Address
Cochrane Public Library
Event details
Celebrate Black History Month with us at the Cochrane Public Library!
Bertrand Bickersteth is the 2024-2025 Writer in Residence for Athabasca University. He was born in Sierra Leone and raised in Alberta. His work explores the question of what it means to be Black and from the Prairies through a variety of prisms: historical, biographical, and essentially, geographical. His collection of poetry, The Response of Weeds, was the recipient of multiple awards. His writing has appeared in many places including Geist, Prairie Fire, The Walrus, The Sprawl, and CBC’s Black on the Prairies. His current project features the history of Black cowboys in western Canada. He lives in Moh’kins’tsis (Calgary) and teaches at Olds College.
Join us as we celebrate Black Excellence with Bertrand. Refreshments will be served.
Registration is now open and available through the Cochrane Public Library website.
This event is made possible through the generosity of the Walmart Community Grant.
Bertrand Bickersteth is the 2024-2025 Writer in Residence for Athabasca University. He was born in Sierra Leone and raised in Alberta. His work explores the question of what it means to be Black and from the Prairies through a variety of prisms: historical, biographical, and essentially, geographical. His collection of poetry, The Response of Weeds, was the recipient of multiple awards. His writing has appeared in many places including Geist, Prairie Fire, The Walrus, The Sprawl, and CBC’s Black on the Prairies. His current project features the history of Black cowboys in western Canada. He lives in Moh’kins’tsis (Calgary) and teaches at Olds College.
Join us as we celebrate Black Excellence with Bertrand. Refreshments will be served.
Registration is now open and available through the Cochrane Public Library website.
This event is made possible through the generosity of the Walmart Community Grant.
Email
programs@cochranepubliclibrary.ca
Cost
Free, but registration is required