EDMUND WILSON

TUES APRIL 12, 7.30p.m.-9p.m. Bread & Roses Cafe, Sky Dragon Centre, 27 King William Street.
DAVID COHEN will lead a discussion on EDMUND WILSON, the late great American critic, novelist, playwright, journalist, historian.
David Cohen is a writer. He won the Short Article - Non Fiction award at the Arts Hamilton Literary Awards 2010. When not writing, he helps organize activities and events for the Hamilton chapter of Independent Jewish Voices Canada. In the past, he worked as a journalist and publicist. David was born in Montreal, migrated to Toronto in the late sixties and has resided in Hamilton since 1980, where he lives with his wife, the artist Marcia Labelle. Their daughter, Jenny, a mezzo soprano, will give a recital with pianist Michael Rose on May 15 at the First Unitarian Church on Dundurn South. David also gardens, badly, and feeds birds. He loves to cycle long distances and is a fan of bike racing. He has worked as a bike-racing journalist.

CANCELLED FOR MARCH 8

THE FUTURE OF POPULAR POETRY IN CANADA

FEB 8, 7.30p.m.-9.00p.m., Bread & Roses Cafe, 27 King William Str., Hamilton.
JAMES DEAHL will lead in a discussion on the future of popular poetry in Canada: a consideration of the prospects for People's Poetry and Confessional Poetry in the 21st century

TWO WINGS MAKE A BIRD;TWO SLICES MAKE A SANDWICH

JAN 11, 7.30p.m.-9.00p.m. at the Bread & Roses Cafe, Sky Dragon Centre, 27 King William Str. GARY BARWIN leads in a discussion/workshop on collaborative writing.
Participants get to try different techniques with each other, drawing on a range of different collaborative works.

STORIES ON AN EVENING IN DECEMBER with ADAM GETTY

Tues Dec 14, 7.30-9.00p.m. 27 King William Street.
Bring with you a story to tell or read to warm us up on a cold dark night in the heart of the city. The company of LitChat regulars and visitors is in itself a gift in the tradition of a LitChat Christmas.

TEACHING WRITING - Can it be one? How and Why?

TUES NOV 9, 7.30p.m. Bread & Roses Cafe, 27 King William Street
ELLEN S JAFFE talks about her writing workshops with children and adults, and invites people to share their own experiences – of teaching they have done and workshops they have taken. What works and what doesn’t? How has taking a workshop, teaching a writing course, or mentoring/being mentored affected your own writing?
Ellen is a Hamilton writer, who came to Canada from the U.S. in 1979. She writes poetry and fiction (including y/a novels), and drama, and has also written a book on writing, Writing Your Way: creating a personal journal. (Sumach Press, 2001). Ellen has worked with “Learning/Living Through the Arts” and has received Artist in Education grants from the Ontario Arts Council, as well as doing other teaching in Hamilton, Toronto, and elsewhere in Ontario – including the Six Nations Reserve and Moose Factory. She has studied with bill bissett, Patrick Lane, and Jane Hirshfield. She also had a grade two teacher who commented on her drawing: “That is not a tree. Make yours as nice as Linda’s!” (at least, that’s how she remembers it) – and this has influenced her