Canada voted for King Leary while Winnipeg voted for...?
by Priscilla Yakielashek - Saturday Mar 01 2008 11:39 am permalink Post a comment

McNally Robinson celebrated the CBC Canada Reads competition with its own on Thursday, February 28th. Ron Robinson mediated between Morley Walker, Anita Daher, Jem Rolls, Lesley Hughes and Kathy Strub, each defending a book from the list. They were a dynamic bunch who offered laughs, biting remarks, insults, insight and entertainment while they discussed Canadian literature.

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Opening Night for the Opera Club
by Priscilla Yakielashek - Thursday Jan 10 2008 9:46 pm permalink Post a comment

Opera Club presented first Met Prep on Macbeth

Last night Mcnally Robinson broke new ground by introducing its very first Opera Club. The evening's events were hosted by June Slobodian of Valhalla Opera Tours. June offered a presentation on Macbeth, the Shakespearen play, but more fittingly, the opera by Verdi.

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Heather Robertson Contest
by Priscilla Yakielashek - Saturday Oct 20 2007 1:15 pm permalink Post a comment

Award winning author, Heather Robertson, will be at McNally Robinson Grant Park for a reading and signing at 7pm on Friday, October 26th.

Enter your name here to win a signed copy of Driving Force, Meeting Death or Robertson's lastest novel, Measuring Mother Earth: How Joe the Kid Became Tyrrell of the North. The draw will take place at the event, and contestants must be present to qualify.

For more information on this event, click here.


"What is Your Top Canadian Album?" Contest
by Priscilla Yakielashek - Saturday Oct 20 2007 2:32 pm permalink Post a comment

Win a Copy of The Top 100 Canadian Albums

Mcnally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park Winnipeg is hosting the local launch of The Top 100 Canadian Albums, by Bob Mersereau, on Thursday October 25th at 8 pm in Prairie Ink Restaurant.

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Attention All Aspiring Writers
by Priscilla Yakielashek - Thursday Sep 06 2007 10:03 pm permalink Post a comment

Nick DiChario has successfully ushered in a new type of event at our Grant Park Location in Winnipeg. The Workshop Series will take place Saturday mornings at 10:30am and will give new writers the opportunity to gain advice from published writers, and perhaps even work directly with them. Come with a notepad in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.

Next scheduled event in the Workshop Series: BILL STENSON AND SUSAN STENSON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 10:30AM.

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Escape Artist Dean Gunnarson To Make An Appearance...and An Escape!
by Priscilla Yakielashek - Thursday Sep 06 2007 1:57 pm permalink Post a comment

Thursday, September 20th at 8pm at our Prairie Ink Restaurant, Grant Park Location.

See the locally bred escape artist of worldwide fame, Dean Gunnarson, who will be performing an escape at the launch of Carolyn Gray's play The Elmwood Visitation.

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