Community event

Stories of survival, travel, finding home and family, and strengthening democracy – these are the subjects of new books by four graduates of the University of King’s College Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program who will be celebrated during the Ninth Donald Sedgwick Reading Series.

Please join us for this annual reading series, named for the MFA program’s co-founder, former publisher, agent, and publishing instructor Donald Sedgwick. This year’s featured readers are:

Gwen Lamont, The View From Coffin Ridge: A Childhood Exhumed (The Ginger Press)
James MacDuff and Mirriam Mweemba, The Illogical Adventure: A Memoir of Love and Fate (Pottersfield Press)
Bonny Reichert, How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty (Appetite by Random House)
Jo-Ann Roberts, Storm the Ballot Box: An Insider’s Guide to a Voting Revolution (Nimbus)
The authors will discuss their books after the readings and the King’s Co-op Bookstore will have copies of the featured books for sale and signing.

Please note: This is an after-hours event. Attendees can access the program through the back or side doors of the Library (outside Paul O’Regan Hall).

In partnership with the University of King’s College and King’s Co-op Bookstore

Please join us for a special reading by Uzma Jalaluddin, author of Detective Aunty, Ayesha at Last, and Much Ado About Nada, and Writer-in-Residence at the King’s MFA in Creative Fiction residency.

About the book: After her husband’s unexpected death, the charming and tenacious Kausar Khan reluctantly settles into widowhood. But when her grown daughter is suspected of murder, she digs into the case to unmask the real killer in a page-turning whodunnit – the first in Uzma Jalaluddin’s new cozy mystery series.

Uzma will do a reading and talk about her work. Books will be available for purchase.

About the author: Uzma Jalaluddin is a critically acclaimed and bestselling Canadian novelist, playwright, public speaker, and teacher whose work focuses on “authentic, nuanced and entertaining stories about Muslims, South Asians, and Canadians.” Jalaluddin is a high school teacher and a former columnist on parenting and culture for the Toronto Star. She is also a member of a small writing circle known as the “Sisterhood of the Pen” with fellow novelists S. K. Ali and Ausma Zehanat Khan.

In partnership with the University of King’s College and King’s Co-op Bookstore

Please join us for the University of King’s College MFA Faculty Mentor Reading Night!

This year, our featured readers are:

• Lezlie Lowe
• Sonja Boon
• Adrienne Gruber
• francesca ekwuyasi
• Ayelet Tsabari
• Jessica J. Lee
• Kai Thomas
• Genevieve Scott
• Elisabeth de Mariaffi
• Lorri Neilsen Glenn
• Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

Books will be available for purchase from King’s Co-Op Bookstore.

In partnership with the University of King’s College and King’s Co-op Bookstore

Don’t miss the chance to meet the J. M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award nominees and the Maxine Tynes nominees! Poets will be reading from their nominated books! Bookmark will sell the nominated titles, and authors will be available for book signings.

Alice Burdick, Ox Lost, Snow Deep, Anvil Press

Clare Goulet, Graphis Scripta / Writing Lichen, Gaspereau Press

Annick MacAskill, Votive, Gaspereau Press

Johanna Skibsrud, Medium, Book*hug Press

Bren Simmers, The Work, Gaspereau Press

Tickets are $15.

Découvrez l’univers de Mal (Éditions Perce-Neige, 2024), lors d’une lecture de l’auteur Chase Cormier et d’un entretien animé par Simon Thibault. Activité présentée avec le relais de l’Alliance française d’Halifax (partenariat de communication).

Au fin fond de la prairie des Opelousas grandit Perroquet. Alors que ses parents se séparent, il trouve refuge tantôt dans la cuisine pleine d’odeurs de sa grand-mère, tantôt dans la boucherie bruyante de son grand-père Mal. Pour ce dernier, le bonheur se trouve dans les choses simples, dans la découpe de la viande, les plats préparés et la satisfaction du travail bien fait. Pour Perroquet, ce n’est pas aussi limpide. Son père a refusé de travailler dans la boucherie, a refusé de parler français. Descendant d’une longue lignée de francophones en Louisiane, Perroquet cherche donc sa place. Son identité. Jusqu’à ce qu’il trouve l’écriture et qu’il se mette à collectionner les mots, en les sélectionnant soigneusement comme les ingrédients d’une recette encore et toujours à améliorer.

The Cabot Trail Writers Festival hosts an annual Cape Breton event featuring the finalists, as part of the Atlantic Book Awards Festival, celebrating the legacy of Alistair MacLeod and the work of the generations of writers following after him. Featuring 2025 nominees Allison Graves (Soft Serve), Amanda Peters (Waiting for the Long Night Moon) and Susie Taylor (Vigil), and hosted by author Alexander MacLeod.

$15 suggested donation

YA! Meet The Authors at The MacPhee Centre For Creative

Learning Hosted by Nova Scotian Youth Ambassador Jorja Walker

Tuesday, June 3rd, 4 pm to 6 pm

Come hear the shortlisted authors of the Ann Connor Brimer Award! Each nominated author will be reading snippets from their novels, there will be time to ask questions, and even some breakout activities to get your writing juices flowing! There will be snacks!! Register in advance to save a spot!

Participating writers:
– Chad Lucas, You Owe Me One, Universe, Harry N. Abrams
– Rebecca Phillips, The End of Always, Second Story Press
– Hannah D. State, Journey to the Dark Galaxy, Glowing Light Press
– Gloria Ann Wesley, Shovels not Rifles, Formac Publishing Company