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January, 2010: The White Space Between VOTED NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY BELLETRISTA, CELEBRATING WOMEN WRITERS AROUND THE WORLD. QUEBEC CITY, THURSDAY FEBRUARY, 4, 12:10 p.m. Ami will read, speak, and show a slide presentation about her lost, extended family on behalf of The White Space Between at Champlain St. Lawrence College (CEGEP) 790 Neree Tremblay, Quebec City. The event will take place in Room 268. A FICTION WORKSHOP FOR YOUNG WRITERS Work intensively with Ami on developing your craft and your own portfolio of storires. Find out how to tap into your richest, deepest material and crack open your stories. Supportive peer critique and Ami's expertise will help you get to the next level in your writing. This workshop is open to Secondary 1, 2, and 3 students from any school. Held at Lower Canada College. Eight Weeks, Thursday afternoons, January 14th-March 4th, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Workshop fee $200, payable to the instructor. REGISTER NOW TO HOLD YOUR PLACE. Read more in the flyer. FRIDAY, MARCH 26TH : AMI WILL BE GUEST AUTHOR. Ami will visit Westwood Senior High School in Hudson as guest author to read and discuss The White Space Between. She will be conducting creative writing workshops with Grade 9 and Grade 10 students.
NEW YORK CITY: Ami will read from The White Space Between at The Writer's
Voice with the New York City novelist Joan Silber. The reading will take place at The West Side Y,
5 West 63rd street U.S. A. The White Space Between is now available in the U.S. Watch this space for upcoming readings and events. 
MONTREAL: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 7:30 P.M. The Jewish Public Library. Ami will present The Paul Trepman Memorial Lecture on behalf of The White Space Between. She will discuss the creative tension between white space and black print, and between silence and speech, when honouring Holocaust Remembrance. Her talk will be illustrated with photographs of her lost, extended family and their home village. A reception and book signing will follow. Jewish Public Library, 5151 Cote Ste-Catherine. For more information, contact http://www.jewishpubliclibrary.org/index.html Ami Sands Brodoff wins the 2009 Canadian Jewish Book Award for The White Space Between: The Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award in Fiction. Ami will attend the awards ceremony in Toronto on May 25th.
MINNEAPOLIS WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 7 p.m. Reading, Talk, and Book Signing at The Sabes Jewish Community Center, 4330 South Cedar Lake Road, Minneapolis, MN. For more information, contact: pmandel@sabesjcc.org
MONTREAL: Ami will teach a short story workshop at The Quebec Writers' Federation this Spring: RE-VISION: SHAPING SHORT STORIES. Contact qwf.org for details and to secure your place. MONTREAL: Friday, April 24, 4-5 p.m. "Readings In the Afternoon" at Blue-Met International Literary Festival. Ami will read from The White Space Between and sign copies of her novel. Delta Centre-Ville Hotel at 777 University Street. Room: Versailles. Check www.bluemetropolis.org/Festival for tickets and details.
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