Fundraiser for LEAVE OUT VIOLENCE (LOVE) NS Dr. Goldbloom's For The LOVE of Reading: The Ultimate Book Club
With authors Claire Cameron and Donna Morrissey

Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 7:30pm

  • $85 charitable tax receipt will be issued
  • Ticket price includes a copy of The Bear, entry to the October 22 event, dessert buffet & glass of wine
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"Stylistically impressive and deeply moving” —Glamour 

"Remarkable and riveting” —Montreal Gazette

“A hauntingly beautiful novel about the unspoken bond between mothers and children” —Miriam Toews

Claire Cameron’s novel The Bear has been getting rave reviews from around the world. Now she’s coming to Halifax to give an exclusive interview with another best-selling author, the charming and incisive Donna Morrissey. Get your book club together for this remarkable evening of fine wine, delicious nibblies and great conversation at the beautifully restored All Saints Cathedral. Each ticket to the LOVE of Reading includes a copy of The Bear. So order your's today and be ready with your questions for Claire Cameron at this fabulous book club gala.

All proceeds in support of Leave Out Violence (LOVE) Nova Scotia. Leave Out Violence (LOVE) Nova Scotia provides youth who have experienced violence with the skills and support they need to make positive and healthy life choices and develop into strong, independent leaders. LOVE runs programs within Halifax as well as Indian Brook and Membertou First Nations.

If you can’t make the event but would like to donate please visit visit http://www.novascotia.leaveoutviolence.org or like Leave Out Violence Nova Scotia on Facebook.

Books can be picked up at the LOVE NS office at Suite 205, 2171 Gottingen Street. Pick up times are: Tuesdays 10-3, Wednesdays 12-5 and Thursdays 10-2. Please contact christineo@thecoast.ca for alternate arrangements. PLEASE BRING YOUR RECEIPT TO PICK UP YOUR BOOK.

Our host and interviewer, Donna Morrissey, has written five vivid novels cradles in the Newfoundland culture and yet universal in the emotional upheaval and transcending of its characters. She has received awards in Canada, the U.S. and England and was most recently shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize.


Cathedral Church of All Saints

1330 Martello Street
Halifax, NS B3H 4Z1