News and Events
News
Blaze Island is published in Canada by Goose Lane Editions. Order your copy directly from Goose Lane here or from your local independent bookstore.
We Are Islands, a collaborative collage film inspired by Blaze Island, is released as part of the CBC’s Digital Originals Showcase: “Looking for a dreamy bite-sized love story to dive into during the second pandemic wave? Author Catherine Bush has just released a new collage-based experimental film set on Fogo Island. There are no spoken words in the film, We Are Islands, and the “script” was taken entirely from the pages of her recently released book, Blaze Island. The story is about a “renegade scientist” father and daughter coping after a major storm and also has to do with climate change.” We Are Islands is a collaborative collage film, created by acclaimed experimental filmmaker Mike Hoolboom, with images from Fogo Island-based photographer Paddy Barry and artist M’Liz Keefe. It was funded through the Canada Council’s Digital Originals program for online art created during the pandemic and selected for the CBC’s Digital Originals Showcase. More from the CBC’s coverage here.
Blaze Island‘s Virtual Launch can be viewed here.
Events
November Events include:
Monday November 30, 7-8 p.m. Koffler Arts Fall Literary Series. Catherine Bush and Saleema Nawaz in Conversation. More info and register here.
Friday November 13, 2-3 p.m. ET. Prince Edward County Library. Interviewed by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer. More info and register here.
Thursday November 12, 7-8 p.m. ET. Wild Writers Festival. Characterizing Climate Change with Catherine Bush. Interviewed by Mahak Jain. More info and register here.
October Events include:
Monday October 27, 7-8 pm ET. The Fine Print: with Lana Pesch, Feminist Enterprise Commons. Join us for Episode 2 of The Fine Print–A Feminist Q&A series by LiisBeth associate editor Lana Pesch. This event is for members of the FEC, which welcomes new members. Event info here.
Saturday October 25, 3:30-4:30 ET. Toronto International Festival of Authors. The Landscapes of Us: Catherine Bush and Roy Jacobsen. More info and register here.
Monday October 19, 7-8 p.m. ET. Waterloo Public Library. Writing Climate Fiction Now: with Catherine Bush. Interviewed by David Worsley. Presented in partnership with WordsWorth Books. Free and open to the public. More info and register here.
September Events include:
Saturday September 26, 7-8:15 pm EDT. Kingston Writers Fest Panel: The Big Idea, with Darrell Bricker, Jeff Rubin and Tessa McWatt, hosted by Carol Off. More info and register here.
Thursday September 3, 8-9 pm EDT. Eden Mills Writers Festival Panel: The Creative Response, with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Farzana Doctor. More info and register here.
Monday August 31, 2020, at 7-8 pm EDT. Blaze Island Virtual Launch, hosted by Another Story Bookshop and Goose Lane Editions, interviewed by Kathryn Mockler. Free and all welcome. RSVP here.
Catherine is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Creative Writing MFA at the University of Guelph.
More information on this exciting program, its alumni and their recent successes, can be found here: http://www.guelphcreativewritingmfa.com