Heart of Niagara Fall Reading Series

Heart of Niagara Fall Reading Series 2011

We are excited to announce the lineup of authors for this year's Heart of Niagara Fall Reading Series to be held at the Pelham Public Library in Fonthill, ON. Tickets for each reading are $8.00. Buy a ticket for the Humphreys and McKay readings together for $15.00. Please purchase ahead to avoid disappointment. Space is limited.

Trevor Cole
Trevor Cole, winner of the 2011 Leacock Medal for Humour has been called “one of the best young novelists in Canada” by The Globe and Mail. His first novel, Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life garnered enormous acclaim, appearing on the Maclean’s bestseller list, was short-listed for a Governor General’s award and the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for Best First Book (Can-Carib region) and was long-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His second novel, The Fearsome Particles was nominated for the Governor General’s award and was long listed for the IMPAC. Practical Jean was short-listed for the Rogers Writer’s Trust Fiction Prize and recently won the 2011 Leacock Medal for Humour. Wed., Sept. 28 at 7:30.

Ross Pennie
Dr. Ross Pennie’s career as a specialist in infectious diseases has spanned the globe. He is a professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and practises at Brantford General Hospital. His award-winning memoir of Papua New Guinea, The Unforgiving Tides, continues to delight readers with its grit and charm. TAINTED, his debut Dr. Zol Szabo medical mystery novel, and TAMPERED are set on the Niagara Escarpment at Hamilton. TAMPERED was inspired by an alleged, real-life medical crime that shocked the city of Hamilton, yet went unpunished. Mon., Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Helen Humphreys
Helen Humphreys’ first novel, Leaving Earth (1997), won the 1998 City of Toronto Book Award and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Afterimage (2000), won the 2000 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. The Lost Garden (2002), was a 2003 Canada Reads selection, a national bestseller, and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Wild Dogs (2004) won the 2005 Lambda Prize for fiction, Coventry (2008) was a #1 national bestseller, was chosen as one of the top 100 books of the year by the Globe & Mail, and was chosen one of the top ten books of the year by both the Ottawa Citizen and NOW Magazine. The Frozen Thames (2007), was a #1 national bestseller. Wed., Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Ami McKay
Ami McKay’s debut novel, The Birth House was a # 1 bestseller in Canada, winner of three CBA Libris Awards, nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and a book club favourite around the world. Her new novel. The Virgin Cure, is inspired by the life of her great-great grandmother, Dr. Sarah Fonda Mackintosh, a female physician in nineteenth century New York. Born and raised in Indiana, Ami now lives in Nova Scotia. Fri., Nov. 18 at 7:30.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $20.1 million in writing and publishing throughout Canada.