Hello, friends of the Reading Series!<br><br>Just a reminder about our event this Friday. Apologies for omission of the time in our last communique! The event will be at 7:30 pm. Parking is available at St. Jerome's. Please spread the word. Hope to see you there!<br>
<br>Tristanne<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 January 2010 09:39, The Reading Series at St. Jerome's <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stj.readings@gmail.com">stj.readings@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p><font face="arial black,sans-serif" size="6">AUSTIN CLARKE</font><br><font face="georgia,serif" size="4">Friday 5 February, 7:30pm, Siegfried Hall, St. Jerome's University<br></font></p>
<p><font face="georgia,serif" size="4">Author of <b><i>More</i></b>, winner of the 2009 Toronto Book Award</font></p><p><font face="georgia,serif"><font size="4">Author of <i><b>The Polished Hoe</b></i>, winner of the 2002 Giller Prize, Trillium Award, and Commonwealth Writer's Prize</font><br>
</font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">The jury for the Toronto Book Award described <i><b>More</b></i> as: </span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"a vivid and powerful portrait of a black woman's four-day journey as
she relives her life in Canada as an immigrant from the West Indies.
Her enduring sorrow balanced by hard work and short bouts of gaiety and
joy ensure her presence as a memorable and powerful figure in Canadian
literature."</span></font><p><font face="georgia,serif">Hope to see you there!<br></font><font face="arial black,sans-serif" size="4">The reading is FREE and all are welcome. </font></p>
<p><i><font face="georgia,serif">We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts <br>which last year invested $20.1 million in writing and publishing throughout Canada.</font></i></p><p><i><font face="georgia,serif">Nous remercions de son soutien le Conseil des Arts du Canada, <br>
qui a investi 20,1 millions de dollars l'an dernier dans les lettres et l'édition à travers le Canada.</font></i></p>
<p><font size="2"><b><font face="georgia,serif">This reading is also supported by the St. Jerome's Centre for Responsible Citizenship. </font></b></font></p>
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<p><font face="georgia,serif">Please visit the Reading Series online at</font> <a href="http://www.sju.ca/reading_series.html" target="_blank">www.sju.ca/reading_series.html</a></p>
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