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 Véhicule 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.