Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Mary Dalton Reads at UBC

Newfoundland poet Mary Dalton reads Wednesday

The Creative Writing department at UBC is pleased to be hosting Newfoundland poet Mary Dalton for a free public reading on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007, 4:00 to 5:00pm, in Buchanan E 476 (map).

Mary Dalton’s most recent collection is Red Ledger (2006), published by VĂ©hicule Press. Red Ledger was reviewed in the current issue of The Believer and has been so successful it is already in its second printing. It was a finalist for the Atlantic Book Award for poetry and the E.J. Pratt Poetry Award.

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Mary Dalton's previous book of poems, Merrybegot, is available as an unabridged audio recording narrated by Anita Best with music by Patrick Boyle from Rattling Books.