2009 - 2010 Social Events & Gatherings
with the Writers' Coop

First Writers' Open Mike Night of the Season

On September 10, 2009, close to twenty Coop members, community members, family and friends gathered in Room 3 of the Frances Morrison Library for the first event of the Coop's 2009-2010 season, the Coop's monthly Open Mike-- this year once again co-sponsored with the Frances Morrison Library.

Eight readers treated the audience to a nice variety of work, some prose, though mostly poetry. Readers included Daniel Kim (new), Jaqui Moore (new), Belinda Betker, B.K. Filson (new), Alison Flensburg, Gary Chappell, Coralee Grilz (new), and Jo Oliver.

Jo Oliver and Gary Chappell organized the event. Jo Oliver acted as the MC for the evening, and brought cookies as well.

Our thanks go to the readers, the audience, and the Library.

Some pictures from the evening are below as well as over here ===>

Daniel Kim Jaqui Moore Belinda Betker

Daniel Kim

Jaqui Moore

Belinda Betker

B. K. Filson Alison Flensburg Coralee Grilz

B. K. Filson

Alison Flensburg

Coralee Grilz


Second Writers' Open Mike Night of the Season

On October 8, 2009, over twenty Coop members, community members, family and friends gathered in Room 3 of the Frances Morrison Library for the second writers' open mike night of the Coop's 2009-2010 season.

Following a welcome from SPL Writer in Residence Anne Simpson, ten readers treated the audience to an excellent variety of prose and poetry. Readers included Jaime Pinilla, Pam Bustin (new), Cathy Langdon, Cailean Bethell (new), Murray Cusitar (new), Erica Jen, Daniel Kim, Anna Flaminia (new), Jacqueline Moore and Gary Chappell.

Jo Oliver and Gary Chappell organized the event and acted as the MCs for the evening.

Some pictures from the evening are below as well as over here ===>

Jaime Pinilla Pam Bustin Cathy Langdon

Jaime Pinilla

Pam Bustin

Cathy Langdon

Cailean Bethell Murray Cusitar Erica Jen

Cailean Bethell

Murray Cusitar

Erica Jen

Third Writers' Open Mike Night of the Season

On November 12, 2009, over twenty Coop members, community members, family and friends gathered in Room 3 of the Frances Morrison Library for the third writers' open mike night of the Coop's 2009-2010 season.

Twelve readers treated the audience to an excellent variety of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Readers included Don Reimer, Cailean Bethell, Merrill Edlund (new), Jeanette Montgomery, Jaime Pinilla, Cathy Langdon, Jessica Weightman, Erica Jen, Peter Jonker, Barry Heath (new), Mic Lafreniere, and Gary Chappell.

Gary Chappell and Jo Oliver organized the event and acted as the MCs for the evening. Cathy Langdon brought homemade cookies.

Some pictures from the evening are below as well as over here ===>

Don Reimer Merrill Edlund Jeanette Montgomery

Don Reimer

Merrill Edlund

Jeanette Montgomery

Jessica Weightman Peter Jonker Barry Heath

Jessica Weightman

Peter Jonker

Barry Heath

Fourth Writers' Open Mike Night of the Season

On December 10, 2009, a small but enthusiastic crowd (translation: we were mostly reading to each other)(explanation it was, after all, -32C) of Coop members, community members, family and friends gathered in Room 3 of the Frances Morrison Library for the fourth writers' open mike night of the Coop's 2009-2010 season.

Ten readers (of works by eleven writers) treated the audience to an excellent variety of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, most of it on a "seasonal theme" (for which readers received a free candycane). Readers included Jim Weseen, Cailean Bethell, Gayle Smith (new), Cathy Langdon, Carrie Ann Schemenauer (new), Pam Bustin, Amy Jo Ehman (new), Gary Chappell (reading his own work as well as a poem by Wes Funk), Andrea Ledding (new), and Jo Oliver.

McNally Robinson Booksellers, courtesy of General Manager Ian Goodwillie, contributed two 2009 Saskatchewan Book Award-winning books to a prize draw. The Book of the Year winner, Legacy of Stone: Saskatchewan’s Stone Buildings, was won by Jo Oliver, and the Nonfiction and Regina Book Award winner, Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds, was won by Amy Jo Ehman. As well, crafted Christmas tree ornaments were won by Carrie Ann Schemenauer and Julie Gyoba.

Gary Chappell and Jo Oliver organized the event and acted as the MCs for the evening. A special spread of goodies, healthy or calorically rich (and sometimes both), fed all who mingled and chatted during the intermisssion.

Some pictures from the evening are below as well as over here ===>

Jim Weseen Gayle Smith Carrie Ann Schemenauer

Jim Weseen

Gayle Smith

Carrie Ann Schemenauer

Amy Jo Ehman Andrea Ledding

Amy Jo Ehman

Andrea Ledding

Next Open Mike

March 11, 2010, 7 p.m.

Room 3, Frances Morrison Library

Learn more about Coop Open Mike events



September 10 Open Mike

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Jo Oliver

MC Jo Oliver

Gary Chappell

Gary Chappell

October 8 Open Mike

Anne Simpson

Anne Simpson

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Anna Flaminia

Anna Flaminia



November 12 Open Mike

Mic Lafreniere

Mic Lafreniere

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December 10 Open Mike

Gary Chappell

Gary Chappell
(note the seasonal tie)



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