Goose Lane Events: May
By the Branta Webcrawler • May 14th, 2012 • Category: Goose Lane Authors, Happenings, Travel
May 13, 2012
Headliner(s): Dennis Reid
Featured Titles: Jack Chambers
10:00 am at Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON
Jack Chambers at the AGO
There were many sides to artist Jack Chambers. He was a passionate defender of artists’ rights, an experimental filmmaker with an international reputation, and a painter who continually reinvented his language of expression. Chambers initially created dreamlike surrealist paintings during an eight-year stay in Spain. Back home in London, Ontario, he developed a strikingly realistic style he called Perceptual Realism. He would focus his camera on his family, his home or on favourite places around the city, and then painstakingly recreate the photographs in paint.
Four recurring themes in Chambers’s work — light, place, spirit and time — are reflected in the layout of this exhibition. Collectively they open our eyes to new ways of seeing both his world and ours.
If you’re not able to make it to the exhibition at the AGO, you can revel in Chambers’ life and work with Jack Chambers
May 13, 2012
Headliner(s): Noah Richler
Featured Titles: What We Talk About When We Talk About War
10:00 am at Le Centre Sheraton, 1201, Boulevard Rene-Levesque West, Montreal, QC
Please join Noah Richler as discusses his new book What We Talk About When We Talk About War at the Books and Breakfast at Paragraphe.
Noah will be joining a number of authors for the event, all TBA.
Tickets are $32 + tax. Breakfast included. Tickets are not refundable. All sales final.
For more information or to purchase tickets call Paragraphe Books at 514-845-5811.
May 14, 2012
Headliner(s): Riel Nason
Featured Titles: The Town That Drowned
7:00 pm at Alderney Gate Public Library, 60 Alderney Drive , Dartmouth, NS
Riel Nason joins her fellow Atlantic Book award nominees in an evening of literature and maritime frivolity.
Reading from her work The Town That Drowned, Riel takes the stage at the Alderney Gate Public Library alongside Carol Campbell, James Smith, Mary Rose Donnelly, Bruce Graham, Heather Jessup, Frank Macdonald, Dianne Marshall, and Harry Thurston.
This is a free event.
May 16, 2012
Headliner(s): John Boyko
Featured Titles: Bennett
11:45 am at The Rideau Club, 99 Bank Street, Ottawa, ON
To celebrate the paperback release fo the bestselling Bennett, author John Boyko takes to one of Ottawa’s oldest political Clubs to talk on “Political Reputation: the transient nature of the political reputation of public figures.”
This event will be hosted by Member of Parliament Dean Del Mastro.
This is a private event.
May 17, 2012 - August 26, 2012
Headliner(s): Sarah Fillmore
Featured Titles: Jacques Hurtubise
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm at Musée d, Joliette, QC
The brilliance of Jacques Hurtubise travels to Quebec for an exhibition at the Musée d’art de Joliette.
Showcasing the major career highlights and some of the most recent work of abstract painter Hurtubise, this exhibit will be on display until August 26.
Times and prices may be found on the museum website.
May 23, 2012
Headliner(s): Noah Richler
Featured Titles: What We Talk About When We Talk About War
7:30 pm at Alice MacKay room, Central Library, Vancouver, BC
Noah Richler heads out to the west coast in support of his new book What We Talk About When We Talk About War.
Noah will be reading and talking at the Incite Reading Series in Vancouver. Joining him at the event are fellow authors Trevor and Debbie Green (March Forth).
Admission is free, and books will be available for purchase. Incite asks that attendees register in advance. Admission on the night is always on a first-come-first-served basis.
May 23, 2012
Headliner(s): Kristel Thornell
Featured Titles: Night Street
7:00 pm at Oakville Galleries, 1306 Lakeshore Road, Oakville, ON
Kristel Thornell introduces her award-winning novel Night Street to Canada with a stop at Oakville, Ontario.
Kristel will be reading from and discussing her novel at the Oakville Galleries on May 23. A fictional treatment of the life of Australian painter Clarice Beckett, Night Street is a bold and original historical fiction, and should make for some interesting discussion on the research and writing of such a story.
This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase.
May 25, 2012
Featured Titles: IAIN BAXTER&
2:00 pm at Art Gallery of Windsor, 401 Riverside Drive West, Windsor, ON
Super 8 Film Screening, Book Launch and Panel Discussion
Organized jointly by Media City Film Festival and the Art Gallery of Windsor, this program marks the first ever screening of IAIN BAXTER&’s Super 8 films created from the mid-1960s through the 1970s. During this period, BAXTER& used Super 8 film to both document the activities of the N.E. Thing Co. and create independent artworks. Many of the films are of great historical significance to both BAXTER&’s own practice and to the larger field of conceptual art of the era (e.g. Lucy Lippard Walking North [1970]). Intended to celebrate one of Canada’s most significant artists, this special program will feature between 12-16 single-reel Super 8 films (shown in their original format) accompanied by an animated talk by BAXTER& himself.
Following the screening the AGW will host a panel discussion and book signing. The 224-page exhibition catalogue IAIN BAXTER&: Works 1958-2011, produced by the Art Gallery of Ontario, includes essays by David Moos, Lucy R. Lippard and others, as well as original interviews with the artist and more than 200 reproductions.
May 28, 2012
Headliner(s): Keith Oatley
Featured Titles: Therefore Choose
7:00 pm at Women’s Art Association, 23 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto, ON
Good stories can entertain and move us. They can also help us to better understand ourselves and others — and to change.
Keith Oatley is a psychologist who also writes novels (such as his wonderful Goose Lane publication Therefore Choose). Raymond Mar is a psychologist who also uses brain imaging to study how people understand stories and how they understand other people. At the May Editors’ Association of Canada meeting, they will discuss what goes on in our minds and brains when we read, write, and edit fiction.
Raymond and Keith (with two other colleagues) publish the weekly online magazine-blog OnFiction.
Event Schedule:
7:00 p.m. Q & A session for new and prospective members
7:30 p.m. Business meeting and program
9:00 p.m. Mix-and-mingle
This event is free to members of the association; non-members pay $10.
All members are welcome to come to the Bedford Academy (36 Prince Arthur Avenue) for dinner and drinks before the program. Meet at 6:00 p.m. — or a little earlier if you can make it.
Presented by the Editors’ Association of Canada.
May 28, 2012
Headliner(s): Kristel Thornell
Featured Titles: Night Street
7:00 pm at Wilfrid Laurier University, Graduate Lounge, First floor, Student Services Building, 232 King Street, Waterloo, ON
As part of Congress 2012, Kristell Thornell will be reading from her new novel Night Street at the Un/Certain Words Literary Salon at Wilfred Laurier University.
Over two nights, the salon will feature Congress writer-scholars and creative writers from the Waterloo region. Come and reconnect with literature as the foundation of our scholarship! Food for mind and body available.
In addition to Kristel, the evening includes readings by Brian Henderson (Nerve Language, Sharawadji), Chris Banks (Winter Cranes), Rob Winger (Muybridge’s Horse), Jamie Dopp (The Birdhouse Or), Shannon Maguire (Vowel Wolves and Other Knots), Tanis MacDonald (Rue the Day) and David Walter-Toews (The Complete Tante Tina).
All those interested in reading, please contact Tanis MacDonald at tmacdonald@wlu.ca.
May 29, 2012
Headliner(s): Catherine C. Cole
Featured Titles: GWG
7:00 pm at Brant Historical Society, 57 Charlotte Street , Brantford, ON
A blast from the Canadian past is due to hit Brantford in May, as Catherine C. Cole travels to Ontario to celebrate her new book on that most Canadian of pop icons, GWG: Piece by Piece.
Catherine will be leading a lecture on her work at the Brant Historical Society. Don’t be afraid to put on the old dungarees, and if you’ve got a classic pair of George W. Groovy’s lying around, bring it along!
The is a free event. Books will be available for purchase.
May 29, 2012
Headliner(s): Kristel Thornell
Featured Titles: Night Street
7:00 pm at Preston Library, 435 King Street East, Cambridge, ON
Kristel Thornell introduces her award-winning novel Night Street to Canada with a stop at Cambridge, Ontario.
Kristel will be reading from and discussing her novel at the Preston Library on May 29. A fictional treatment of the life of Australian painter Clarice Beckett, Night Street is a bold and original historical fiction, and should make for some interesting discussion on the research and writing of such a story.
This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase.
More information may be found at the Cambridge Libraries website.
May 30, 2012
Headliner(s): Catherine C. Cole
Featured Titles: GWG
6:30 pm at The Textile Museum of Canada, 55 Centre Avenue, Toronto, ON
Prepare yourself, Toronto, for a blast from the past, as Catherine C. Cole hits the Big Smoke to celebrate her new book on that most Canadian of pop icons, GWG: Piece by Piece.
Catherine will be leading a lecture on her work with the venerable organization at The Textile Museum of Canada. Don’t be afraid to put on the old dungarees, and if you’ve got a classic pair of George W. Groovy’s lying around, bring it along!
The is a free event. Books will be available for purchase.
May 30, 2012
Headliner(s): Noah Richler
Featured Titles: What We Talk About When We Talk About War
7:00 pm at Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, 232 King, Waterloo, ON
The Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies and Goose Lane Editions present a lecture from author Noah Richler discussing his new book, What We Talk About When We Talk About War.
This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available courtesy of WordsWorth Books.
June 2, 2012
Headliner(s): Jacques Poitras
Featured Titles: Imaginary Line
10:30 am at Cary Library, 107 Main St, Houlton, ME
Celebrated author and journalist Jacques Poitras will be on the ohter side of the Canada/US border for a time, signing copies of his acclaimed (and award-nominated) book Imaginary Line at the Cary Library in Houlton, Maine.
This is a free event, so please stop on by and chat with Jacques about Canadian/U.S. border issues. Believe us, he’s got plenty to say on the matter.
Books will be available for purchase.
June 3, 2012
Headliner(s): David Diviney
Featured Titles: David Askevold, David Askevold
11:00 am at Confederation Centre Art Gallery, 145 Richmond Street, Charlottetown, PE
David Askevold (1940-2008) is recognized as an important contributor to the development and pedagogy of conceptual art, and his work has been included in many of the genre’s seminal exhibitions and texts. The exhibition David Askevold: Once Upon a Time in the East will be on display at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, until 3 June 2012. Wed. to Sat. 11 am to 5 pm.
June 3, 2012
Headliner(s): Sarah Fillmore
Featured Titles: Jacques Hurtubise
12:00 pm at Musée d’art de Joliette, Joliette, QC
The brilliance of Jacques Hurtubise travels to Quebec for an retrospective exhibition at the Musée d’art de Joliette.
Showcasing the major career highlights and some of the most recent work of abstract painter Hurtubise, this exhibit will be on display until September 2.
This exhibition is organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. The curator is Sarah Filmore
Times and prices may be found on the museum website.
June 17, 2012 - November 18, 2012
Featured Titles: IAIN BAXTER&
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm at Museum Presentation House, 209 West 4th St, NV, Vancouver, BC
The North Vancouver Museum and Archives is pleased to display a new work from one of Canada’s most recognized artists.
The multi-site exhibition “Iain Baxter&: Information/Location” will take place at the North Vancouver Museum, the North Vancouver Archives, and the City of North Vancouver Library. The exhibition is framed by the time the artist spent living and working in North Vancouver (between 1966 and 1978). Baxter& (who legally changed his name in 2005 to Iain Baxter&, pronounced “Baxterand”) is internationally known through the work of the N.E. Thing Co, an art enterprise launched in North Vancouver during the late 1960s.
Full details may be found on the museum website.
June 24, 2012
Headliner(s): Robert Dallison
Featured Titles: A Neighbourly War
7:00 pm at The Charlotte County Courthouse, 123 Frederick St., St. Andrews, NB
Robert Dallison launches his new historical account A Neighbourly War: New Brunswick and the War of 1812 at the Charlotte County Courthouse in St. Andrews.
St Andrews figures into Robert’s account, as New Brunswick used the opportunity of war to try and resolve the disputed boundary issues they still had with Maine. Declaring the northern part of Maine to be New Brunswick territory, St Andrews had a prime seat for the action.
This is a free and public event. Books will be available for purchase.
June 27, 2012
Headliner(s): Scott Fotheringham
Featured Titles: The Rest is Silence
8:00 pm at The Augusta House, 152 Augusta Avenue , Toronto, ON
Scott Fotheringham laces up his boots and heads on over to Toronto, to speculate on the speculative during a visit with the Chiaroscuro Reading Series.
The Chiaroscuro Reading Series is open to the public and offers monthly readings from authors of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. The aim of the series is to provide a casual environment for fans of genre material to discover new authors and meet with old favourites.
Joining Scott will be up-and-coming horror writer David Nickle and New York Times’ best-selling novelist Kelley Armstrong.
This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Bakka Phoenix Books, and Scott will be pleased to sign your copy.
July 8, 2012 - September 15, 2012
Headliner(s): David Diviney
Featured Titles: David Askevold
9:00 am - 5:00 pm at Armory Center for the Arts, 145 N. Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA
David Askevold (1940-2008) is recognized as an important contributor to the development and pedagogy of conceptual art, and his work has been included in many of the genre’s seminal exhibitions and texts. This full-career retrospective exhibition considers the four strains of Askevold’s exploratory journey – sculpture/installation, film and video, photo-text works, and digital images and includes key pieces from each stage of his career.
The accompanying catalogue, David Askevold: Once Upon a Time in the East, features essays by celebrated writer-curators Ray Cronin, Peggy Gale, Richard Hertz (author of The Beat and the Buzz), and Irene Tsatsos as well as several of Askevold’s contemporaries including Aaron Brewer, Tony Oursler, and Mario Garcia Torres.
Organized by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia with the support of the Museums Assistance Program (MAP), Department of Canadian Heritage.
For full times and prices, please visit the Armory website.
August 12, 2012
Headliner(s): David Moos
Featured Titles: IAIN BAXTER&
12:00 am at Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON
In conjunction with the new book IAIN BAXTER&: Works 1958-2011, the Art Gallery of Ontario opens a new exhibit of IAIN BAXTER&’s works, an artist sometimes referred to as the Marshall McLuhan of the visual arts. The exhibit is curated by former AGO curator David Moos.
Hours and ticket prices may be found on the AGO website.
For page images from our new release IAIN BAXTER&: Works 1958-2011, please click here.
September 17, 2012
Headliner(s): Noah Richler
Featured Titles: What We Talk About When We Talk About War
7:00 pm at Burlington Public Library, 2331 New Street, Burlington, ON
As part of the Engaging Ideas Author Lecture Series, Noah Richler will be bringing his trademark intellect to Burlington to speak on the ideas behind his new book What We Talk About When We Talk About War.
Tickets are $10/person. Advance tickets available at the library (3rd Floor Central) or at Different Drummer Books. Limited tickets available at the door.
Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Different Drummer Books.
March 1, 2016
Featured Titles: Jacques Hurtubise
11:00 am at Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, 185 Sainte-Catherine Ouest (corner Jeanne-Mance), Montreal, QC
A personal encounter with the artists and artistic movements that have defined the development of abstraction since the 1940s in Québec and across Canada: that’s what is in store for visitors to the exhibition A Matter of Abstraction, on view at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal starting April 12, 2012. The broad overview provided by the exhibition covers the period from 1940 to 2010, in a display of 110 pieces produced by 60 artists. This multidisciplinary selection encompasses painting, drawing, video and sculpture, with particular emphasis on Québec works in the Collection.
A Matter of Abstraction is laid out in a series of groupings. The circuit continues with spaces devoted to pieces by the Automatists, the Early Plasticians, and gestural expression and structural dynamics as represented in the works of artists like Jacques Hurtubise.
Full information, including hours and prices, may be found on the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal website.
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