Building on its successful 2012 reading series, “Mennonite/s Writing: Celebrating the First 50 Years,” Conrad Grebel University College is pleased to present “New Mennonite/s Writing,” a seven session reading series showcasing new work by some of the most prominent authors in the field, including: Rudy Wiebe, Jeff Gundy, Miriam Toews, Patrick Friesen, Di Brandt, David Bergen, and Carrie Snyder.
On Wednesday, February 18th, Winnipeg-based author David Bergen will read from his new book Leaving Tomorrow. Author of seven previous novels, including the Giller Prize winning The Time in Between, and bestselling The Age of Hope, Bergen’s latest novel moves from small-town Alberta to Paris and back again, powerfully exploring the paradoxes of home, faith, and the need to belong.
David Bergen is the author of seven acclaimed novels, including the Giller Prize winning The Time In Between, as well as a collection of short fiction. Born in British Columbia and raised in Southern Manitoba, Bergen, now based in Winnipeg, teaches creative writing for Humber College and the Banff Centre for the Arts. His novels have been shortlisted for the IMPAC Literary Award and the Governor General’s Literary Award, and he is a recent winner of the Writers’ Trust Engel/Findley Award, granted in celebration of a “remarkable body of work, and in anticipation of future contributions to Canadian literature.”
The series will be hosted by Robert Zacharias, Assistant Editor of The Journal of Mennonite Studies and Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the English Department at the University of Waterloo. He is author of Rewriting the Break Event: Mennonites and Migration in Canadian Literature, and editor of After Identity: Mennonite/s Writing in North America, forthcoming from Penn State UP.
The New Mennonite/s Writing series at Conrad Grebel, which promises seven evenings of compelling literature with some of Canada’s most celebrated authors, is an exciting opportunity for readers and book clubs alike.
Everyone is welcome; admission is free.
Institute of Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies at
Department of English Language and Literature
