</span></font><br>
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<span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12pt">Some details: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:12pt"></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51); font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">MELANIE J. FISHBANE holds an M.F.A. from the Vermont
College of Fine Arts and an M.A. from Concordia University and teaches English at Humber College. Her YA novel, </span><i style="color:rgb(51,51,51); font-family:"Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,sans-serif; font-size:13.524px; background-color:rgb(192,161,84)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255); font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt">Maud:
A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery</span></i><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51); font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> was published in 2017 and was shortlisted for the Vine Awards for the best in
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<p><font face="georgia, droid serif, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Veronica Austen, Ph.D.</font></p>
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<p><font face="georgia, droid serif, Times New Roman, Times, serif">519-884-8111 x 28300</font></p>
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