OGAMAS Brandon Aboriginal Literary Festival, October 15-17, 2009

[Sherilee Diebold-Cooze]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, September 24, 2009

OGAMAS BRANDON ABORIGINAL LITERARY

FESTIVAL SET FOR OCTOBER 15-17, 2009

BRANDON, MB - Brandon University is delighted to announce the

second bi-annual OGAMAS Aboriginal Literary Festival, to take place

at Brandon University on the weekend of October 15-17, 2009. The

Festival will again feature readings, performances and panel

discussions by many of Canada's best Aboriginal authors.

Opening Night Ceremonies take place in the Lorne Watson Hall at

7:30 p.m. on Thursday evening with local Aboriginal music and dance

entertainment. Also included with be the much anticipated poetry

reading and dialogue, Native Erotica, featuring the irrepressible

Gregory Scofield, Joanne Arnott, Drew Hayden Taylor, Sharron

Proulx-Turner and Richard Van Camp.

Friday and Saturday will have readings and dialogues by Canada's

most prestigious Aboriginal authors. On Saturday evening, the Social

and Gala Reading with the Billy Joe Green Band will be held in the BU

Dining Room, beginning at 9:00 p.m.

Admission to all events at the Festival will be free, except the Social

and Gala Reading on Saturday evening. Admission to this event will

be $10. Tickets will be available at the BU Campus Bookstore, the

Marquis Project, Ten Thousand Villages and Pennywise Books, or at

the door.

With a third of the student population being Aboriginal, Brandon

University has strong Aboriginal programs in Native Studies, Visual

Arts, Education, Counselling, and teacher training. BU is proud to be

the home of Canada's premiere national Aboriginal Literary Festival.

Those who wish to volunteer at the Festival, are asked to contact

Roberta McKinnon at: bluestarr_8 at hotmail.com.

For more information on the OGAMAS Aboriginal Literary Festival,

please visit: www.ogamas.ca.

-30-

For more information, or to arrange interviews, please contact:

Brandon University Faculty of Arts Office

P: (204) 727-9790

Email: mahoney at brandonu.ca

 

_______________________________________________________________

 

OGAMAS Brandon Aboriginal Literary Festival:

What We Gather For Each Other October 15-17, 2009

Brandon University

OGAMAS Festival Program

All events including refreshment breaks and receptions are free for everyone

attending the Festival, except the Saturday evening Gala Reading and Blues
Social,

which has an admission fee of $10.

Thursday Evening Opening Night 7:30 pm LORNE WATSON HALL

Dignitaries, Opening Ceremonies: Elders and Drummers, Local Entertainment

Readings and Dialogue: Native Erotica

Gregory Scofield, Joanne Arnott, Drew Hayden Taylor, Sharron Proulx-Turner,
Richard Van Camp

Reception and Opening of Colleen Cutschall Photo Exhibition

in Tommy McLeod Gallery in the BU Library

FridayMorning 9-10:20 EVANS THEATRE

Dialogue: Writing for Children and Young Adults

Jordan Wheeler (chair), Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, Michael Kusugak,
Jennifer Storm,

Drew Hayden Taylor

Refreshments Break 10:20-10:40 pm Hall in front of Evans Theatre (Free)

Friday Morning 10:40-12:00 pm EVANS THEATRE

Literary Readings: Poetically Speaking

Gregory Scofield, Joanne Arnott, Maeengan Linklater, Rosanna Deerchild,
Duncan Mercredi

LUNCH BREAK (on your own) 12:00-1:30 pm

Friday Afternoon 1:30-2:50 pm

Dialogue: What is Aboriginal Literature?

Paul DePasquale (chair), Louise Halfe, Emma LaRocque, Robert Arthur Alexie,
Maeengan Linklater

Refreshments Break 2:50-3:10 pm Hall in front of Evans Theatre

Friday Afternoon 3:10-4:30 pm

Literary Readings: Imagining Other Worlds

Jordan Wheeler, Jennifer Storm, Michael Kusugak, Beatrice Culleton
Mosionier, Warren Cariou

Friday afternoon 4:45-5:45 GATHERING SPACE, BU LIBRARY

Reception and Launch of Canadian Journal of Native Studies: What We Do, What
We Are: Responsible,

Ethical , and Indigenous-Centred Literary Criticism of Indigenous
Literatures, guest ed. Niigonwedom

James Sinclair and Renate Eigenbrod, with tribute to Sam Corrigan and his BU
legacy; and KeTayeyak:

Ochapowace First Nation Elders' Stories, ed. Erroll Kinistino et al

Friday evening 7:30 pm LORNE WATSON HALL

Dignitaries and Local Entertainment

Literary Readings: Marilyn Dumont, Joseph Boyden, Louise Halfe, Basil
Johnston

Reception in front of the Lorne Watson Hall

 

Saturday Morning 9:00-10:20 pm EVANS THEATRE

Dialogue: The Past in the Present

Warren Cariou (chair), Basil Johnston, Neal McLeod, Marilyn Dumont, Joseph
Boyden

Refreshments Break 10:20-10:40 pm Hall in front of the Evans Theatre

Saturday Morning 10:40-12:00 pm EVANS THEATRE

Literary Readings: From East and South and West and North

Paul DePasquale (chair), Emma Beltran, Neal McLeod, Robert Arthur Alexie

LUNCH BREAK (on your own) 12:00-1:30

Saturday Afternoon 1:30- 2:50 pm EVANS THEATRE

Dialogue: The Dream of Poetry

Connie Fife (chair), Duncan Mercredi, Rosanna Deerchild, Emma Beltran, Randy
Lundy,

Taqralik Partridge

Refreshments Break 2:50-3:10 pm Hall in front of the Evans Theatre

Saturday Afternoon 3:10-4:30 pm EVANS THEATRE

Literary Readings: Across Genres

Emma LaRocque, Randy Lundy, Sharron Proulx-Turner, Richard Van Camp, Connie
Fife

Closing Ceremonies: OGAMAS Committee, Elder and Drummers

DINNER and after dinner performance 6:00-8:00 pm

for the guest authors and performers and Festival volunteers (by invitation)

Salvadorean dancers; Taqralik Partridge

SOCIAL and GALA READING 9:00 pm - 1:00 am BU DINING ROOM

This is the only ticketed event: $10. per person.

Each writer will read 2-3 minutes.

Music by the Billy Joe Green Band, opening with Percy Tuesday, with dancing,
a bar,

and midnight buffet.

****************************************************************************
*******************

The Lorne Watson Hall is located in the Queen Elizabeth II Music Building.

The Evans Theatre is located in the Richardson Building, next to the BU
Library.

The BU Dining Room is located just south of the Richardson Building, in the
McMaster

Hall Complex.

Meals available in the BU Cafeteria (Dining Room) or in nearby restaurants.

All events including refreshment breaks and receptions are free, except the
Saturday evening

Social and Gala Reading: admission fee of $10.

Tickets for the Social are available in advance from the BU Campus
Bookstore, Pennywise Books,

Ten Thousand Villages, The Marquis Project, or at the door.

For more information, please call Lorraine Mayer (204) 727-9713

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://artslist.uwaterloo.ca/pipermail/artsannounce/attachments/20090930/61eabcf0/attachment.html