The launch of the final issue of SANDBOX magazine originally scheduled for tonight, Thursday February 2, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 7th. More information on the launch can be found here.

Come down to celebrate the immense accomplishments of the magazine that galvanized the creative community of Winnipeg and achieved such heights in such a short time, triumphing over adversity to the last!

We are currently contacting all those that have made reservations to tonight's event to inform them of the change.

 

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Stories About Storytellers: Publishing Alice Munro, Robertson Davies, Alistair MacLeod, Pierre Trudeau and Others$32.95 add to cart

It was reported in the Winnipeg Free Press that Douglas Gibson would be in McNally Robinson's Grant Park location tonight, however please be advised that his presentation will in fact be tomorrow: Wednesday October 12th.

Event information below:

This is a special theatrical presentation from esteemed editor, publisher and raconteur Douglas Gibson based around his book Stories About Storytellers: Publishing Alice Munro, Robertson Davies, Alistair MacLeod, Pierre Trudeau, and Others (ECW Press).

Stories About Storytellers follows the legendary Doug Gibson through 40 years of editing and publishing some of Canada?s sharpest minds and greatest storytellers. Gibson is a terrific storyteller himself, and through his recollections we get an inside view of Canadian politics and publishing that rarely gets told. From Jack Hodgins? Vancouver Island to Harold Horwood?s Labrador, from Alice Munro?s Ontario to James Houston?s Arctic, Doug Gibson takes us on an unforgettable literary tour of Canada, going behind the scenes and between the covers, and opening up his own story vault for all to read and enjoy.

Douglas Gibson worked as an editor and publisher from 1968 until he retired from McClelland & Stewart in 2009. His Douglas Gibson Books was Canada?s first editorial imprint and lives on. He travels widely from his Toronto, ON, base.

Ok. The contest has now officially begun.

Come down to McNally Robinson Grant Park and enter to win tickets to our exclusive, intimate & interactive performance with Jim Cuddy on October 6th at 6PM.

Remember, you have to win to get in.

Jim will be performing music from his brand new CD Skyscraper Soul and answering a few audience questions.

Watch here for your chance to win tickets to an exclusive, intimate and interactive performance at McNally Robinson in Winnipeg by Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy.

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