Friday 2 March 2012

SATURDAY NIGHT POETRY AND A WINNING BOOK!

LAUNCH OF ERIN MOURE'S THE UNMEMNTIOABLE
AND AN EVENING OF VARIED VOICES ON UKRAINIAN IDENTITY

3, 417 television channels and nothing to watch on a Saturday night! Time for something different!

Oseredok is pleased to invite one and all to an evening of poetry and discussion Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 7:00 pm at 184 Alexander Ave. East.

Erin Moure, winner of the 1988 Governor General's Award for poetry, will present selected readings from her new collection of poems - The Unmemntionable. (Yes, you may ask her about the spelling!) The book will be available for purchase at Oseredok Boutique.

Poets Alison Calder and Maurice Mierau, and filmmaker John Paskievich will also present their work, followed by an open discussion on issues related to Ukrainian identity and experience in poetry and film.

Become enlightened! Become part of the discussion! Have a little coffee! Everyone is welcome!

AND THE WINNER IS.......

Every two years the $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award recognises literary excellence and the effective presentation of Ukrainian Canadian themes.

Last night in Toronto at the Kobzar Literary Award Gala, the award was presented to Shandi Mitchell for Under This Unbroken Sky (Penguin Canada).


Shandi Mitchell

  
This year's shortlist also included:
Larissa Andrusyshyn for Mammoth (DC Books)
Myrna Kostash for Prodigal Daughter: A Journey to Byzantium (University of Alberta Press)
Myroslav Shkandrij for Jews in Ukrainian Literature: Representation and Identity (Yale University Press)
Rhea Tregebov for The Knife Sharpener's Bell (Coteau Books)

The jury boasted significant literary muscle, with Denise Chong, Randall Maggs, Nino Ricci and MG Vassanji serving as the 2012 judging panel.

Get your copy of Under This Unbroken Sky at Oseredok Boutique!

WHAT'S NEW IN THE BOUTIQUE
A DEAL....OF COURSE!


Buy Making Bombs for Hitler at the regular price....

....get the companion book Stolen Child for only $5.00
 
Marsha Skrypuch's newest book Making Bombs for Hitler tells the story of Lida, who is abducted from Reichskommissariat, Ukraine in 1943 and forced to work for the Nazis in Germany as an Eastern Worker, or Ostarbeiter. The Ostarbeiters are subcontracted as slave labourers for both private industry and the military. They receive nominal payment, but heavy deductions are made for the starvation diet they are given and the prison-like accommodations in which they are forced to live.
Based on the true stories of surviving Ukrainian Ostarbeiters, it has only been in the last few decades that Ostarbeiters have felt comfortable enough to share their wartime experiences, as they initially feared extradition to the Soviet Union and imprisonment there after the war.

COMING SOON!

A new limited edition print by Larisa Sembaliuk-Cheladyn...WAITING BACKSTAGE
Available at Oseredok Boutique mid-March!


MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

Spring Fair and Jewelry Sale!
Friday March 23, 10am - 9pm    and    Saturday March 24, 10am - 4pm
Featuring jewelry by: MARIYA, PATTY M. KIW and DANGLE-ICIOUS DESIGNS!
Rings, bracelets, necklaces and more...in dramatic, subtle, fun, and delicious designs!

PLUS! New home and garden decor, great gift ideas for showers,
weddings, and graduations!
Everything you may need for your Великодний кошик!

PLUS! PLUS! Embroidered t-shirts, YZ Fashions embroidered rushnyky,
traditional embroidered blouses and shirts, books for summer reading,
and much more!

Members of Oseredok will get a 15% discount* on all purchases during Spring Fair
(small print here....*discount does not apply to food items)


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