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SUMMARY:An Evening with Author Tanis MacDonald
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DESCRIPTION:Join local author Tanis MacDonald as she reads from and discus
 ses her new book Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female. .\nhttps://
 ideaexchange.libnet.info/event/7145464
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Tanis MacDonald reads from and discusses h
 er new book Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>T
 o purchase your own copy of Straggle\, please visit our bookselling partne
 r for this event - Green Heron Books in Paris\, Ontario. You can visit the
 ir website at&nbsp\;<a href="http://greenheronbooks.com" target="_blank" r
 el="noopener">greenheronbooks.com</a> \, call 519-442-1822 or email <a hre
 f="mailto:roy@greenheronbooks.ca">roy@greenheronbooks.ca</a>. Mention that
  you are registered for this event and receive 20% off your purchase of St
 raggle!</p>\n<p><strong>More About the Book</strong><br />In this wide-ran
 ging collection of essays\, Tanis MacDonald walks the reader down many pat
 hs\, pointing out the sights\, exclaiming over birds\, sharing stories and
  asking questions about just who gets to walk freely through our cities\, 
 parks and wilderness. Deer move mysteriously through these essays\, knowin
 g just when they vanish from sight\, as do predators\, both human and anim
 al.</p>\n<p>She walks to begin to understand the place she now calls home 
 in Southern Ontario\, catalogues the fauna around her in FaunaWatch and co
 ntinues walking through illness. From a child spotting a snowy owl on her 
 way to school in Winnipeg\, to a young woman watching her own distinctive 
 walk be imitated in an acting class\, to a worried daughter helping her mo
 ther relearn how to walk after a bad fall on a busy road\, MacDonald share
 s how walking has shaped her life and the lives of many others. Wry\, smar
 t\, political and lyrical\, these essays share the joy of walking as well 
 its danger and uncovers the promise it offers &ndash\; of healing\, of com
 panionship and of understanding.</p>\n<p><strong>About the Author</strong>
 <br />Tanis MacDonald is an essayist\, poet\, professor and free-range lit
 erary animal. She is the host of the podcast Watershed Writers\, and the a
 uthor of&nbsp\;<strong>Out of Line: Daring to Be an Artist Outside the Big
  City</strong>. Her essay&nbsp\;<strong>Mondegreen Girls</strong>&nbsp\;wo
 n The Malahat Review&rsquo\;s Open Seasons Award for Creative Nonfiction i
 n 2021. She identifies as a bad birder\, and lives near Ose&rsquo\;kow&aac
 ute\;hne in southwestern Ontario as a grateful guest on traditional Hauden
 osaunee territory.</p>\n<p><strong>Cost:</strong> Free</p>\nhttps://ideaex
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