Celebrate Freedom to Read Week Location: The Barley Mill Pub, 201 Barclay Parade SW, Calgary When: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 7:00 PM Contact: WordFest Email: marketing@wordfest.com WebSite: http://www.wordfest.com/ Join WordFest and the Writers Guild of Alberta to celebrate Freedom to Read Week with special presentations from Richard Wagamese, one of Canada s foremost Native authors and storytellers, and award-winning journalist Valerie Fortney, followed by an in-conversation segment on the internal and external factors of censorship that writers deal with today. Please RSVP to Samantha Warwick at swarwick@writersguild.ab.ca by February 24. Richard Wagamese is one of Canada s foremost Aboriginal authors and journalists with a career spanning 30 years. He has written several books, including Keeper n Me and One Native Life, a collection of essays. Wagamese s latest book, Indian Horse, will be released in 2012. Wagamese is an Ojibway from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in North-western Ontario and currently resides in Kamloops, BC. Valerie Fortney (CAN) is a veteran Canadian journalist with a successful career in broadcasting, magazines and newspapers. Fortney s writing has appeared across North America and around the world, in publications such as Chatelaine, The Los Angeles Times and Readers Digest International. She has worked at the Calgary Herald since 1988. She has worked at the Calgary Herald since 1988 and recently released her first book, Sunray..
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201 Barclay Parade