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Print(ed) Word Salon Series, The First

October 22, 2018 igpykincevents, public, readings

Print(ed) Word — 12 artists, inspired by the texts of 12 writers, created twelve artist books. AvH and Eveline Kolijn collaborated on Deep Cold on 11a, one of four artist books released at the first Print(ed) Word Salon. Other works were […]

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Calgary Spoken Word Festival

February 23, 2017June 6, 2017 igpykincevents, public

AvH will appear at the 2017 edition of the Calgary Spoken Word Festival. For more information go to the festival’s Facebook page.

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Can’t Wait for Stampede

June 17, 2016June 6, 2017 igpykincbooks, events, public, readings

Celebrate AvH and the launch of her book Stampede and the Westness of West. The party starts at 10:00 am on Sunday, June 26, 2016 with a free pancake breakfast for the first 80 readers. Festivities take place at Rotary House at […]

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2016 Lecture of a Lifetime video

June 14, 2016June 6, 2017 igpykincmemoirs, public, readings

The video recording of the 2016 Lecture of a Lifetime is now available. “Aritha’s reputation as a professor and mentor is one of exacting standards tempered with the compassion, guidance and insight young writers need to develop their craft. Her […]

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Erasure and Embarrassment, Plenty and Paucity

May 26, 2016June 6, 2017 igpykincacademic, events, public

AvH will give a keynote entitled “Erasure and Embarrassment, Plenty and Paucity” at the ACQL Annual Conference at the University of Calgary on May 28, 2016. For details on AvH’s keynote address go to “Erasure and Embarrassment, Plenty and Paucity.” For more […]

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UofC 2016 Lecture of a Lifetime

March 9, 2016June 6, 2017 igpykincevents, memoirs, public, talks, UofC

AvH will give the 2016 Lecture of a Lifetime at the University of Calgary on April 30th. Is this a real story, or did I make it up? How do the stories that we encounter write themselves into our lives? How do […]

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