Authors, Armchairs & Art

The annual Authors, Armchairs & Art session as part of the Headwaters Artists Festival is coming up very soon: Friday, October 1st from 7pm to 10pm. Tickets are $25 and are available at BookLore or the Festival office. This event takes place at the SGI Centre, 10 minutes down Porterfield Road. Refreshments (included in the ticket price) will be provided by Silver Thyme, the Wine Coaches and Mill Street Brewery.

Featured authors are:

Cathy Marie Buchanan: Cathy's debut novel, The Day The Falls Stood Still, pulls us into the maelstrom of Niagara Falls at the time when rivermen brought daredevils from the brink, the promise of hydro-electric power wooed the nation and only a few dared question our relationship with the mighty river. Powerful and eloquent, a love story, a tribute to the river, and a recognition that no choice is ever without consquences, this book will have you questioning everything you thought you knew about Niagara Falls.

Terry Fallis: Terry returns with his new novel The High Road, a brilliant follow-up to his Stephen Leacock Award winner The Best Laid Plans. This hilarious satire continues the story of Honest Angus McLintock, an amateur politician who dares to do the impossible: tell the truth.

Terry O'Reilly: Host of the award-winning CBC radio show The Age of Persuasion. Terry and his co-author Mike Tennant combine years of industry experience and insider information to show how marketing shapes our culture in The Age of Persuasion. The Globe and Mail heralds this witty and entertaining book as: "... an easy-to-read and often submersive primer on marketing, advertising and branding." Note: Expert on book marketing.

Kate Taylor: A Man in Uniform is a seductive new novel from the Globe and Mail's cultural affairs columnist and this year's Atkinson fellow. Kate artfully combines mystery and history in this page-turning jaunt through 19th century Parisian society: the attempt to prove the innocence of convicted spy Alfred Dreyfus through an investigation of the social and military conspiracy that framed him.

Come listen to the authors speak, meet with them, purchase their books (no tax here), have them autograph them for you, and view the art. Doors open at 6:30. This event is getting bigger and bigger every year so I suggest you arrive early to get a good seat. If you want to carpool, just ask. I will definitely be going. I would never miss this event. Hopefully we can get a good showing of members of the Headwaters Writers' Guild.

References: Headwaters Arts Festival brochure
http://www.thehillsofheadwaters.com/headwatersartsfestival/documents/headwatersartsfestival/HAF2010_SmallBrochure.pdf