March 28 - April 1, 2007

Maureen Hull, The View From a Kite (Vagrant Press)

Sunday, April 1, 2007
Lord Nelson Hotel
730PM
with Rebecca Ekler & Alan Cumyn

Maureen Hull was born and raised on Cape Breton Island. She studied at NSCAD, Dalhousie University and the Pictou Fisheries School. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her short story collection, Righteous Living was short- listed for the Danuta Gleed Award, and several of her stories have been read on CBC radio. Her most recent publication is a children's picture book, Rainy Days With Bear.

Her first novel, The View from a Kite, was published by Vagrant Press in 2006. At present she is finishing her second novel, editing a
poetry manuscript, and working on several children's manuscripts. In November 2004, she toured Rainy Days With Bear in the Northwest
Territories as part of the TD Canadian Children' book week Celebrations. Since 1976 she has lived on Pictou Island in the Northumberland Strait.