Mondo! Szumigalski

A Festival in Celebration of Anne Szumigalski

Aqua Books, 274 Garry Street

The author of fifteen books, and one of Canada’s most respected poets, essayists 

and editors, Anne Szumigalski was the recipient of many literary awards and prizes. 

Her passing in April 1999 was mourned by all those she had touched.

March 6 

7 pm. FREE

Marathon reading of Anne Szumigalski’s Risks

Featuring 32 of Winnipeg’s established and emerging poets, some out-of-town guests 

and an introduction from Montreal writer Mark Abley

8 pm. FREE

Launch of A Woman Clothed in Words 

Featuring Mark Abley, Elizabeth Philips and Anne Simpson 

Light refreshments 

**

March 7, 7 pm. $5

Anne and Me: Mark Abley, Mari-Lou Rowley and Anne Simpson

The Jeffrey King Trio 

An evening of poetry, music and dance

**

March 8, 7 pm. FREE

Mark Abley: Anne Szumigalski Memorial Lecture The Angel of the Big Muddy

A panel discussion with Mark Abley, Mari-Lou Rowley and Catherine Hunter

**

March 9, 7 pm. FREE

Movie Night with hosts Katherine Bitney and Frances Bitney 

Featuring Glen Sorestad

• Rapture Of The Deep, Canadian Poet, Anne Szumigalski by Donna Caruso

• The book trailer for A Peeled Wand: Selected Poems of Anne Szumigalski, 

with recordings of Anne reading her poems

**

March 10

11 am - 4 pm. $40

Anne Szumigalski left unfinished The Water Granny: a book of juvenile fiction.

Anita Daher will facilitate this YA workshop. 

7 pm.   $5

Readers’ Theatre Production of Z: A Meditation on Oppression, Desire, and Freedom

Z explores the relationship between captive and captor and the sacrifices humans make 

to survive. When the concentration camps were opened, Anne Szumigalski worked with 

the survivors as a translator for the British Red Cross. 

“It made me look at life in a completely different way,” she said.