Shandi Mitchell Reads from Her Novel; The Waiting Hours, in Lunenburg and Halifax, May 6 & 8, 2019.

Join Shandi Mitchell for the release of her new novel, The Waiting Hours, which follows the on-and-off duty lives of three Responders: an ER nurse, a 911 Dispatcher, and a Police Officer.

Author Reading and Book Signings

May 6, 7:00pm

Lunenburg School of the Arts
6 Prince St, Lunenburg, NS

&

May 8, 7:00pm-8:00pm

Paul O'Regan Hall
Halifax Central Library,
5440 Spring Garden Road

Shandi speaks about The Waiting Hours in a short video:

Shandi Mitchell is an author and filmmaker. Her debut novel, Under This Unbroken Sky, was simultaneously published by Penguin Canada, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK), and HarperCollins (US) in August 2009. It sold in nine countries, including translation rights for Chinese, Hebrew, Dutch, and Italian. Under This Unbroken Sky won the 2010 Commonwealth Regional Prize for First Book (Canada/Caribbean), the Thomas Head Raddall Fiction Award, the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, and the 2012 Kobzar Literary Award. It was also longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Mitchell was born in New Brunswick, raised in Alberta, and now makes her home in Nova Scotia.

Shandi Mitchell, filmmaker wins two Film Prices at the 2015 Lunenburg Doc Fest

Shandi Mitchell - Photo credit: Alan MacLeod

Shandi Mitchell's Tell Me won the Best Short Film and the Best Atlantic Short Film prices at the Lunenburg Doc Fest. Tell Me explores a daughter and father relationship. 

In the Lunenburg Doc Fest's press release Shandi states: The Lunenburg Doc Festival has been an exceptional experience of extraordinary people, remarkable stories, and a town with a heart as big as the sea that pulses with art, culture, and heritage. 

Congratulations Shandi!

You can find more about Shandi at http://www.shandimitchell.com/

and more about the Lunenburg Doc Fest
at http://www.lunenburgdocfest.com/

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The Disappeared by filmmaker Shandi Mitchell - Tonight at the Atlantic Film Festival

The Atlantic Film Festival’s Outdoor Film Experience: 

The Disappeared,

Shandi Mitchell www.thedisappearedthefilm.com.

writen and directed by Shandi Mitchell

7:45 PM Tuesday, September 16 

at the Ferry Terminal Park by the Alderney Ferry Terminal in downtown Dartmouth. 

Admission is free and the film is rated 14A for coarse language.

On Tuesday, October 7, The Disappeared on DVD and Bluray on Amazon will be released in select stores across Canada. The Disappeared on DVD and Bluray includes video extras such as director's commentary, French subtitles and English closed captioning and behind the scenes documentaries. To get your copy of The Disappeared ask at your local video store or purchase it directly from the films team at www.thedisappearedthefilm.com.