Calling avid readers, seasonal readers, not-really readers, and everyone in between! From now until September 21, 2024, you have the chance to win a bundle of books by completing the Morrin Centre’s Summer Reading Challenge.
Tour some highlights from the LHSQ collection of books, all while learning about book history and culture in Quebec City.
Join us for a workshop combining some paper folding and writing activities. Together with workshop facilitators from the Morrin Centre team, create unique booklets that can be both read and appreciated as artistic products. Open to all, no previous experience required, all crafts material provided. Bring with you a short text you’ve written or that you wish to use as a quote. During the workshop, you can write the chosen text(s) by hand or glue them in your booklet. Alternatively, you can make booklets for which you will print out texts at home. Register here! This workshop is organized in connection with the 2024 Imagination Writers' Festival. We thank Québec, Ville de littérature UNESCO for its support.
Come hear Miles Wolff, the founding father of Quebec Capitales, present his book There's a Bulldozer on Home Plate: A 50-Year Journey in Minor League Baseball in which he recounts how his experiences lead to the founding of modern independent baseball. Miles Wolff During his 50-year career, Miles Wolff blazed the trail for hundreds of professional baseball teams across North America. Wolff is considered the “Godfather of Independent Baseball” after resurrecting the Northern League as a non-affiliated circuit in 1993. In addition to serving as Commissioner of the American Association from 2006 to 2019, he also served in that role for the Northern League (1993-2002), the Central League (2002-2005), the Northeast League (2003-2004) and the Can-Am League (2005-2018). Wolff is also the former owner of the Durham Bulls, the Quebec Capitales, the Burlington Royals, and ten other minor league, independent, and summer collegiate teams. He is the former publisher and owner of Baseball America, and Total Baseball, the official encyclopedia of Major League Baseball, named him among the top 100 individuals in the history of baseball. Moderator: Hoffman Wolff Register here! To buy the book on Amazon, click here.
