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Reading/Workshop ~ UNB Writer-in-Residence Rabindranath Maharaj
March 24, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - March 25, 2017 @ 12:00 pm
AX and the Sussex Regional Library are co-hosting a reading and workshop by award-winning author and UNB Writer-in-Residence Rabindranath “Robin” Maharaj. Robin’s visit is being sponsored by ArtsNB and the UNB’s Writer-in-Residence program outreach, allowing events to be FREE to participants.
The reading will take place on Friday, March 24, 7:00 p.m. and the workshop is on Saturday, March 25, 10:30 a.m. Both events are at the Sussex Regional Library.
Robin is the author of “The Amazing Absorbing Boy,” a Trillium Book Award winner and a CBC Canada Reads Ontario Top 10, and “A Perfect Pledge,” Rogers Writers’ Trust Prize winner and Commonwealth Writers’ Prize finalist.
Robin’s free writing workshop is open to all writing genres and will focus on finding sources of inspiration, the importance of “voice,” the elements of plotting, avenues for publication, and guidelines around memoir writing. Beginner and established writers welcome!
Workshop space is limited, so please pre-register by visiting the library, calling 432-4585, or emailing sussexpl@gnb.ca.