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This Monday night author series is one of the arts festival’s most popular midsummer traditions. Featured non-fiction writers include Katherine Ashenburg, Wayne Johnston, and Rogers Communications Chair of the Literary Journalism program Marni Jackson.

Wayne Johnston

July 7, 8 p.m.
Rolston Recital Hall, Free

Kicking off the series with a talk titled “How Much of This is True?” is the acclaimed novelist and non-fiction writer Wayne Johnston.

Marni Jackson

July 14, 8 p.m.
Rolston Recital Hall, Free

Marni Jackson, Rogers Communications Chair of the Literary Journalism program, presents “Atwood in the Attic (Poets in The Lane): Stories from the early, squirrelly days of Can Lit.”

Program participants

July 21, 8 p.m.
Rolston Recital Hall, Free

Tonight features readings from the authors participating in the 2008 Literary Journalism program.

Katherine Ashenburg

July 28, 8 p.m.
Rolston Recital Hall, Free

Tonight, Katherine Ashenburg presents “The $450,000 Folly: The Sobering Story of a Non-fiction Book.”