Event
A READING BY CHRISTINE POUNTNEY
Friday, February 21, 2014 17:00
Arts Building
Room 230, 853 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G5, CA
Price:
Free
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The Department of English presents: A READING BY CHRISTINE POUNTNEY
The 2013-2014 Reynolds Atelier Visiting Artist
Christine Pountney is the author of three novels: Last Chance Texaco (Faber & Faber/Penguin, 2000), which was longlisted for the Orange Prize 2000; The Best Way You Know How (Penguin/Faber & Faber, 2005); and Sweet Jesus (McClelland and Stewart, 2012), which was named by Irvine Welsh and Barbara Gowdy as the best book of 2012.
Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times Magazine, Elle, The Walrus, Maisonneuve, Brick Magazine as well as The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica.
The reading is free and open to the public.
The Reynolds Atelier Visiting Artist program is made possible by a gift from the Elizabeth and John B. Reynolds Atelier endowment fund.