For busy people who like to read
The Heliconian Literary Lecture Series will run from September 2012 until May 2013.
This popular series has been described as a cross between a traditional book club and a university course without exams. This year it will consist of two separate series with eight sessions, each including refreshments, a lecture, and a question period. The doors will open at 6:45 p.m. with lectures beginning at 7:30. Subscription cost for non-members of the Heliconian Club is $150, (members of the Heliconian Club $130). You will be sent tickets for each evening of the series you select, and all tickets will be mailed in August.
For more information please contact the Heliconian Club.
Series I – Tuesdays
| When | Speaker | Author | Book |
| Sep 4, 2012 | Charles Foran | Charles Foran | Mordecai – The Life &Times |
| Oct 9, 2012 | Gayla Reid | Gayla Reid | Come From Afar |
| Nov 13, 2012 | Sandra Martin | Sandra Martin | Working the Dead Beat: 50 Lives that Changed Canada |
| Jan 8, 2013 | Vincent Lam | Vincent Lam | The Headmaster’s Wager |
| Feb 26, 2013 | Suanne Kelman | Julian Barnes | The Sense of an Ending |
| Mar 19, 2013 | Kyo Maclear | Kyo Maclear | Stray Love |
| Apr 9, 2013 | Eva Stachniak | Eva Stachniak | The Winter Palace |
| May 7, 2013 | Douglas Gibson | Douglas Gibson | Stories About Storytellers |
Series II – Thursdays
| When | Speaker | Author | Book |
| Sep 13, 2012 | Sandra Martin | Michael Ondaatje | The Cat’s Table |
| Oct 4, 2012 | Pauline Holdstock | Pauline Holdstock | Into The Heart of the Country |
| Nov 22, 2012 | Frances Itani | Frances Itani | Requiem |
| Jan 17, 2013 | David Gilmour | David Gilmour | The Perfect Order of Things |
| Feb 7, 2013 | Anita Rau Badami | Anita Rau Badami | Tell It to the Trees |
| Mar 28, 2013 | Linden MacIntyre | Linden MacIntyre | Why Men Lie |
| Apr 11, 2013 | Grace O’Connell | Grace O’Connell | Magnified World |
| May 16, 2013 | Sarita Mandanna | Sarita Mandanna | Tiger Hills |