news | Friday May 31, 2013

Talonbooks at Congress 2013 in Victoria, B.C., with Authors Marie Clements, Lucia Frangione, and Bev Sellars

The annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences kicks off today at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, and Talonbooks will be there. This meeting of meetings is the largest annual multidisciplinary gathering in Canada – and it’s the home of a huge academic trade show (did someone say “book fair”? No. But yes).

What is Congress? From the “About” page on Congress’s website:

Unrivaled in scope and impact, the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is known simply as ‘Congress.’ … Organized by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Congress brings together academics, researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners to share findings, refine ideas, and build partnerships that will help shape the Canada of tomorrow.

Not only will Talon represent itself at the Congress Expo (stop by our booth and say hello!), a number of Talon’s authors and associates will be speaking over the course of the conference.

A keynote speech, “A Creator’s Guide to The Unknown,” will be given by playwright and filmmaker Marie Clements at 9:15 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, in the Chief Dan George Theatre (Phoenix Theatre Building).

Later on Saturday, Talon will co-host a lunch with the Canadian Association of Theatre Research (CATR). Playwright Lucia Frangione will be the guest speaker. This event starts at 12:30 p.m. in the Chief Dan George Theatre (Phoenix Theatre Building).

Linda Morra, who contributed the afterword to Jane Rule’s autobiography Taking My Life (2011), will speak about this book at the Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE) Conference as part of a panel on Sunday, June 2 at 9:00 a.m.

Chief Bev Sellars, bestselling author of They Called Me Number One, will speak on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 4, at 3:45 p.m., in Room A357 of the Social Sciences and Mathematics building.

These events have all been listed in the Upcoming Events section of the Talonbooks website.

More information on Congress is available on its website.