Hello fellow nasty Canadian friends. The love we have for our country is so impressive to see. Elbows up and all that. What a wonderful day to celebrate.
We never have a sale at Sunworks, but… right this minute I’m thinking what the heck, let’s start off the second half of the year with a Canada Day sale. 10% off all the products in the shop. From 11-4. All you have to do is to tell us you got the newsletter.
It’s the Blaine and Paul show today. Come on down. See all of the products from places Europe and beyond. Try on some new sunglasses from Paris. The boys do their best to make you smile.
Wow, we are so excited. It’s this weekend. Blaine Newton will be joining us for our Avid Reader Event Saturday Evening. He’s the star! Come to the reading, open to the public at 7 p.m. OR if you would like to join for the whole evening, we still have about 5 tickets available. Continue reading for details.
Here’s the line up:
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Scotch (or wine) and fresh made pizza with Chef Max, and witty conversations with Blaine on the Sunworks private patio. (Ticketed) 7:00 – 8:30 Reading and book signing. (FREE) 8:30 – 10:00 Desserts and Giggle water. (Ticketed event continues)
Pizza and scotch go perfectly together, just like words that never seem like they belonged together and then suddenly you’re laughing your ass off.
Chef Terry is bringing down his private pizza oven to cook for the Blaine Newton fans — outside on our Sunworks patio. Paul will be here to give you a finger or maybe two, on ice perhaps. How neat is that? Or if you prefer wine or lemonade. We’ll have that too.
Now to recapitulate.
A few tickets are still available for our June 14th Avid Reader event and social with the author, Blaine Newton. Scotch, hand-made pizza with Chef Max, and conversation with one of Alberta’s wittiest writers. Around every corner is a dark alley where you’ll come face to face with a snappy one-liners. The main reading in the White Gallery and then Giggle Water and desserts to follow… with more conversation.
Tickets are $42 and can be purchased in advance. Simply e-transfer your payment to deposit@sunworks.ca OR drop by Sunworks and make your reservation in person. Please include you name and phone number in the e-transfer so we can reserve your spot at the social, after party, and a guaranteed seat at the reading.
If you want to skip the social and just attend the reading and book signing, it’s open to the public at 7 p.m. in the White Gallery. Pick up your copy today.
Blaine Newton is an award-winning playwright, comedy and short fiction writer, actor and recovering engineer. His recent theatre productions include The Thin Grey Line, Conversations with Cows, The Kyleness of Kyle, Five Stages of Death, and Bravo. His short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies, and featured on CBC and CKUA radio. Rag Pickers, published by University of Calgary Press, is his first collection of short stories.
A sinister note sewn in the lining of a vintage jacket from a second-hand store compels a young woman to make changes in her life. A brother discovers his dying twin has been burying jars of coins in an attempt to create mystery in a neighbourhood. On his 43rd birthday, a man realizes that the critical events of his life occur in years when his age is a prime number. A woman reconfigures her stick figure on the back window of the family minivan in an act of defiance and reinvention.
Rag Pickers is a collection of eighteen short stories that challenge the essential loneliness of the human condition. Blaine Newton writes with wry humour, deep observation, and an off-kilter perspective, bringing his skill as a playwright to crackling dialogue and polished prose. Well-crafted, heartbreaking, and really, really funny, this is a book for anyone who has ever felt alone.
And a final word.
With Father’s Day approaching, the store is fully stocked with all things Dad. We now have a selection of over 99 Secrid Wallets in the shop from Amsterdam. Protect your cards and your ID from hackers.
Sunglasses just arrived from Paris. And we have ALL the new socks. Bodywash. Beard and shaving products. Key organisers. Journals. Pens. Aprons, Umbrellas, Mandles, Jewellery, Firebowls…. and a wide range of things for cooking, gardening, or for a home office.
We look forward to helping you find just the right thing.
