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11:00 AM – 3:00 PM ADT
Digby Neck Consolidated School, 6203 Highway 217, Digby, NS

Hillcote House Presents Shelagh Rogers w Lynn Coady and Christy Ann Conlin. 

Please note: if you are planning on attending do sign up on our Eventbrite page so that we can make sure you have a seat. The event is free but we’ll have a “Pay what you can” at the door with a suggested amount of $10.00

Come spend the day in the bucolic village of Sandy Cove on Saturday August 10th!

Arrive early and enjoy a coffee and a cinnamon roll at the School House Café before joining the audience in the gym of the Digby Neck Consolidated School at 11:00 am to listen to Christy Ann Conlin talk about her new short story collection, Watermark, with CBC Radio host Shelagh Rogers.

The conversation and reading will be followed by a lunch break in which you can grab a sandwich or a soup from the School House Café or take one to go and explore the historic village, the Woodland Trail, the Sandy Cove wharf or the Bay of Fundy beach.

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7:00 AM – 10:00 PM ADT

Launch of Christy Ann Conlin’s new book Watermark, Q&A with CBC Ideas’ Mary Lynk; Gaelic song with Robyn Carrigan; Kim Barlow gothic banjo.

About this Event

A launch to celebrate Christy Ann Conlin’s new book of short fiction, Watermark. There will be a literary Q&A with Ideas executive producer, Mary Lynk. Christy Ann will read from the book, interspersed with the haunting Gaelic songs of Cape Bretoner Robyn Carrigan and gothic banjo tunes provided by Kim Barlow. This event is free, but best reserve a ticket. Food and drinks at the break, all happening at the beautiful ArtCan Gallery & Cafe in downtown Canning NS.

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Christy Ann Conlin’s new book, Watermark, will be published in the United States on August 6, 2019, by House of Anansi.
Pre-order your copy

Christy Ann Conlin’s new book, Watermark, will be published in Canada on August 13, 2019, by House of Anansi.
Pre-order your copy