“Immensely lyrical and moving . . . a powerful display of Cathie Borrie’s talent as a writer.”
Steven Galloway, author of The Cellist of Sarajevo
A beautifully written meditation on memory loss, suffering, hope and love.
Jed Levine, Alzheimer’s Association, NYC
An economy of words and wealth of style that puts the literary into the emerging genre of AlzLit.
Henry Brodaty, Director, Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, Australia
A raw and exquisite dance of two minds . . . a breakthrough of a book.
Lynn Jackson, Diagnosed with early-stage dementia.
A penetrating investigation into the mysteries of the mind and how it recoils and resurrects, revokes and reveals . . . This is a narrative for everyone interested in the mind and how it shapes our perception of “reality” ─in and outside of the dementia experience.
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Speaking
International Speaker
Cathie presents her work at international conferences, voicing a new perspective of hope to the diverse multiplicity of people affected by Alzheimer’s. She is devoted to galvanizing a positive, enlightened change in society’s perception of the experience of dementia, bringing to the fore the wondrous spiritual, emotional and intellectual revelations made possible by a transforming mind. Cathie is honored to serve as a speaker on behalf of all who are impacted by the jagged yet powerfully elucidating journey through memory loss, reflecting in her speaking engagements her deep commitment to sharing the richness that is gained through a changed perspective.
Speaking at The University Of Waterloo, The MAREP Program
PERFORMANCES 2012~
January 10th 7pm. Whistler Public Library and Armchair Books. http://www.whistlerquestion.com/article/20120105/WHISTLER04/301059988/library-hosts-long-hello-author
PERFORMANCES 2011~
June 15th, The Dunbar Library performing selected works from The Long Hello, performed with text, voice and cello.
June 2, 2011 St. Michaels’ Hospital, Toronto. “The Long Hello.”
May 26, 2011 Selected works from The Long Hello, performed with text, voice and cello at The Ferry Building, North Vancouver, BC
March 26, 2011 Alzheimer’s Disease International Guest speaker at A Changing Melody
“You say Goodbye and I Say Hello” http://www.marep.uwaterloo.ca/conferences/index.html
February 26, 2011
Book Signing at nognz brain fitness store in West Vancouver
2010~
October 17 2010
Vancouver Book(s) Launch
Fishworks Restaurant, 91 Lonsdale
32 Books| 604.980.9032
October 15 2010
TWS Reading Series
Take 5 Café 429 Granville Street (at West Hastings)
Vancouver
September 27th
Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Canadian Seniors Mental Health Coalition Conference
Presentation: The Long Hello of Alzheimer’s
Sept 21st, 2010
The Museum of Modern Art, New York City
World Alzheimer’s Day
Presentation and Book Launch
You Say Goodbye and I say Hello
Thursday May 27, 2010
School of Social Work, University of British Columbia
Colloquium Series: Bringing Research to Life
The Long Hello of Alzheimer’s
March 10-13, 2010
25th International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International
The Long HELLO of Alzheimer’s
Thessaloniki, Macedonia- Greece
http://www.adi2010.org
2009
Exhibition: 10-22 September, 2009
Contributing Artist, A Book About Death, An Unbound Book About Death. (ABAD)
The Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery in New York City. ABAD is now part of the MoMA collection and is being shown at various locations around the U.S. http://abookaboutdeatharchive.blogspot.com/
2009
Guest Speaker: The Long Hello of Alzheimer’s
The Murray Alzheimer’s Research & Education Program, University of Waterloo. http://www.marep.uwaterloo.ca/
Memoir Writing and The Long Hello of Alzheimer’s.
The Society for the Arts in Health Care Annual Conference. April 25, 2009. Buffalo, New York.
www.thesah.org/
2007
Speaker: Writing Memoir and Grief Recovery The Inaugural Wellness and Writing Connections Conference. Atlanta, Georgia. http://www.wellnessandwritingconnections.com/
2006
Speaker & Workshop Leader: Mourning Into Dance~Writing as a Means of Knowing, Understanding, and Healing. Alzheimer’s Association, USA. Dementia Care Conference. Atlanta, Georgia. September.
Speaker & Workshop Leader: Mourning Into Dance: Writing as a Means of Knowing, Understanding, Healing. B.C. Hospice Palliative Care Association. Vancouver, May.
Speaker: Mourning Into Dance. The Association of Writers & Writing Programs. Invited Panel presenter on “Writing for the Health of It.” Austin, Texas.
A Time To Mourn and a Time to Dance. American Society on Aging & National Council on the Aging Joint Conference. Anaheim.
Mourning Into Dance. The Society For the Arts in Health Care Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois. April.
2005
Speaker:
The Beautiful Mind inside Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance. The Alzheimer’s Society Of Canada 2005 Annual Conference, Regina.
The Beautiful Mind inside Alzheimer’s and Dementia: A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance. The Alzheimer’s Association (U.S.) Annual Dementia Care Conference, Chicago.
Alzheimer’s: Creative Care Giving Strategies for Survival, Growth, and Beauty. Presented in Workshops scheduled throughout the North & West Vancouver School District Community Learning Program.
Literary Readings & Open Mic
Canada
2005- ongoing & current
• Take 5 Cafe
• The Luminous Word Literary Salon
• 32 Books
• The Vancouver International Writer’s Festival
• The Bellevue Wine Store
• Spartacus Book Store
• Blenz
• Milieu Salon
• Rhizome Cafe
• SFU Alumni Exchange
New York
2009-2010
• Open Mic, The Society for The Arts in Health Care Annual Conference.
• The Literary Writers Conference}NYU (Winner, open Mic Competition)
• The Cornelia Street Cafe Open Mic
