Arts and Humanities Speaker Series

Calgary through the Eyes of Writers

Shaun Hunter is passionate about her hometown of Calgary, and about books and writing.  She has always known that Calgary is much more than its stereotypes of cowboys and oil barons. In 2015, she set out to see if writers had captured the complexities of the city. Her reading project resulted in the book Calgary through the Eyes of Writers, featuring excerpts from over 150 novels, short stories, poems and essays. Her book offers a detailed literary portrait of the city’s history, landscape and identity and shows off the richness and diversity of this place where we all live.

In her slide presentation, Shaun will talk about Calgary’s earliest written literature (1792!); two century-old novels that capture the female experience of the booming pre-First World War city; a provocative sampling of outsiders’ perspectives on the city; and much more.

Prepare to be surprised.

Presenter: Shaun Hunter

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