Book Launch: Reading and Signing, Erina Harris, for the new book of poetry and essays:
Trading Beauty Secrets with the Dead, with special guest Medgine Mathurin and hosted by Justice Matte at Audreys Books at 3:00 p.m. on November 2, 2024.
Erina Harris is a Canadian writer, educator and mentor. Her first book, The Stag Head Spoke (Buckrider Books, 2014), was shortlisted for the Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry. A graduate and Fellow of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, her work has been published widely and in translation. She is the recipient of the Editor’s Choice Award (ARC Magazine), THIS Magazine Great Literary Hunt Prize, and short-listings/nominations for the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award, the Air Canada Award, the Pushcart Prize, and the National Magazine Awards. She has received numerous grants, international residencies, and was honored to receive a Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award in 2024. She lives and teaches Creative Writing and Literature in Edmonton. www.erinaharris.com
OPENING READER MEDGINE MATHURIN
Haitian-born spoken word artist, Medgine’s multi-lingual upbringing (french, creole, english) compelled her into a deep love of poetry. She has been featured in CBC, Global TV, Skirtsafire Festival and the Edmonton Poetry Festival. Medgine was a selected as a participant in the 2022 Mentorship Program with the Writer's Guild of Alberta's and served as Mentor with the 2022 Horizon Circle Writers Program, a writing mentorship program for BIPOC, ESL, and underrepresented writers living in Edmonton. In 2023, Medgine received the Edmonton Artist Trust Fund award from the Edmonton Arts Council and the Edmonton Community Foundation.
Medgine is the author of Waiting in the Land of the Living / Attendre dans le monde des vivants, published by The Polyglot (Edmonton), a multilingual poetry collection that touches on navigating chronic illness, inter-generational healing, and the wrestle of waiting for answered prayers.
HOST EXTRAORDINAIRE JUSTICE MATTE:
Justice Matte is a writer and multidisciplinary artist currently studying Costume + Set Design and Drama at the University of Alberta. He will continue his studies by undertaking an MFA in Theatrical Design towards teaching and art-making. When not juggling multiple tasks and calendars, he is likely shopping or eating—
who doesn’t like clothes and food?
