Canadian Literary Projects Collection Reading Series
About the Reading Series
In 1992, the Canadian Literary Collections Project launched a Public Reading Series to provide a venue for the work of both established and emerging writers, with special emphasis on those of the Maritime region. The reading series was also intended to raise the profile of creative writing on the Dalhousie campus as well as in the Halifax community.
Since 1992, the series has featured many excellent authors such as Karen Connelly, Don Domanski, Richard Cumyn, Harry Thurston, and Carole Glasser Langille. We sometimes push the envelope of "creative writing" to include such folks as local artists (Tom Forrestall), songwriters (Dan MacKinnon), filmmakers (Glenn Walton), and translators (Dalhousie professor Betty Bednarski).
Readings are usually held on the 5th floor of the Killam Library in the charming University Archives & Special Collections Reading Room, and are always lively and inspiring.
Past Readings
Cassette tapes of author readings are available by request at the Information Desk in the 5th floor reading room of the Killam Library. Author names are hyperlinked for those readings with video links.
| Year | Date | Author |
| 2017 | March 7 | R.W. Gray |
| 2016 | March 1 | Binnie Brennan |
| October 4 | Andy Wainwright | |
| 2015 | January 14 | William Kowalski |
| March 10 | James Raffan | |
| November 10 | Darren Greer | |
| 2014 | March 4 | Douglas Gibson |
| 2013 | March 26 | Rachel Lebowitz & Zachariah Wells |
| November 26 | Russell Wangersky | |
| 2012 | March 8 | |
| November 29 | David Adams Richards | |
| 2011 | March 24 | Anne Simpson |
| November 17 | Kathleen Winter | |
| 2010 | February 18 | Matt Robinson |
| September 30 | Nicole Dixon & Danny Jacobs |
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| October 25 | Shandi Mitchell | |
| 2009 | March 12 | Carol Bruneau |
| October 14 | Douglas Arthur Brown | |
| November 17 | Sue Goyette, Carol Langille, Carolyn Smart |
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| November 24 | Randall Maggs | |
| 2008 | March 13 | Don Domanski |
| October 28 | Don Hannah | |
| 2007 | February 1 | Jackie Torrens |
| October 19 | Linda Little | |
| January 19 | Glenn Walton | |
| March 9 | Jonathan Campbell | |
| October 20 | Donna Morrissey | |
| 2005 | March 9 | Jason Holt |
| October 27 | Edward Riche | |
| 2004 | January 7 | Michael Unger |
| 2004 | March 10 | Heidi Priesnitz, Heather Pyrcz |
| 2001 | January 25 | Jeanette Lynes |
| October 18 | Richard Cumyn | |
| 2000 | January 20 | Sue Goyette |
| March 9 | Peter Sanger | |
| October 19 | Susan Haley, Alison Smith, J.J. Steinfeld |
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| 1999 | January 21 | Kathy Mac |
| March 4 | Alf Silver | |
| November 18 | Penny Ferguson & Andrew Steeves |
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| 1998 | January 15 | Tom Forrestall |
| March 12 | Betty Bednarski | |
| October 15 | Dan MacKinnon | |
| November 19 | Kent Thompson | |
| 1997 | November 6 | Carol Langille |
| 1996 | January 15 | Carol Bruneau, Pam Donoghue, Ken Ward |
| January 18 | Jim Bennet | |
| March 7 | Donna Smyth | |
| 1995 | January 19 | Harry Thurston |
| January 21 | Rita Joe | |
| February 16 | Brian Bartlett, John Castlebury, Lynn Davies, Deirdre Dwyer, Carol Langille | |
| April 6 | Allan Cooper | |
| September 21 | Walter Borden | |
| November 23 | Deborah Joy Corey | |
| 1994 | February 17 | Margaret Hammer, Darcy Rhyno, Kay Tudor |
| March 10 | Nicole Brossard, Daphne Marlatt | |
| April 14 | Lesley-Anne Bourne, Richard Lemm | |
| 1994 | October 20 | Joe Blades, Richard Cumyn, Deirdre Dwyer |
| November 24 | Christopher Heide | |
| 1993 | January 21 | Andy Wainwright |
| February 18 | David Woods | |
| April 1 | Sue Kerslake | |
| June 17 | Brian Bartlet | |
| September 30 | Norman Levine | |
| October 14 | Claudia Gahlinger, Sue MacLeod, Eleanor Schonmaier | |
| December 9 | Karen Connelly | |
| 1992 | October 8 | Maxine Tynes |
| November 19 | Astrid Brunner |