Nellie P. Strowbridge will be signing copies of her latest novel Catherine Snow
Thursday July 22 1:00-3:00 p.m. Costco, Stavanger Drive &
Thursday August 5
1:00-3:00 p.m. Costco, Stavanger Drive
Strowbridge will also be reading from her work during summer storytelling & song sessions, Tilting Spillway, Tilting July 29 7:00 p.m. sponsored by The League of Canadian Poets,
& during The Newman Wine Vault Wine & Words reading series. August 5 at 7 p.m.
As part of Cupids400 author series, Strowbridge will be reading from and discussing Catherine Snow and The Newfoundland Tongue August 12, 7:00 p.m. at Cupids Community Centre.
August 2002, Strowbridge was invited to read and conduct a workshop at The Writers’ Festival, Sirius Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland. The Canadian Embassy in Dublin also sponsored a reading and a reception. On Strowbridge’s return, The Sirius Arts Centre issued an invitation for her to apply for a 6-week residency in Cobh. Her application was accepted and she spent February-March as Writer-In-Residence at The Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh, sponsored by The Centre and The Canadian Arts Council. While there, she held school workshops the Bellvue National School, read at The Centre and hosted a Seminar/Gabfest for International Women's Day. She was also commissioned to produce five generational essay-poems for Ireland’s Lyric FM.
Nellie P. Strowbridge was invited by The Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Roberts to attend the 2005 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards Ceremony on April 21 at Government House. Strowbridge was also short-listed for the 2005 E. J. Pratt Award for her poetry collection Dancing on Ochre Sands. This award is sponsored by the Newfoundland and Labrador Writers’ Alliance. There were readings by the short-listed writers in both the poetry and non-fiction category at the Masonic Temple April 20.
Her latest readings were at The Grenfell House Museum, the Cow Head Library, and Rocky Harbour Park Interpretation Centre.
| Chapters is
hosting an inaugural Newfoundland and Labrador book Fair
November 21 2009 from 12-5 p.m. Strowbridge will be there 3 p.m. for a reading and book signing. |
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NL Writers and Friends (St.
John’s):
In these personal enrichment sessions offered by MUN’s Division
of Lifelong Learning, discuss the work of three of this
province’s most distinguished authors. Then hear what the
authors themselves have to say. $12 per session. Held on Monday
nights from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Upcoming sessions: Feb 22, Chad
Pelley’s Away From Everywhere;
and Mar 22, Nellie P. Strowbridge’s
Catherine Snow: The Last Woman Hanged in Newfoundland.
To register, call (709) 737-7979 or visit
http://www.mun.ca/lifelonglearning/.
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