Stories about Storytellers - POSTPONED
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DUE TO A HEALTH CONCERN, DOUG GIBSON IS NOT ABLE TO TRAVEL TO VANCOUVER TO PRESENT HIS SHOW ON THIS DATE. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE TO LATER IN THE YEAR. Western Alumni presents Douglas Gibson's unique and hilarious stage show, Stories about Storytellers, in support of the Alice Munro Chair in Creativity. Guests will have the opportunity to mix and mingle with Western staff, to learn about how Western in honouring the only alumna to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Doug Gibson, in his traditional publisher's uniform of navy blazer, grey flannels and his Nobel Prize tie, shares stories about the authors he got to know well in the course of his career as an editor and publisher. Prepare to meet Pierre Trudeau, Robertson Davies, Alistair MacLeod, John Diefenbaker, Mavis Gallant, Hugh MacLennan, Peter C. Newman, Brian Mulroney, Morley Callaghan, Paul Martin, James Houston, Peter Gzowski, W.O. Mitchell and of course, Alice Munro. At the end of the show there will be the opportunity to purchase Doug Gibson's newest book, now updated to include Alice Munro's Nobel Prize in Stockholm, and an autographing session. Registration is $20 per person and includes appetizers and refreshments. All proceeds will be directed to the Alice Munro Chair in Creativity. Please register by Friday, April 4, 2014. Please contact Alumni Western if you require information in an alternate format, or if any other arrangements can make this event accessible to you. |
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