Community Read Features Rawi Hage

House of Anansi, 2006

Greater Moncton readers will have the opportunity to meet one of Canada’s most acclaimed authors, Rawi Hage at the Frye Festival’s Community Read on Thursday, October 15^th at 7pm at Moncton City Hall. The author will discuss his novel De Niro’s Game for which he won the world’s most lucrative literary prize, the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, a value of $160,000.

Hage, born in Beirut, lived through the civil war in Lebanon before immigrating to the United States and finally heading north to Montreal in 1992. Everyone is encouraged to read De Niro’s Game and come together for the giant book club. Copies are available in French and English at public libraries and bookstores. A sample chapter of De Niro’s Game as well as a reading guide will be available on the Festival website www.frye.ca. Readers can visit the Frye Festival’s facebook page for the chance to win tickets to the event and copies of De Niro’s Game and Cockroach, Hage’s latest book.

“To have such an enormous success with the publication of a first novel shows the extent of Hage’s talent for writing and his capacity to reach out to people with a subject matter as harsh and cruel as the daily living in the midst of a civil war,” says Festival Chair, Dawn Arnold. “I’m sure readers will appreciate Hage’s beauty, however cruel, in his writing and words which portray images that stay with us long after the page is turned.” During the Community Read, Rawi Hage will be interviewed on stage by Monique LeBlanc, filmmaker, humorist, and avid reader. The author will also read from his book and answer questions from the public. The event will take place in English and in French. Read more »

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Photos Carla Gunn at Words on Water

The Words on Water arts series continued last night with special guest Carla Gunn reading from her novel Amphibian. Below are a few photos from the event courtesy of Cindy Rule.

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