Explore Hintonburg and Wellington West through fiction and poetry
Susan Johnston talks to her group in front of the Chateau Lafayette on Plotlines and Pathways walk, May 2025.
Join Susan for an interactive walk through Hintonburg and Wellington West as we explore some familiar streets and landmarks through works of fiction and poetry. We'll do some readings and/or discuss the choice of setting for selected works, and muse on what the location may be telling us about its meaning.
The following are books we may touch on or read from, and there may be others:
- Amy Tector — The Foulest Things
- Andre Alexis — The Night Piece
- Anita Lahey — Spinning Side Kick, While Supplies Last
- Blaine Marchand — Becoming History: A Life Told Through Poetry
- Brenda Chapman — Cold Mourning, The Success Story in: A Capital Murder
- Charles de Lint — Moonheart, Yarrow
- Diana Brebner — The Golden Lotus
- Jean Van Loon — Bridgehead and Grace’s Luck (in The New Quarterly)
- Katie Tallo — Dark August, Poison Lilies
- Nina Berkhout — The Gallery of Lost Species
- Peggy Blair — Shadow Play
- Rob Mclennan — The Ottawa City Project
- Selim Ulug — The Woman in Red
Note: this is a non-exhaustive list of work referencing, or set in, Hintonburg and Wellington West. There are lots more.
