EVENTS & PERFORMANCES

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Îethka: Stories and Language in Stoney Nakoda Country

Special signing and reading event by Valentina Fox and special guests
Canmore Public Library
Thursday, September 26, 2024. 6:00 - 7:30 PM.

Thank you for attending!

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Chasia's Enchantment Expanded: Poems of Universality

Thank you for attending Hilda Chasia Smith's reading and book signing event
Chapters Signal Hill, Calgary
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 . 6:30 - 8:00PM

Thank you for attending!

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SPRING 2024

Îethka: Stories and Language in Stoney Nakoda Country

Thanks for attending the Îethka launch. Program included: Readings and an interview with Tina Fox, plus performances and readings by Stardale Girls Drumming, Raymond Yakeleya, Candace and Trina Kootenay, Chief R. Stacey Laforme and special recordings by Trent Fox.

Hosted by Durvile & UpRoute in partnership with The Calgary Public Library
Booksales by Owl's Nest Books
Location: Central Library, 800 - 3 St. SE ,Calgary
Friday, June 21, 2024. 5:00 pm, Book Launch, Reception, and Author Talks

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Goddess Alpha: Directions Home

Thanks for attending the Goddess Alpha launch. Program included: 4:00 pm Needlework workshop wilth Jessica Theroux. 6:00 pm readings and an interview with Jess, plus QiGong with Edna Howdle, and Goddess meditation and music by special guests.

Hosted by Durvile & UpRoute in partnership with The Calgary Public Library
Booksales by Owl's Nest Books
Location: Memorial Park Library, 1221 - 2 Street SW, Calgary
Thursday, June 20, 2024. 4:00 pm, Workshop. 6:00 pm Author Talk, Special Guests, Reception

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The First Canadian Symposium on AI and Creative Arts
and book launch for Ascenti: Humans Opening to AI

Thank you for attending! 

A Free Event hosted by Durvile & UpRoute in partnership with The Calgary Public Library
Catering by Soopz Kitchen; Booksales by Shelf Life Books
Location: Central Library, Calgary
Friday, April 5, 2024. 6 – 8:30 pm, Book Launch, Reception, and Author Talks
Saturday, April 6, 2024. 9:30 am – 5:00 pm, Presentations, Panel Discussions, Workshops

For presentation lineup and schedule information, go to ascenti-project.com

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Reception for Chief Stacey Laforme, and Love Life Loss Book Launch

February 8, 2024, 4:30 pm. Massey College, University of Toronto

Register here.

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FALL 2023

Thank you for attending these events for Fall 2023.

Whistle At Night and They Will Come: Indigenous Horror Stories V2
Memorial Park Library Calgary, AB. October 24, 2023.

My Life In Propaganda: Language and Totalitarian Regimes
McMaster University Campus TSH Room 201, October 17, 2023 , 5 - 7 pm

Wisdom River: Meditations on Fly Fishing and Life Midstream
Calgary, AB: Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area, Calgary (Foothillls) September 25, 7 pm
Butte, Montana: Headframe Spirits, September 28, 6 pm

Thank you for attending these wonderful events!

Embrace Your Divine Flow: Evolvements for Healing
Live at Shelf Life Books, Calgary, September 7, 2023, 7 - 8:30 pm
Thank you for attending!
Mendocino, California, October 6.

Workshops: Saturday, September 9 at Scarboro Community Hall, Calgary.

SPRING 2023

Indigenous Justice: True Cases by Judges, Lawyers, and Law Enforcement Officers
Audreys Books, Edmonton, June 7, 2023, 6 - 7:30 pm

Hosted by Audreys and The Legal Archives Society of Alberta

Indigenous Justice: True Cases by Judges, Lawyers, and Law Enforcement Officers
Owls Nest Books, Calgary, June 15, 2023, 7 - 8:30 pm

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Reimagining Fire: The Future of Energy

Diamond Valley. Bluerock Gallery, Sunday, May 28. 3 - 5 pm

Calgary. May 2, 2023. 6:00 PM. Memorial Park Library.   Co-hosted by Shelf Life Books and CPL

Edmonton. Audreys Books,  May 9, 2023 7:00 PM   

Lethbridge. Analog Books, May 17. Time 5:30 PM 
Presenting a book and royalty cheque to Shannon Frank from the Oldman Watershed Council

Crowsnest Pass Library. July 22, 2 pm

TBA Event with Green Calgary in Inglewood. approx. August 2

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Cantata & The Extinction Therapist: Two Plays by Clem Martini
University of Calgary, Reeve Theatre. March 25, 2023, 5 pm     

The Rainbow, the Midwife, & the Birds, by Raymond Yakeleya

Audreys Books, Edmonton, March 21, 2023, 7 pm CONFIRMED
Also launching at the event will be the animated film "Flight Through the Rainbow" and the videogame "Grandfather Spider."

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FALL 2022 RECENT

ANTOINE MOUNTAIN
CHILD OF MORNING STAR: Embers of a New Dawn

ZOOM Event, Tuesday, November 1, 2022. 8 pm ET, 6 pm MT, 5 pm PT. Thank you for attending!

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ALEX SOOP
MIDNIGHT STORM MOONLESS SKY: Indigenous Horror Stories

Calgary, Alberta: October 25. Memorial Park Library, 7 - 8:30 pm. Thank you for attending!

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RED GROSSINGER
NAHGANNE: Tales of the Northern Sasquatch

With Red Grossinger and Raymond Yakeleya. Hosted by Lorene Shyba
Whitehorse, Yukon. October 2, from 12:30 - 3:30 pm Royal Canadian Legion. Thank you for attending!

JOHN L. HILL
PINE BOX PAROLE: Terry Fitzsimmons and the Quest to End Solitary Confinement

Thank you for attending!
Kingston, Ontario: September 1, 2022, Novel Ideas Bookstore, 156 Princess Street, 7 p.m.  Brief talk, reading, book signing.
Brighton: September 6, 2022. Lighthouse Books & Brighton Public Library, 35 Alice Street
Talk, reading, book signing.
Cobourg: September 14, 2022. Let’s Talk Books, 25 King Street East, K9A 1K6. 2 p.m.,
Talk, reading signing on the patio.
London:  Date TBA.
Talk, reading, book signing.

ISLENE RUNNINGDEER
THE MUSICIAN HEALER: TRANSFORMING ART INTO MEDICINE

Chelsea Public Library,
296 VT-110, Chelsea, VT
Wednesday, October 19, 5:00 pm — 6:00 pm. Thank you for attending!

LYNDA PARTRIDGE
WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE? A Lillian Mystery

Thank you for attending!
Ottawa, Ontario: September 21, Octopus Books.
Bracebridge, The Healing Room.
Bracebridge Library.

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OLYA & OLENA ESCAPE THE INVADERS
AUGUST 10, 2022, 7 pm to 8:30 pm

Thank you for attending this event. If you want to see the concert by Volodymyr Shyba, streamed from Ukraine for the event, visit soon and we will have a link.

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SPRING 2022 Looking back at the best!

 

May 17, 2022. 7:00 - 8:30 pm. From the Corner of Bad and Ass by Carrie Schiffler 
HOSTED BY SHELF LIFE BOOKS Location, Shelf Life Books, Calgary

This was a great party!!  Thank to all for attending!

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Date To Be Announced. Know It All: Finding the Impossible Country
by James H. Marsh

HOSTED BY AUDREYS BOOKS, EDMONTON

Stay tuned for further information

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Thank you for attending the launch of Siksikaitsitapi!

April 26, 2022 7:00  to 8:30 pm. Memorial Park Library. 
Siksikaitsitapi: Stories of the Blackfoot People.  
Payne Many Guns, Crystal Many Fingers, Sheena Potts, Latasha Calf Robe, Tim Fox, Marlene Yellow Horn, DerRic Starlight. Foreword by Alayna Many Guns.

HOSTED BY SHELF LIFE BOOKS, CALGARY. Thank you for attending!

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Thank you for attending the Fall 2021 Events. Our Fall schedule is now over.

Durvile Publications Shelf Life Books and Audreys Books hosted the Fall tour of Durvile Fall titles. Thanks Shelf Life, Rumble House, and Audreys Books.

HOSTED BY AUDREYS BOOKS,  EDMONTON, on ZOOM
Wednesday, November 24, 2021, 7:00 - 8:30 PM MT

With Editor Det. Debbie J. Doyle and authors Val Hoglund, Sharon Bourque, and JoAnn McCartney. Moderated by publisher Dr. Lorene Shyba.

Thank you everyone for attending this Shelf Life Events. Peace.

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THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED!

Sunday, September 19. 2 - 4:30 pm MT No Harm Done. By Eugene Stickland
MOVED TO ZOOM, DUE TO ALBERTA COVID RESTICTIONS.
Book is on sale at the event and after through Shelf Life Books.

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ALL EVENTS POSTPONED DUE TO COVID OUTBREAK IN NWT

NWT We Remember, Special Edition Book/Film Screening Schedule, sponsored in part by the Government of Alberta, Alberta Media Fund and the Government of NWT.

Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021
Yellowknife NWT: Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,  2:00 - 3:30 pm, reception to follow
Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021 Fort Providence Deh Gáh School, 1:00 - 3:45
Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021 Fort Simpson Liidlii Kue school, 1:00 - 3:45 PM
Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 Norman Wells, Community Hall, 7 - 9 PM 

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Zoom launch with Raymond Yakeleya and other authors and artists

Sunday, April 18, 2021, 2:00 PM

Hosted by Audreys Books, Edmonton

Thank you everyone who attended. It was a delightful afternoon on Zoom.

 

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