Friday Special Blend
Friday February 23rd, 2024 with Susan Johnston and Meghan Burns
Drag. Platforming local artists. Small Fish. Books on the Moon. Advice for new writers. Meghan Burns and Michael Blouin join Susan live in studio.

Learn more about local theatre and drag artist Meghan Burns (on Instagram @meghanaglaia), and about their drag persona Morgan Mercury @TheMorganMercury. They also chat about Small Fish Show, local comedy and variety show for and by marginalized artists in Ottawa, happening the last Wednesday of the month at Irene's Pub. Follow @SmallFishShow for more info about upcoming shows, open mics and improv classes. Reading and Discussion with Author Mike Blouin February 28, 2024 at 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Location: Gordon Wood Lounge - 1811 Dunton Tower Contact Email: Collett.Tracey@carleton.ca Michael Blouin has won the ReLit Best Novel in Canada Award twice (2009 and 2020). He has also been shortlisted for the Amazon First Novel Award, the bp Nichol Award, the CBC Literary Award, and is a winner of the Diana Brebner Award and the Lampman Award from ARC Magazine. He has six published books (a seventh, eighth and ninth are contracted) and he is featured in several anthologies. He serves as an adjudicator for The Canada Council for the Arts and The Ontario Arts Council, and has also adjudicated awards for The Ottawa Book Awards, Carleton University and This Magazine and he acts as a mentor for young writers for the ReLit Foundation. His 2019 novel Skin House and his 2022 novel I am Billy the Kid have been included on NASA/Astobotics’ 2024 missions to the moon and the 2024 joint NASA/SpaceX lunar landings respectively.