Cassandra Blanchard + andrea bennett (On Edge Reading Series Fall 2024)
The Writing Centre presents the On Edge Reading Series, which seeks to enrich literary and writing communities both inside and outside of the Emily Carr University community.
Cassandra Blanchard + andrea bennett
Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 5:30PM PT
in the Aboriginal Gathering Place + livestreamed
Livestream link: Register for the Zoom Room
Cassandra Blanchard was born in Whitehorse, Yukon and is a part of the Selkirk First Nation. She is the author of Fresh Pack of Smokes which won the 2020 Relit Award. She currently lives on Vancouver Island.
For more information about Cassandra: ROOM Magazine interview
andrea bennett is a National Magazine Award-winning writer, a senior editor at The Tyee, and the author of six books. the berry takes the shape of the bloom (Talonbooks) was one of CBC’s picks for 30 Canadian books to read in Winter 2024. Points of Interest, co-edited with David Beers, has spent fifteen weeks on the BC Bestseller list. Their most recent book of essays, Hearty: On Cooking, Eating, and Growing Food for Pleasure and Subsistence, just came out with ECW Press.
For more information about andrea: Official Website
Photos: courtesy of Cassandra Blanchard + andrea bennett