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An Evening with Yvonne Blomer and Cathy Converse: Yvonne Blomer , Cathy Converse

Fri. September 21st 2018 Shoal Centre Auditorium Sidney BC $10

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An Evening with Yvonne Blomer and Cathy Converse: Yvonne Blomer , Cathy Converse

An Evening with Cathy Converse and Yvonne Blomer Cathy Converse writes histo...
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Fri. September 21st 2018 + Add to Calendar Shoal Centre Auditorium (All Ages)
7:00pm  Doors at: 6:30pm $10

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Yvonne Blomer
from Victoria BC
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Cathy Converse

Presented by:

Sidney and Peninsula Literary Society
Our purpose is to organize the Sidney LitFest, a biannual li...
PO Box 2451 Sidney BC
Open / Operational

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Physical tickets at: Tanner's Books, Sidney

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An Evening with Cathy Converse and Yvonne Blomer

Cathy Converse writes historical biography with a focus on exceptional women. Her newest book, Against the Current: The Remarkable Life of Agnes Deans Cameron tells the story of Agnes (b. 1863) who was BC’s first female high school teacher and principal, an internationally published writer, one of the most significant writers of her time, itinerant traveller and promoter of western immigration.

Writer, critic, teacher and poet, Yvonne Blomer is the current Poet Laureate of Victoria, BC. She will read from her new book Sugar Ride: Cycling from Hanoi to Kuala Lumpar in which she tells of her experiences and impressions as she and her husband explored Vietnam, Malaysia, Laos and Thailand by bicycle. She has also recently anthologized and edited Refugium: Poems for the Pacific an anthology of prize-winning BC poets.

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Shoal Centre Auditorium
10030 Resthaven Drive
Multi-Purpose / Hall
Capacity250
Fully Accessible see details
Open / Operational

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An Evening with Yvonne Blomer and Cathy Converse: Yvonne Blomer , Cathy Converse @ Shoal Centre Auditorium Sep 21 2018 - Nov 21st @ Shoal Centre Auditorium

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