Fame in the Family

McNally Robinson Booksellers
presents the launch of
Measured Words:
An Anthology
with Editor
Barbara J. Becker

 

Thursday December 9, 7:00 pm
Grant Park in the Travel Alcove

This anthology invites the reader to savour a cultural banquet of stories, poems, photos, illustrations, and recipes Come sit around the table and sample the diverse, authentic voices of Manitoba writers sharing special memories.

Contributors include Barbara J. Becker, Lauren Blue, Ellen Burns, Charlotte Caron, Dana L. Coates, Tracy Gregory, Althea Guiboche, Elizabeth M. Hunter, illustrator Pamela Kat Johnson, Lovern Kindzierski, Leona MacDonald, Glynis C. Morris, Charmaine Johnson Putnam, Andrea Ridgedale, Clayton Schneider, Jennifer Schneider, Judy Stoddart, and Oriole Vane Veldhuis. Editor Barbara J. Becker is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg, a teacher and a writer published in journals local, national and international, as well as in Prairie Writers Volumes One and Three.

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Clayton and Jen are my brother and sister-in-law, and the editor, Barb, is Jen's mom.  We got to have a peek at Thanksgiving, and I'm looking forward to getting my own copy at Christmas.  If you live in the Winnipeg area, go check out the launch and readings this Thursday.  I wish I could.