CBC Literary Prizes have joined forces with local storytelling collectives The Flame (Vancouver), Raconteurs (Toronto) and Confabulation (Montreal) for a series of live events this March. Canadians are invited to gather and hear six talented storytellers as they rise to the challenge of telling true stories on assigned themes, which will be recorded for an all-new digital series, ALL TOLD: TRUE STORIES FROM THE TRUE NORTH. Event details are listed below and can also be found online at CBCbooks.ca.
See below for more details:
March 10th at 7 p.m. - The Flame, Vancouver, BC
Location: The Fox Cabaret (2321 Main St.)
Host: Amanda Parris (The Exhibitionists)
Details: The theme will be “Fates and Free Wills - Destiny, Determination and Dumb Luck,” featuring special guest Torquil Campbell (co-lead singer and songwriter of Stars). Please note, admission is $20 at the door, but advance tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at http://bit.ly/1Tvli4I.
March 16th at 7 p.m. - Raconteurs, Toronto, ON
Location: The Great Hall (1087 Queen St. W.)
Host: Ali Hassan (Laugh Out Loud)
Details: The theme will be “Inheritance- Family Ties, Lies and Genetic Allies.” Featuring special guest D’bi Young Anitafrika. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at http://alltold.bpt.me/.
March 19th at 7 p.m. - Confabulation, Montreal, QC
Location: La Sala Rossa (4848 Boul St-Laurent)
Host: Nantali Indongo (CBC Montreal and Nomadic Massive)
Details: The theme will be “Crossing The Line: Deviance, Defiance, and Damning the Consequences,” featuring special guest Adam Leith Gollner (The Book of Immortality: The Science, Belief, and Magic Behind Living Forever). Tickets are $12 and can be purchased online at http://bit.ly/1WrITm7.
ABOUT CBC LITERARY PRIZES
Since 1979, the CBC LITERARY PRIZES /Prix de la création Radio-Canada have recognized Canada’s brightest literary stars on the rise. The Prizes are awarded for the best original, unpublished writing by Canadians, in English and French, in three categories: CBC Short Story Prize, CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize and CBC Poetry Prize. The winners receive a cash prize from the Canada Council for the Arts, publication in Air Canada’s enRoute magazine, and a writing residency at The Banff Centre.
About CBC/Radio-Canada
CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. The Corporation is a leader in reaching Canadians on new platforms and delivers a comprehensive range of radio, television, internet, and satellite-based services. Deeply rooted in the regions, CBC/Radio-Canada is the only domestic broadcaster to offer diverse regional and cultural perspectives in English, French and eight aboriginal languages.
A space for us all is CBC/Radio-Canada’s new strategy to modernize the public broadcaster and ensure that it continues to fulfill its mandate for Canadians and for future generations. Through to 2020, it will increase its investment in prime time television programming, and continue to create radio programs of the highest quality, while promoting the development of digital and mobile platforms and content.
For more information including series synopses, press releases, hi-res images, video clips and bios, please visit the CBC Media Centre at cbc.ca/mediacentre. Follow CBC’s publicity team on Twitter @CBC_Publicity.
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For further information please contact:
Cathleen Saville
Publicist (Entertainment)
cathleen.saville@cbc.ca
416-205-7976
