Jane's Walk: Plotlines & Pathways
Guided Tour by Susan Johnston
In Person Fiction Free
We'll meet outside Le Moulin de Provence, 55 ByWard Market Square, at the north end (York St. end) of the ByWard Market building. The walk will start promptly at 11:00. From Le Moulin de Provence, we will walk west past The Laff and Dominion Tavern to Major's Hill Park, then south past Maman at the National Gallery of Canada and the Chateau Laurier, through the Rideau Centre/Underpass (subject to time/accessibility preferences), past the War Memorial, and west on Sparks Street, Parliament Hill, and Uppertown, ending at Library and Archives Canada where the Ottawa International Writers Festival is taking place.
Plotlines & Pathways: Central Ottawa in Contemporary Fiction
Join us for an interactive walk through downtown Ottawa as we explore some familiar streets and landmarks through works of fiction. There are so many books we could explore, and so many neighbourhoods, so we'll start in the Byward Market, walk through Major's Hill Park, through the many works at least partially set in the Chateau Laurier, around the War Memorial, along Sparks Street, past Parliament Hill, and finishing up with one of George Elliott Clarke's poems at Library and Archives Canada where the Ottawa International Writers Festival is taking place.
The following are books we'll touch on/read from, and there may be others:
Andre Alexis — The Night Piece
Charles de Lint — Moonheart
Daniel Poliquin — A Secret Between Us/La Kermesse
Deborah-Anne Tunney — The View from the Lane & Other Stories
George Elliott Clarke — Black (poetry, but with a fantastic reference to the place we'll end)
Gwen Tuinman — Unrest
Ian Fleming — For Your Eyes Only
Jamie Chai Yun Liew — Dandelion
Jane Urquhart — Away
Jenny Haysom — Keep
Katie Tallo — Poison Lilies
Nina Berkhout — The Gallery of Lost Species
Rebecca Hirsch Garcia — The Girl Who Cried Diamonds
rob mclennan — On Beauty
Terry Fallis — The Best Laid Plans.