Author: Barbara Sibbald

Read at the Ottawa International Writer’s Festival’s, Plan 99 poetry and prose event. Fellow authors were Christine McNair and Michael Blouin.

Attended Politics and the Pen gala in Ottawa and talked with Liberal MP Terry Beech about the importance of copyright to Canadian authors and publishers.

The Museum of Possibilities is a finalist in the Foreword Indies 2017 Book Awards, short story category. The winner will be announced June 15. https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/the-museum-of-possibilities/

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Gold in the Foreword Indies Award for The Museum of Possibilities (short stories category). This international contest is judged by 120 readers and librarians. Foreword writes: “This collection is a brilliant example of the versatility and vast potential of the short story form.” See https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/the-museum-of-possibilities/

Please join me for readings from The Museum of Possibilities on Sept 2 in Hamilton and Sept 4 in Toronto. The Hamilton reading is part of the LitLive Reading Series. It begins at 7:30 pm at The Staircase Theatre, 27 Dundurn St., N. In Toronto, I’m taking part in the Rowers Pub Reading Series, Tuesday, Sept. …

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