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303 Fielden Avenue Port Colborne, ON L3K 4T5
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READINGS AT THE ROSELAWN
NINETEENTH SEASON - 2012/2013
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Readings at the Roselawn is one of the very best venues in Canada for writers to showcase their work.
A fun and friendly sold-out audience of 300 subscribers enthusiastically greets each guest author, just one on stage for each evening.
In past seasons we were fortunate in hosting some of Canada's finest writers including Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Mordecai Richler, Jan Wong, Farley Mowat, Alistair MacLeod, Bonnie Burnard, Stevie Cameron, Lawrence Hill, humourists Allan Fotheringham and Stuart McLean. Occasionally we've been lucky enough to present lively personalities like Mike Bullard, Sandra Shamas, Peter Mansbridge, Margaret Trudeau, Roger Abbott, Rex Murphy and Lloyd Robertson.
With no book store in town, the series has now placed 10,000 Canadian books into the hands of readers who otherwise probably would not have bought them. Over the years the series donated more than $30,000 to charities like the Niagara Peninsula Children's Centre, Easter Seals and the United Way. Many signed copies get raffled off later at fundraisers for support literacy, humane societies and summer theatre in our area. |
READINGS AT THE ROSELAWN 2012-2013
SCHEDULE OF AUTHORS
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Thursday, September 27 th , 2012 Michael Bryant 28 Seconds |
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A night that began with a dinner to celebrate his twelfth wedding anniversary ended in a jail cell for Michael Bryant. He was charged with dangerous driving causing death and criminal negligence causing the death of cyclist Darcy Sheppard.
Ironically, he had helped write the legal test for the same charges sixteen years earlier. Bryant, as a former Ontario Attorney General, was the man responsible for administering 500,000 criminal charges every year in that province. He now faced prosecution by the same justice system. The charges were eventually dropped, but nothing could undo what had happened to Sheppard – or Bryant, in 28 Seconds. |
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Wednesday, October 24 th , 2012 Gordon Pinsent Next |
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“I hungered for something … glad it was show business … could have gone in some pretty strange ways.” Gordon Pinsent is one of Canada's most-beloved, talented and successful actors. Engaging, entertaining and funny, Next is a fascinating account of a life well lived on the stage and screen.
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Thursday, November 29 th , 2012 Colin Mochrie Not Quite The Classics |
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He's tall, he's bald, he's a master of improv and an award-winning actor. Colin Mochrie has been making audiences laugh til they hurt for 25 years from Whose Line Is It Anyway? and This Hour Has 22 Minutes to the Roselawn Theatre with his book of songs, poems and personal stories.
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Thursday, February 28 th , 2013 Jian Ghomeshi 1982 |
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As host of the widely popular CBC Radio program “Q”, Jian Ghomeshi is the most entertaining host on morning radio. Set in one year, 1982 , this touching memoir recalls the struggle of a confused kid who desperately wants to become a rock star.
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Thursday, March 28 th , 2013 Miranda Hill Sleeping Funny |
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In her debut book of fiction, Miranda Hill tells nine stories that are “sophisticated in their wit and compelling in their insights.” Her last book, “Petitions to Saint Chronic” won the $10,000 Writer's Trust Award and was described by the jury as “… writing of the highest order, packed with empathy and suspense.”
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Thursday, April 25 th , 2013 Lloyd Robertson The Kind Of Life It's Been |
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After a long and stellar career in Canadian broadcasting, CTV anchor Lloyd Robertson delivers the inside scoop on how it all happened with fascinating personal stories and hilarious anecdotes. After 60 years in the news business, Lloyd has earned the comparative tile of “Canada's Walter Cronkite.”
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Thursday, May 30 th , 2013 Don Harron My Double Life |
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After 77 years, that's 77 years in the entertainment business and after fifteen books about other characters, Don Harron finally delivers his own story. The amazing life of “Charlie Farquharson covers his tenure as a cartoonist, the host of Morningside , his six Broadway plays, London stage and the U.S. TV program Hee Haw.
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Host
Writer William Thomas
Readings at the Roselawn are presented through the generosity of four Port Colborne families:
John & Rosanne
Marsh |
John & Darlene
Tuck |
Craig Spriegel &
Dr. Jane Parr |
George Emerick &
Cindi Pohonick-Talbot |
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