Novel Launch: “Missing the Ark”

by conundrum

A unique voice in Canadian literature, Catherine Kidd is best known for her touring one-woman stage performances.
Joy of joys, her much-anticipated, long-awaited first novel, Missing the Ark hits shelves… now!
Fans, old and new, can join in the celebration of the new arrival at the Montreal launch Friday April 27th at the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival and in Toronto Wednesday May 23rd at THIS IS NOT A READING SERIES at the Gladstone Hotel.
Details below.

Creative flood, Hour, Apr 19, 2007 - Word Queen Catherine Kidd takes takes it two by two on the eve of her first novel launch
Some 10 years in the making, Catherine Kidd’s first novel, Missing the Ark, has just been released by Conundrum Press. Having spent the past two months travelling around South Africa performing, Kidd has arrived back in Montreal just in time for Blue Metropolis, where she will launch her work in style… (continue reading to learn more about South Africa, jet-lag, taxidermy, maladjusted chimps, Canadian gothic, and keepin’ it indie!)

Lost in Gestation, Quill & Quire, April 2007 - Catherine Kidd’s debut novel was a long time coming
The Montreal spoken-word artist Catherine Kidd has developed a cult following over the past 10 years, not only through her live performance-art pieces but through her publishing output as well… Though a traditional prose work may appear to be a new direction for Kidd, it turns out she’s been working on this project longer than on almost any of the others… The long saga began back in 1996, when Patrick Crean, then an editor at the now-defunct Somerville House Books, read and heard the just-released everything I know about love. Impressed, he immediately offered Kidd a contract for a full-length prose work… (Read more about the novel’s journey from stage to page to stage to shelves)

(Check back over the coming weeks, as we will post more reviews and interviews as they are published online).

Montreal:
Catherine Kidd launches Missing the Ark at the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival Friday April 27, at 7pm, DELTA CENTRE-VILLE Hotel, 777, University Street, Square-Victoria metro. Free.
Toronto:
Catherine Kidd launches Missing the Ark at THIS IS NOT A READING SERIES
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St W, Toronto
Wednesday, May 23, 7:30pm-10pm (doors 7pm), free

Missing the Ark is also available for purchase, online, right here on Indyish!

Catherine Kidd is a Montreal-based writer and performer whose whirlwind multimedia creations have wowed Montreal audiences for more than a decade (as those of you who were at the Indyish/Pop Holla Days Party can attest). In recent year, her renown has spread leading to performances at music, spoken word, theatre, and literature festivals across Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Slight but dominating, this ‘goddess of beats’ transfixes with her adult blend of
Dr. Suess and Aesop’s fable. Jay Richardson, The Scotsman (Edinburgh)

Kidd is our city’s newest superstar…this Kidd is pure gold. Matt Radz, Montreal Gazette

Tom Waits dissolved in a lime margarita. - Alan Hindle, Only (Vancouver)

Catherine Kidd’s performance style makes me think of Dr. Seuss meets Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom meets David Suzuki meets Vaudeville meets Patti Smith. Yeah, it is that good. It’s a musical theatre crash course in punk rock zoology. - T.L. Cowan, Calgary Spoken Word Festival