Maine Women Writers Collection announces fall 2009 author program series

The SWAG视频's Maine Women Writers Collection will host a series of five author programs during fall 2009.

All events are free and open to the public. For more information or to RSVP, contact Cally Gurley, curator at
207-221-4324 or cgurley@une.edu

Film 9/29 & 9/30

"The Maine Women Writers Collection: The First Fifty Years"
Tuesday, September 29, noon St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, Biddeford Campus, SWAG视频
Wednesday, September 30, 1:00 p.m. WCHP Lecture Hall, Parker Pavilion, Portland Campus, SWAG视频

Lecture 10/1

Inaugural Donna M. Loring Lecture
"Red Hope: Weaving Waponahki Policy toward Decolonization"

presented by Rebecca Sockbeson, University of Alberta Ph.D. Candidate
Thursday, October 1, noon St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, Biddeford Campus, SWAG视频
Sockbeson and Loring will participate in a colloquium on Maine Native American curriculum and the Maine Learning Initiative co-sponsored by the SWAG视频 Department of Education and the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Programs
Thursday, October 1, 4:00 p.m. St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, Biddeford Campus, SWAG视频

Reading 10/8

Portland author Nicole Chaison will read from her new book Passion of the Hausfrau
Thursday, October 8, 5:00 p.m. Sarton Room, MWWC, Abplanalp Library, Portland Campus, SWAG视频

Event 11/10

New Mainers: Portraits of Our Immigrant Neighbors
A Perdita Huston Purple Starfish Event co-sponsored by the Maine Women Writers Collection, the SWAG视频 Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Programs, and the SWAG视频 Art Gallery. Panel discussion.
Tuesday, November 10, 7:00 p.m. SWAG视频 Art Gallery, Portland Campus, SWAG视频

Lecture 11/12

A Lady of Maine: The Life and Work of Sally Sayward Barrell Keating Wood
Presented by Karen A. Weyler, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Thursday, November 12, 7:00 p.m. Shettleworth Auditorium, Maine Historical Society, 485 Congress Street, Portland, 774-1822