Wordfest names Douglas Coupland as 2009 Banff Distinguished Author
The Latest Word: Author of Generation X, JPod, and other novels will be appearing on October 17.
{ Monthly Archives }
August 2009
Keith Archer named to Electoral Boundaries Commission
Banff Crag and Canyon: “Dr. Keith Archer is getting the opportunity to do what few every will: shape the political landscape of the province. Archer has been named to the Electoral Boundaries Commission, which will make recommendations to divide the province into 87 political ridings, four more than Alberta has right now.”
Archer is director of research at The Banff Centre.
Operatic Vixen seduces through music and sets
Calgary Herald: Bob Clark gives The Cunning Little Vixen 3-1/2 out of 5.
John Murrell finds love in translation
Calgary Herald: “The Banff production of The Cunning Little Vixen marks the premiere of Murrell’s own translation of the composer’s Czech libretto.”
“Rewriting Janacek, when you don’t speak Czech”
The Globe and Mail: “John Murrell had been itching to do an English translation of The Cunning Little Vixen for years. Now the Banff Centre’s given him his chance.”