Previous events

The Edmonton Poetry Festival welcomes internationally-acclaimed poets Shauntay Grant, Ahmed Knowmadic, and Alessandra Naccarato for ALCHEMY, a show that embraces the daring, magical potential that is revealed whenever poetry and music collide.

Shauntay Grant reads from her poetic children's picture books in celebration of National Poetry Month.

Shauntay Grant reads from her children's picture book The Walking Bathroom.

Shauntay Grant reads from her children's picture book The Walking Bathroom.

Join Shauntay Grant for a reading of her new children's picture book "The Walking Bathroom" at Keshen Goodman Library's Halloween Fest.

Book Launch, Author Reading, Activities, & Book Signing.

"The Walking Bathroom" Book Launch, Author Reading, Activities, & Book Signing.

Author Reading & Book Signing

A roundtable presented as part of the 2017 International Research Society for Children's Literature (IRSCL) Congress. Canadian artists discussing how working in their chosen medium and genre has helped balance two, sometimes competing priorities: firstly, to expand assumed audiences for their work, partly to guard against being tokenized; and, secondly, to continue reaching underrepresented, misrepresented, or otherwise marginalized audiences featured in their work. The roundtable hopes to demonstrate why intersections between "the local” and "the global" demand diversifying how we imagine “diversity” when exploring cultures of childhood, children, and youth (Participants: Vivek Shraya, Rukshana Khan, Shauntay Grant, Zetta Elliott; Moderator: Gurbir Jolly)

Artist Talk in connection with Canada: Day 1 exhibition, currently on display at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.

Shauntay Grant will read from her children's picture book "The City Speaks in Drums". All ages welcome.

Presented as part of the Sauvé Fellows Thought Leadership Series, Shauntay Grant combines performance and personal reflection to examine the moments, memories, histories, and social circumstances that have encouraged her creative response through words and music. Rooted in African Nova Scotian history and experience, Grant will share historic and contemporary narratives, and consider the artist’s way of translating observation and experience into art for advocacy and awareness.

Through poetry and stories, Grant explores the influence of quilting and community history on her work.

Shauntay Grant stops by Halifax Central Library's African Heritage Read-In program to share her picture books with children.

2b theatre company presents a work-in-progress showing of Shauntay Grant's new play in development, The Bridge.

Shauntay Grant stops by the Sackville Public Library's "Storytime and Play" program to read from her children's picture books.

Dalhousie Art Gallery is pleased to present Mayann Francis and Shauntay Grant in conversation with Peter Dykhuis, Director of the Dalhousie Art Gallery. Peter will explore with Mayann and Shauntay the historic and modern day significance of textiles concerning their respective curated projects, The Dress: Mayann Francis and the Call to Serve, and Stitched Stories: The Family Quilts.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Shauntay Grant moderates this panel at the Association of Teachers of English of Nova Scotia (ATENS) Conference 2016. Featuring educators Melissa Downey, Tom Henderson, and Rachel Ross-Mantley. Two consecutive sessions beginning at 9am and 10:15 am. Visit the link below for conference details.

http://www.nstu.ca/nstu-members/professional-development/professional-associations/pa-conference-descriptions/atens/

Dalhousie Creative Writing instructors Sue Goyette, Shauntay Grant, Carole Langille, Charlote Mendel, and Emily Pohl-Weary team up to present a reading of their works.

"Stitched Stories: The Family Quilts" is on display at the Dalhousie Art Gallery until November 27. JJoin Shauntay Grant as she invites her grandmother and other family members to consider the themes of the exhibit, and pay tribute to their matriarch (Simmonds) and the life-giving work she performed with her hands. For more information on the exhibit visit http://artgallery.dal.ca/stiched-stories-family-quilts