New Works:
A song cycle, "Red Sea (Song of the Earth)", libretto by Margaret Sweatman, music by Glenn Buhr, will premier at Toronto Summer Music Festival (along with Mahler's "Song of the Earth"). Mezzo soprano Roxana Constantinescu and the TSM Festival Ensemble. Saturday August 7th, 2010. This live performance will be recorded by CBC Radio.
Sweatman's new short work called "The Audition: A Scene from the Sad Tragedy of Joey McMann" will be produced as part of FemFest, at the CanWest Centre for Theatre and Film, in Winnipeg, Monday September 25th at 7:00 p.m.
The short plays and scenes produced for this evening will be published in September as an anthology called "Generation Nexxt: Contemporary Scenes for Young Women."
The Players selected as one of the Globe and Mail’s Top 100 Best Books of 2009.
February 11, 2010 - 7:30 pm
Hart House, University of Toronto,
7 Hart House Circle , Toronto, ON
Join acclaimed author Margaret Sweatman in the gorgeous Hart House Library and listen while she reads from her new book The Players followed by an audience Q & A and a book signing.
February 10, 2010 - 12:00 am
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS
A reading, discussion and signing of Margaret Sweatman's new novel, The Players. Room TBA.
February 9, 2010 - 12:00 am
University of New Brunswick,
Fredericton Campus, Fredericton, NB
A reading, discussion and signing of Margaret Sweatman's new novel, The Players. Free and open to the public. Room TBA.
February 8, 2010 - 7:00 pm
Saint John Campus, UNB, Saint John, NB
Margaret Sweatman reads from The Players. Hosted by The Lorenzo Reading Series and the UNB Saint John Bookstore, and supported by The Canada Council for the Arts. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. For more information contact The University Bookstore at (506) 648-5540, inprint at (506) 648-2315, or e-mail sjbooks@unbsj.ca.
February 6, 2010 - Time TBA
Chapters Book Store
499 Paul Street, Dieppe, NB
Reading for the Pop et Frye Series (the Frye Festival), in the afternoon, Chapters in Moncton, NB.
November 7th, 2009 - 1:30-4:30 pm
Tales from the Mark(ed) Side: the author-editor relationship
Aqua Books,
274 Garry Street, Winnipeg, MB
Joan Thomas (author of Reading by Lightning), Margaret Sweatman (author of The Players), and their editor at Goose Lane Editions, Bethany Gibson.
$10 for MEA members; $20 for non-members.
RSVP by e-mail at meaworkshops@gmail.com.
Parking available on the street and in nearby parkades.
October 24th, 2009 - 7:00 pm
The Music Studio,
Suite G - 940 Rosser Avenue, Brandon, MB
Appearing at the 2009 Brandon Words Alive! Festival, Margaret Sweatman will read from and discuss her new work The Players. Info: wordsalive.ca.
September 30th, 2009 - 7:30 pm
Pages Books on Kensington,
1135 Kensington Road NW, Calgary, AB
Acclaimed author Margaret Sweatman reads from her new book The Players followed by an audience Q & A and a book signing. Books will be available for purchase. All are welcome. Info: (403) 283-6655
September 29th, 2009 - 7:30 pm
McNally Robinson Booksellers (Art Alcove),
3130 8th Street, Saskatoon, SK
Acclaimed author Margaret Sweatman reads from her new book The Players followed by an audience Q & A and a book signing. Books will be available for purchase. All are welcome. Info: (306) 955-3486
September 24th, 2009 - 12:00 pm
Mainstage, CanWest Global Performing Arts Centre (MTYP),
The Forks, Winnipeg, MB
Margaret Sweatman appears on the Mainstage along with fellow authors Jeanette Lynes, Tim Wynne-Jones, and Rhea Tregebov as part of the Thin Air 2009 13th Winnipeg International Writers Festival.