I Talk Like a River

SPHERE Festival - Storytelling

2022-09-24 10:30 2022-09-24 11:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: I Talk Like a River

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/31921

In-person event

Canadian poet and author, Jordan Scott, will read his children’s book I Talk Like a River. This beautiful personal story describes Scott’s own experience with a stutter as a child, and his acceptance of it by “talking like a river”, since a river is never on a smooth path, but whips, whirls and crashes. Readings in English (10:30am, 1pm)
Readings in French (11am, 1:30pm)

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Canadian Museum of Nature,240 McLeod Street,Ottawa,Canada
September 24, 2022
Canadian Museum of Nature 240 McLeod Street Ottawa Canada
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  • In-person event
  • English
  • Ages 5-12
  • ≈ 30 minutes · No intermission

Canadian poet and author, Jordan Scott, will read his children’s book I Talk Like a River.

This beautiful personal story describes Scott’s own experience with a stutter as a child, and his acceptance of it by “talking like a river”, since a river is never on a smooth path, but whips, whirls and crashes.

Readings in English (10:30am, 1pm)
Readings in French (11am, 1:30pm)

Artists

  • author Jordan Scott