Award-winning author, playwright and writing instructor Gary Blackwood will share his expertise as Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library’s sixth Writer in Residence for 2009/10. The Tatamagouche resident has published more than 30 dynamic novels and non-fiction books for middle readers and young adults. As well, several of his plays have been performed on stages in
Ohio, Missouri, California, New Jersey, Spain, and is currently in production in Tatamagouche. Blackwood has almost 30 years’ experience teaching writing skills to youth and adults. As Writer in Residence, he’ll act as a mentor to writers in the region, providing advice and constructive criticism through workshops and one-on-one consultations at library branches in Pictou and Antigonish counties. He hopes to help people with two challenges that many writers struggle with: structure and conflict.
Blackwood will also get time to devote to his own projects. His latest novel, a sequel to the Jules Verne classic, “Around the World in Eighty Days”, is currently at the publishers and should be out next year. It relates the adventures of Phileas Fogg’s son, who, like his father, makes a foolish bet to circumnavigate the globe – this time, in a motorcar.
The public are invited to welcome Blackwood into our community of writers at two Meet and Greet occasions in which he will read selected passages from his work and talk about his career
as a writer.
Antigonish Public Library Monday, October 5th 7:30 p.m.
New Glasgow Public Library Wednesday, October 7th 7:00 p.m.
This Writer in Residence tenure is made possible in part by funds from Canada Council for the Arts Literary Readings and Author Residencies Program and the Nova Scotia Department of
Tourism, Culture & Heritage Cultural Activities Program.
For more information on this event, please contact our Programming Department at 755-6031, the New Glasgow Public Library or visit us online at www.parl.ns.ca.
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