Author and CBC personality Thomas King kicks off Mount Allison President’s Speakers Series
2010-09-27 09:55:11
Lecture launches the University’s Year of Culture and Creativity
SACKVILLE, NB — Mount Allison University welcomes acclaimed author and CBC personality Thomas King to campus on Monday, October 4 to kick off the University’s President’s Speakers Series. The lecture, entitled ‘Telling Stories to Turtles’ also marks the launch of Mount Allison’s Year of Culture and Creativity.
King will be delivering the annual Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Lecture in Canadian Studies in Brunton Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. King is author of the novels Medicine River, Green Grass, Running Water, and Truth and Bright Water. He is well known for his popular CBC series about Native peoples and Aboriginal affairs, The Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour (1996-2001), and for his much-cited The Truth about Stories, based on his lectures for the 2003 Massey Lecture Series. He is also a professor of English, Native literature, and creative writing at the University of Guelph, an editor of anthologies of work by other Native writers, a screenwriter, and a photographer.
Canadian Studies professor Dr. Christl Verduyn says, “We’re very excited to be able to welcome to Mount Allison an artist of Thomas King’s talent, and Canadian Studies is extremely proud to have him deliver this year’s Davidson Lecture. King’s novels and short stories, along with his critical work on Native writing and his comedy radio series The Dead Dog Café, represent a major contribution to how we understand Canada today.”
The Year of Culture and Creativity will emphasize the role that traditional ‘arts’ departments and programs such as Fine Arts, Music, and Drama play at Mount Allison. It will also recognize and celebrate the creative role that all scholars bring to their respective disciplines. This follows the University’s 2009-10 Year of International Engagement.
The lecture is free of charge and all are welcome to attend.
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