Join us as we kickoff the 2023-2024 RP Rebel Readers Bookclub at Rockcliffe Park.  For the first meeting our book is "Children of the Fox" by Kevin Sands.

Click here to place a hold for Children of the Fox for the physical book, eBook or audiobook.

This bookclub is for kids ages 9-12 and will be in English.  Registration is required as space is limited.

For our first meeting on 26 Sept at 3:30PM, bring at least one suggestion of a book to suggest to the group to read.  We will create our list of books for the remaining meetings.  

We will meet once a month, on a Tuesday from 3:30-4:15PM on these dates:

26 Sept, 2023

24 Oct, 2023

28 Nov, 2023

19  Dec, 2023

23 Jan, 2024

20 Feb, 2024

26 Mar, 2024

23 April, 2024

21 May, 2024

June date to be determined

Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere.  This group meets every first Tuesday of the month from September 2023 to June 2024. 

Here is the list of books that will be discussed at each month's meeting.  Click each book titles below to place a hold.

5 September, 2023: Seven Fallen Feathers by Tania Talaga 

3 October, 2023: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult 

7 November, 2023: Jennie's Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood by Wayne Johnston

5 December, 2023: Women Talking by Miriam Toews

2 January, 2024: Red Notice by Bill Browder

6 February, 2024: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

5 March, 2024: A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacIntyre

2 April, 2024: Apeirogon by Colum McCann

May and June picks to be discussed.

This is a drop in program.  All are welcome.  No registration required.

Wendy will present an overview of making inks from local plants, some basic recipes, examples of botanical inks used in her art and Artist Books and references for further exploration.

After the presentation, participants are invited to a Q and A, to try the palette of inks hands-on and to a ‘show and tell’ about her art. 

A handout about using botanical inks on paper and textiles will be provided.

English adult event.  Registration required as space is limited.

About Wendy

Wendy lives in Ottawa in the boreal eco zone. She creates painted, printed and stitched art textiles, papers and artist books on mostly botanical themes.

Her work is inspired by the beautiful landscapes and plant life, both wild and cultivated, of this rugged region of Canada.

"Working with nature as a gardener and as an artist is one of my life’s chief constants and consolations.  My printed and stitched textiles and papers, like scrolls, become botanical records of plants and their environments in every season."

Her basic method is to print and stitch on textiles and papers, embroidering by hand and machine with the intention to build up layers of coloured marks to express feeling and concept with line, colour and texture.

As well as painting marks on substrates with acrylics or natural dyes, she uses eco printing, a monotype process that applies pigments from plants, soils and minerals directly from plants onto natural fibers.

Printing and dyeing with native plants from her garden and foraged from the local environment have become Wendy's special interest.

She has published internationally about eco printing, gives occasional classes and presentations and document all aspects of her art adventures in her blog “Threadborne"

Instagram @wendy_feldberg
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