at the Bookshelf, Guelph, Ontario
October 16, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Dreaming of adventure – and how to write about it? Get lively tips from writers whose books entertain, provoke, inform, and inspire us to preserve what we love—and sometimes take for granted.
A conversation with Marlis Butcher, who has “bagged” all of Canada’s national parks; Pamela Mulloy who muses about train travel; and Nicola Ross who takes you with her along Ontario’s Bruce Trail.
If you have a timeless urge to journey and write about it, we invite you to attend this evening of women’s stories about adventure travel.
Presenters:
- Pamela Mulloy, Off the Tracks: A Meditation on Train Journeys in a Time of No Travel
Pamela Mulloy is the author of two novels, including As Little As Nothing (2022). She is the editor of the New Quarterly and director of the Wild Writers Literary Festival. She has lived in the UK, Poland, and the US. She now lives in Kitchener, Ontario. Visit Pamela Mulloy.
- Nicola Ross, 40 Days & 40 Hikes: Loving the Bruce Trail One Loop at a Time
Nicola Ross is a National Magazine Award–winning journalist and the bestselling author of seven Loops & Lattes hiking guides, with over 50,000 copies in print. An avid hiker, cyclist and kayaker, she lives with her partner, Alex, in a converted sawmill (circa 1857) in Caledon, Ontario. Visit Nicola Ross.
- Susan Scott, New Quarterly consulting editor, moderating
Susan Scott is a Waterloo-based writer, arts & culture collaborator, and consulting editor with The New Quarterly (TNQ). Her anthology, Body & Soul, features unorthodox women writers and poets from across Canada. The auto-fiction chapbook, Temple in a Teapot, was launched on a 1,000-mile women writers’ tour of the American West. Visit Susan Scott.
- Marlis Butcher, Park Bagger: Adventures in the Canadian National Parks