Fri., Oct. 4, 7:30 PM, Oxygen Art Centre: Vernon editor, graphic designer and novelist Corinna Chong reads from her new novel, Belinda’s Rings. (More info click here)

Mon., Oct. 28, 7:30 PM, lobby of Touchstones Museum & Art Gallery, 502 Vernon St.: A Hallowe’en special–Vancouver’s Miriam Clavir reads from her murder mystery, Insinuendo: Murder in the Museum. (More info click here)

Fri, Nov. 8, 7:30 PM, Oxygen Art Centre: joint book launch featuring two local authors/local publishers–Ellen Burt of Argenta launches her memoir/essays When the Path is Not a Straight Line (Maa Press), and Ernest Hekkanen launches his new novel, Heretic Hill (New Orphic Publishers). (More info click here)

Fri., Nov. 22, 7:30 PM, Oxygen Art Centre: Vernon poet, book designer and publisher Jason Dewinitz reads from his recent collections of poems, including Clench. (More info click here)

Fri., Jan. 17˚: 7:30 PM, Venue TBA: ART TALK: Nelson artist Deb Thompson explores how medieval female mystics, especially St. Theresa of Avila, influenced the development of a consciousness of the feminine in Western art. (More info click here)

Fri., Jan. 31, 7:30 PM, Oxygen Art Centre: UBC Okanagan poets and environmental writers Nancy Holmes and Sharon Thesen read from their recent books, including The Flicker Tree (Holmes) and Oyama Pink Shale (Thesen). (More info click here)

Fri., Feb. 21, 7:30 PM, Oxygen Art Centre: Nanaimo poet and art reviewer Peter Culley reads from his recent collections, including The Age of Briggs & Stratton. (More info click here)

Admission: $5 suggested donation

˚Date and venue for ART TALK subject to change; to confirm, please check Oxygen Art Centre website (www.oxygenartcentre.org) under Events tab/Presentation Series

To see past Presentation Series events go to:

http://www.oxygenartcentre.org/category/presentation-series/

Many thanks for support from the Columbia Basin Trust and the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance