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SUMMARY:Public Lecture by novelist and National Magazine Award winner, Curtis Gillespie
URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/public-lecture-by-novelist-and-national-magazine-award-winner-curtis-gillespie99/
LOCATION:Vancouver Island University ::  900 Fifth Street Nanaimo, 
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Join Liberal Studies as we host Curtis Gillespie—novelist, award-winning journalist, and co-editor of Canada’s new national magazine, "Eighteen Bridges."=0D=0A=
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"Eighteen Bridges" values the timeless narrative flair of "The New Yorker," the journalistic rigour of "Harpers," the literary excellence of "Granta."  It weaves these elements together with a distinctive Canadian sensibility. "Eighteen Bridges" is concerned with people, politics, culture, and ideas, its articles substantial, in-depth, and grounded in the narrative tradition.=0D=0A=
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When asked by the National Post about why a new print magazine is needed in Canada,  Gillespie responded this way: “We like long-form narrative journalism and we feel there aren’t enough high-profile outlets in Canada running the kind of stories we want to showcase – long, meaty, thoughtful, investigative.  You could say that stories themselves are our mandate, as opposed to any particular topic.” ("National Post," October 15th, 2010).=0D=0A=
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Curtis Gillespie will deliver the keynote address during the annual Liberal Studies spring conference. During the conference, our students present to one another the essays they have been working on throughout the semester. Students in Liberal Studies examine the great works--philosophic, political, literary, religious, artistic, and scientific--in our tradition. From ancient philosophers, like Aristotle, to modern poets, like T.S. Eliot, Liberal Studies students grapple with timeless questions about life. As part of their studies, our students develop excellent writing, thinking, and speaking skills--the very skills that Canadian employers are looking for in their employees in our dynamic economy. Please join us as we welcome Curtis Gillespie to our campus and as we celebrate our students' achievements. As we like to say in Liberal Studies: "join the conversation!"=0D=0A=
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Curtis Gillespie has written three books, "The Progress of an Object in Motion," "Someone Like That," and "Playing Through," and his journalism is widely published. He has won numerous awards for his fiction and non-fiction, including the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and three National Magazine Awards. His latest novel is "Crown Shyness." He lives in Edmonton with his wife and two daughters.
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