tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12248655287136845862024-03-12T19:21:10.279-04:00Elora Writers FestivalElora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.comBlogger1040125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-57138630458221058042019-02-27T13:10:00.001-05:002019-02-27T13:11:29.188-05:00This is farewell...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">BOOKS & BEER: THE FINALE was a wonderful celebration of 25 years of the Elora Writers Festival: Festival favourite Terry Fallis, generous sponsor Wellington Brewery, a book-loving audience that included past EWF authors, committee members (among them, the Festival's founder, Ailsa Kay) not to mention our loyal fans.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">And to top it off, funds raised for a donation to the Community Resource Centre of North and Centre Wellington's early literacy program. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">As we pack up for the last time, we thank you all for supporting the Elora Writers Festival for the past 25 years!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And more book signing...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MC Dave Beynon chats with Ailsa Kay, the founder of<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>Thank you </b>to our past authors, guests, writing contest entrants and judges, sponsors and supporters, media partners, volunteers and committee members. It's been a wonderful 25-year ride, but we're going for a break now.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Our last words to you are these:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>Please support Canadian authors and books! </b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: , , , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>Please encourage children to read and to write!</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">To friends and supporters of the Elora
Writers Festival,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>For twenty-five years, our annual literary
festival has been a celebration of books, writers and readers.</b> We’ve hosted
hundreds of Canadian authors, listened to them read, schmoozed with them over hors
d’oeuvres – or complete gourmet dinners, in the early days at The Drew House –
and supported them by buying books at our on-site bookstore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Our guests have been introduced to some of
the newest voices on the Canadian literary scene and also had a chance to renew
friendships with some of their favourites, who have returned to share new books
and create new fans.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>But, the arts landscape is an uncertain
place, and after twenty-five years, the Elora Writers Festival has decided to
take a break. </b>It was a tough decision, but necessary, and here’s why.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sponsorship is dwindling, grant support is
unreliable, ticket sales are unpredictable and the costs associated with
hosting the event have led the organizing committee – all volunteers – to
acknowledge that financial viability is out of reach. That’s not fair to our
authors, and it’s not fair to the arts community, which has worked to support
us in the past. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>So, you’re invited to help us celebrate one
more time!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The Elora Writers Festival is wrapping up
its 25-year run with one last literary bash – <b><i>Books & Beer: The Finale</i></b>, to
be held on Tuesday, February 26, 7-9 p.m., in the Irvine Room, the lower
ballroom area at The Granary, part of the newly refurbished Elora Mill in
Elora. (Ticket info coming soon!)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Terry Fallis</b>, probably our most popular
author-presenter ever, will join us to help with the books part of the
festivities. <b>Wellington Brewery </b>joins us once again to look after the beer
part. (A few surprise guests are also in the plans, so stay tuned!) We’ll have
archival material to share as we look back over the history of the little
festival that began 25 years ago as Words By The Water in Elora and wrapped up
last June at the Wellington County Museum and Archives in Aboyne. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Wellington County has a thriving arts
community, including another very successful literary event – our “cousins”
over at the <b>Eden Mills Writers Festival</b>. We know that even though our little
festival is going for a rest, fans of great Canadian writing will continue to
support authors and artists through the many events and organizations in our
community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>See you on Tuesday, February 26, 7-9 p.m.,
at the Irvine Room, The Granary (Elora Mill) for Books & Beer: The Finale!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-56159781519046458772018-05-08T20:44:00.000-04:002018-05-09T11:26:21.299-04:00Festival 2018 is in the books!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The sky outside clouded over, but a little rain didn't matter to those of us gathered inside Aboyne Hall at the Wellington County Museum & Archives as five accomplished Canadian authors - representing a wide spectrum of genres - took over the microphone and treated us to another uplifting afternoon of celebrating books, reading and writing.<br />
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The room was buzzing a little more than usual - some of the youthful writing contest winners joined us for the readings. And why not? We kicked off the program with two voices from the Canadian kidlit scene, one fairly new and one very familiar: Kate Blair (<i>Transferral</i>, <i>Tangled Planet</i>) and Kathy Stinson (<i>The Man With The Violin</i>, <i>Harry and Walter</i>, <i>Red Is Best</i>...)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I had to do a lot of research on what it's like to live on the space<br />
station," says Kate Blair, explaining some of the challenges she faced<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"So I asked Joshua Bell for a few lines about his experience, and<br />
he gave me, um, a bit more than a few lines..." says Kathy Stinson.</td></tr>
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Next up was Indigenous writer, playwright, essayist, humourist - Okay, he does it all! - Drew Hayden Taylor (<i>Motorcycles and Sweetgrass, Take Us To Your Chief)</i>, who made us laugh and made us think, too.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Yes, I'm a special occasion..." says Drew. (Inside joke. You had to be there...)</td></tr>
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At the break, audience members enjoyed snacks courtesy of The Red Door Café in Fergus, and beer from our festival sponsor, <a href="https://www.wellingtonbrewery.ca/">Wellington Brewery</a>. Yes, there was wine, too. And lots, LOTS of chatting, book shopping, book signing and visiting among audience members and authors.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Giller Prize nominee (Michelle Winters) talks it out with a<br />
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We reassembled for the raffle draw (Way to go Bob! He won a collection of signed books from our Festival 2018 authors!) and the presentation of prizes to the winners of our annual writing contest, always a feel-good moment in an afternoon of good feels.<br />
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Many of the Youth and Teen winners were in attendance, and they received hearty congratulations along with their prize money. The first-prize winner in the Open category was Jeremy Luke Hill of Guelph (check out Luke's work at <a href="https://vocamus.net/">Vocamus Press</a> - he's a busy man on the local literary scene!).<br />
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Find the entire list of winners i<a href="http://elorawritersfestival.blogspot.ca/2018/04/announcing-2018-elora-writers-festival.html">n our blog post, here</a>.<br />
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In the second half, Michelle Winters read from her darkly funny 2017 Giller Prize-shortlisted novel, <i>I Am A Truck</i>, and introduced us to Martin, the character who almost took over the story. Also, some head-banging rock and roll...<br />
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Linden MacIntyre, 2012 Giller Prize winner, wrapped up the readings with a passage from his latest novel, <i>The Only Café, </i>a haunting exploration of the effects of conflict on a Lebanese family.<br />
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But that wasn't the end! We assembled the authors at the front of the room for the always entertaining Q&A, in which we heard about the writing process ("It's hard," said Linden MacIntyre), favourite journeys (everything from travelling to Northern Ontario islands to leaving the teenage years behind), and the effects of zero gravity on the human bladder. Yup.<br />
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So the afternoon wrapped up with laughter - and a feeling of time well spent, together, doing what we do year after year: celebrating books, authors, reading and writing.<br />
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Community Resource Centre of North and Centre Wellington</div>
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Elora Arts Council</div>
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Little Tree Garden Market</div>
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The Writers' Union of Canada</div>
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The Grand 101 FM</div>
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Wellington Brewery</div>
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and our hosts at the Wellington County Museum & Archives. Thanks also to Nancy Frater at Booklore in Orangeville for helping us with our book sales.</div>
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Thanks to our fantastic authors - Kate Blair, Kathy Stinson, Drew Hayden Taylor, Michelle Winters and Linden MacIntyre (go buy and read their books, please!).<br />
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And special thanks to our loyal audience, because we could not do this without you. Please stay tuned for news of Books & Beer V (our annual winter-busting event), and next May's Festival 2019!<br />
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(<i>Photos by Dale Mills</i>)<br />
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-71741525563467601962018-04-29T12:00:00.000-04:002018-04-29T12:57:03.614-04:00Announcing the 2018 Elora Writers Festival Writing Contest winners!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Since the deadline for our contest closed
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<span lang="EN-US">Finally, the decisions have been made and here
they are, the winners of the 2018 Elora Writers Festival Writing Contest:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">In
the YOUTH category (age 13 and under)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(Judges: Lisa MacColl, Carey Gallagher and
Kate Blair)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>First Prize</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Trapped in the Darkness</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">by Jonah Doupe (13) of Belwood<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Second Prize </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">by Charlotte Ting (8) of Guelph<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Tears of the Cowboy by Paul Hock</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Joy by Jean-Pierre Forget</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">A Silent Visitor’s Audible Wake by Phil Andrews</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Feedback by Marion Reidel</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">The One by Mary Steer (Mary Taslimi) </span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Donor #0378Q by Cynthia Matthews</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">A Perfect Place in Time by Lisa Washbrook</span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Congratulations to the contest winners, and
a special thank-you to our hard-working judges. Also, we’d like to send a big
shout-out to all the writers who shared their stories with us. Your
enthusiastic response year after year proves that you agree with us
whole-heartedly: Creative writing is important!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Thanks also to our <b>two contest sponsors, The
Community Resource Centre of North and Centre Wellington (Youth category), and
the Elora Arts Council (Teen category)</b>, two organizations that join us in
recognizing the importance of supporting and encouraging young writers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">During the intermission of the 2018 Elora
Writers Festival on Sunday, May 6 (1-4 p.m.), any winners in attendance will
receive their prizes – along with a big round of applause from the Festival
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>And speaking of the Festival authors,
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Drew Hayden Taylor</b> – humour in fiction,
drama and essay from an Indigenous perspective, including <i>Take Me To Your Chief</i>
and the recent Tarragon Theatre production, <i>Cottagers and Indians</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Kathy Stinson</b> – award-winning author of
books for young readers, including <i>The Man With The Violin</i> and the classic <i>Red
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Linden MacIntyre</b> – 2009 Giller Prize winner
and former broadcaster whose journalism background led to his latest novel, <i>The
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<span style="background: white; color: black;">Please join us! You can order tickets online through
the Theatre on the Grand box office (find the <a href="http://bit.ly/2Ia4Rd6">link to their ticketingwebsite, here</a>). You can also purchase tickets at the Fergus Grand Theatre box
office or at the door (Aboyne Hall, Wellington Country Museum & Archives).</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">See this group of people? That’s us, your
Elora Writers Festival organizing committee, hard at work preparing for
Festival 2018 – and that includes our annual writing contest (deadline in
March), and our fourth annual literary escape from winter, Books & Beer (in
February).</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working hard! Or perhaps Francis and Jean are arguing while Dave and Roxanne<br />
enjoy the show? In any case, we are a fun, hard-working committee, and<br />
we love supporting authors and their work!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">We invite you into our planning session!
Come on in and sit down. There’s a lot going on, but in brief, let us share
with you ten things you need to know:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">1. <b>Festival 2018 will take place on Sunday,
May 6</b>, 1-4 p.m. in Aboyne Hall at the <a href="https://www.wellington.ca/en/museum-and-archives.aspx">Wellington County Museum & Archives.</a>
Tickets ($25) are available online from the Fergus Grand Theatre here</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2Ia4Rd6" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://bit.ly/2Ia4Rd6</a> Or drop in at the theatre box office, <span style="font-size: 12pt;">244 St. Andrew St. W. in Fergus. You can also reserve by calling Festival headquarters (aka Roxanne Beale) </span><span style="font-size: small;">at <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">519-831-4391, or email <a href="mailto:elorawritersfestival@gmail.com">elorawritersfestival@gmail.com</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">2. Our Festival 2018 authors are
<b>award-winners, award-nominees, multi-talented and literary-genre-bending</b>, and
you get to hang out with them during the afternoon. There will be books, there
will be snacks, there will be beer from our wonderful sponsor, <b>Wellington
Brewery</b>, and there will be these five fantastic authors, too… (read on).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The room is ready for our five Festival 2018 authors (l-r): Kathy Stinson,<br />
Drew Hayden Taylor, Kate Blair, Linden MacIntyre and Michelle Winters</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">3. <b><a href="https://kathystinson.com/">Kathy Stinson</a></b> writes books for kids of
all ages. One of her standout picture books is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Man With the Violin</i>, which tells the story of classical
violinist Joshua Bell’s subway experiment, in which he played his violin at a
busy Washington, D.C., subway station and the crowds mostly passed him by –
except for the children, who wanted to stop and listen.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">4. <a href="http://www.drewhaydentaylor.com/"><b>Drew Hayden Taylor</b> </a>used his background
growing up in the Curve Lake First Nation to become an award-winning
playwright, author, columnist, film maker and lecturer. His most recent
collection, <i>Take Us To Your Chief</i>, is (in his words) “a collection of
archetypal science-fiction stories reinvented with a contemporary First Nations
outlook”. Yup. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">5. <b><a href="http://kateblair.com/">Kate Blair</a></b> writes for Young Adult
readers, and calls herself a “speculative fiction geek, ex-pat, ex-clown and
ex-museum curator.” She grew up on a tiny island in the UK and moved to Canada
in 2008. Her latest novel is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tangled
Planet</i>. She’s on Twitter as @curledupkate and recently tweeted this about a
visit “home”: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">6. <b><a href="https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/authors/98927/linden-macintyre">Linden MacIntyre</a></b> is a past Giller-prize
winner, a veteran broadcast journalist with a pile of Gemini awards, and a
returnee to our festival, this time with his latest novel, The Only Café, in
which he draws on his journalistic background to tell the story of a man trying
to find out what led to the death of his father.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">7. <b>Michelle Winters</b> is a multi-talented
artist – a painter as well as a writer – and her novel, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I Am a Truck</i>, was on the short list for the 2017 Giller Prize.
Originally from Saint John, New Brunswick, she now lives in Toronto, where she
works as a translator. Check out some of her paintings, here: <a href="https://www.michellewinters.ca/paintings.html">Michelle Winters, Paintings</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">8. <b><a href="https://terryfallis.com/">Terry Fallis</a></b> was our featured author at
the fourth annual Books & Beer, held on Tuesday, February 27, 7-9 p.m.,
at The Red Door Café, a warm and welcoming space at the back of The Fountainhead
Health Store in Fergus overlooking the Grand River. What can we say about
Terry? He was awesome! Here's a look back at a memorable evening - and thanks, Terry, for supporting our festival! <a href="http://elorawritersfestival.blogspot.ca/2018/02/books-beer-iv-books-beer-and-laughs.html">Books & Beer IV: Books, Beer - and Laughs!</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">9. Festival 2018 is a wonderful event, of
course, but one of the highlights of the day is the announcement and
presentation of awards to winners of <b>our annual writing contest</b>. The March 2nd
deadline has come and gone, and the judges are busy choosing this year's winners.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">10. <b>One final thought</b>: Festival 2018 is
going to be fantastic. It always is. Plan to be there!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Questions? Looking for more information?
Please feel free to email us at <b><a href="mailto:elorawritersfestival@gmail.com">elorawritersfestival@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></a></b></span></div>
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-88257605922670599752018-02-28T14:11:00.002-05:002018-02-28T16:27:57.498-05:00Books & Beer IV: Books, beer - and laughs!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well, what did you expect? After all, we were pretty sure - speaking from experience (three appearances at our festival, just saying...!) - that we could count onTerry Fallis to bring his writerly wit and wisdom to our fourth annual Books & Beer evening in support of the Elora Writers Festival.<br />
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We gathered at <a href="http://thefountainheadhealthstore.com/">The Red Door Restaurant in The Fountain Head Health Food Store</a> in Fergus after a day of sunshine and breezes. No ice storms and scary driving this year (we see you, <a href="http://elorawritersfestival.blogspot.ca/2017/02/our-third-annual-books-beer-we-laughed.html">Books & Beer III</a>), and that meant lots of book-lovers coming through the door to join us at the café's cozy tables for a decidedly party atmosphere.</div>
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Thanks to our wonderful sponsor, <a href="https://www.wellingtonbrewery.ca/">Wellington Brewery</a>, we had our bar set up, managed by our own Roxanne Beale, who doubled - or rather, tripled - as bookseller and raffle ticket seller as well!</div>
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We kicked off with something new for our Books & Beer program: a slide show in which Terry explained the background of his latest novel, <i><a href="https://terryfallis.com/one-brother-shy/">One Brother Shy</a></i>. Secrets were revealed (about Terry, not about the plot), tales were told, names were dropped!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The audience was enthralled! Er, when they weren't laughing out loud, that is...</td></tr>
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<i>One Brother Shy</i> is a story of twins. Guess who knows ALL about being a twin? Yup, that's a classic school photo showing little Terry and his twin brother, Tim.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Not the same colour, but those shirts were definitely bought together..."</td></tr>
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<i>One Brother Shy</i> also delves into the hockey world. Guess who played hockey as a kid? And, guess who was on their minor hockey team in Toronto? Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, back row. (Audible gasps heard around the room!)<br />
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"He played right wing," we were told. "Just imagine what the path of Canadian politics would have been if he'd played centre. Or..." (wait for it...) "LEFT WING!"</div>
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Intermission arrived, with a chance to schmooze, refill the beer glasses and enjoy some of the tasty treats supplied by Nathalie of The Red Door Café.</div>
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We kicked off the second half with the drawing of the winning raffle ticket by Terry, assisted by MC Dave Beynon.</div>
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And then it was time for our favourite part of any Elora Writers Festival author event - being read to. We settled in for a session with <i>One Brother Shy</i>.</div>
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Thanks, Terry! Thanks, Nathalie at the Red Door Restaurant! Thanks, Wellington Brewery! Thanks to all who came out to support books, authors, reading and creative writing in our Elora Writers Festival community and beyond. See you next year!</div>
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And of course, let's not forget that our next big event is <a href="http://elorawritersfestival.blogspot.ca/2018/01/10-things-you-need-to-know-about.html">Festival 2018, on Sunday, May 6, 1-4 p.m</a>., at Aboyne Hall, Wellington County Museum and Archives, with authors Linden MacIntyre, Michelle Winters, Kathy Stinson, Kate Blair and Drew Hayden Taylor. </div>
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And one last thing: WRITING CONTEST DEADLINE IS MARCH 2 (for postmarked entries. Or local writers can drop submissions at Roxanne's Reflections in Fergus). Need more details? Check out the<a href="http://elorawritersfestival.blogspot.ca/2017/10/our-annual-ewf-writing-contest-is-now.html"> contest information here.</a></div>
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Want to re-visit our past Books & Beer events? Dive in!</div>
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<a href="http://elorawritersfestival.blogspot.ca/2015/01/books-beer-yup-this-happened.html"><br /></a></div>
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<a href="http://elorawritersfestival.blogspot.ca/2015/01/books-beer-yup-this-happened.html">Books & Beer I: Brad Smith</a></div>
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<a href="http://elorawritersfestival.blogspot.ca/2016/01/books-beer-ii-is-in-books.html">Books & Beer II: J.M. Frey</a></div>
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<a href="http://elorawritersfestival.blogspot.ca/2017/02/our-third-annual-books-beer-we-laughed.html">Books & Beer III: Rio Youers</a></div>
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-85038949906176015022017-10-23T11:37:00.002-04:002017-10-23T11:37:19.404-04:00Our annual EWF Writing Contest is now open for entries!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-9207621316187803712017-05-29T22:51:00.001-04:002017-05-30T21:34:31.164-04:00Festival 2017 Wrap-up: Another great day!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Festival 2017 was another afternoon of eclectic, entertaining, though-provoking stories and readings from five uniquely talented authors.<br />
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Kicking things off, Brad Smith read from his latest <i>country-noir</i> thriller, <i>Hearts of Stone, </i>and he left the audience wanting more.<br />
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Mary Ann Mulhern read from her collection, <i>How We Fare</i>, poems about the challenges of how we react to - and deal with - the tragedies and triumphs encountered in the news.<br />
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Andrew Westoll shared the amazing story of encountering an online video from the jungle - featuring himself! - and read from his novel, <i>The Jungle Under the Mountain.</i><br />
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Time for a break! The intermission brought delicious snacks (thanks, Fountainhead in Fergus!), and refreshments (where would we be without Wellington Brewery?), as well as opportunities for shopping at the bookstore, mingling with the authors and enjoying a sunny respite in the Victorian Garden just steps from Aboyne Hall.<br />
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Let's let EWF Writing Contest judges (and Kidlit authors) Lisa Dalrymple and Kira Vermond show us the way:<br />
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Yes, it's hard to resist the lure of a new book. Or a few new books...!<br />
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Lisa, Kira and author Adrienne Kress had a chance to swap insider writing tips with the first-prize winner of the Youth category in EWF's annual writing contest. Sunshine, beverages, a quartet of writers. Does it get any better?<br />
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Well, actually, yes it does! At the start of the second half, prizes were presented to some of the writing contest winners in attendance. And then it was back to the action. Oh yes. There was action!<br />
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Kids' author (and actress) Adrienne Kress kept things, um, moving as she read from her latest book, <i>The Explorers.</i><br />
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<span id="goog_1551732716"></span><span id="goog_1551732717"></span>And local Elora author Rio Youers read from <i>Westlake Soul, </i>taking us inside the head of a wheelchair-bound surfing dude with a super-psyche - and we bought in, completely! He followed that up with a sweet moment from his latest novel, <i>The Forgotten Girl</i>.<br />
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But we weren't done yet. Time to put the authors on the hot seat for an interactive Question & Answer session.<br />
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Chief Inquisitor Dave Beynon (of the EWF Organizing Committee) prompted our five authors to talk about the writing process, the joys (and horrors) and seeing your work on film, and why it's necessary to "kill your darlings."<br />
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So as Festival 2017 came to an end, we wrapped things up with a moment captured in the Victorian Garden: our five Canadian authors and their books.<br />
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The Organizing Committee saw everyone out the door and got to work packing up the book shop, the chairs, the food, the posters...<br />
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And as another successful Festival became a memory, someone was heard to say:<br />
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Stay tuned! We'll have news about Festival 2018 soon!<br />
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<i><b>We couldn't do this without the ongoing support of our wonderful sponsors:</b></i><br />
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<i>Wellington Brewery</i><br />
<i>Centre Wellington Community Foundation</i><br />
<i>Roxanne's Reflections Book & Card Shop</i><br />
<i>Community Resource Centre of North & Centre Wellington</i><br />
<i>The Elora Arts Council</i><br />
<i>The Writers' Union of Canada</i><br />
<i>Little Tree Garden Market</i><br />
<i>The Wellington Advertiser</i><br />
<i>The Grand 101.1</i><br />
<i>Centre Wellington Tourism</i><br />
<i>Wellington Country Museum & Archives</i><br />
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-72251832486230849382017-05-21T12:00:00.000-04:002017-05-24T16:36:12.286-04:00Announcing the 2017 Elora Writers’ Festival Writing Contest winners!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">Juliet Zimmerman, age 12, of Eden Mills for
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<span lang="EN-US">Becca Swan, age 13, of Fergus for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Forest<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Maria O’Dwyer, age 13, of Wellington North
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">The
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">One Cold Day</i> by Jonah Doupe, 12,
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Finding Home</i> by Angela Pincivero, 12,
Guelph<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fears, Maves, Tidal Waves</i> by Miret
Morgan, 11, Kitchener<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Letter Mistake</i> by Makenna Law, 9,
Fergus<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Snowman Revolution</i> by Ian David
Gallagher, 10, Maryhill<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Candice Rubie, age 17 of Waterloo for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">7 Minutes<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Eric Bernhardt, age 19 of Burlington for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Game<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Nora de Vos, age 14 of Guelph for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Chase<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">The
One</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> by Michael Fuchka, 15, Kitchener<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Crash </i>by Hunter DeLay, 14,
Kitchener<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">As Quiescent as Her</i> by Sydney
Lacroix, 15, Palmerston<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In Sickness and In Health</i> by Cate
Newman, 16, Waterloo<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Horrific Terrors: A 9/11 Story</i> by
Jiya Gangwani, 14, Kitchener<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DIEt</i> by Jiya Gangwani, 14, Kitchener<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Trapped in the Future</i> by Manuela
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<span lang="EN-US">Tammy Gilbert, of London, for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Late Spring</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Anastasia McEwen, of Fergus, for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Chicken Says “Cluck”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Mary Steer, of Waterdown, for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This is not a short story<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Pain
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Cold Beer to Remember</i> by Phil
Andrews, Guelph<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Goodbye Stranger</i> by Kim Murray,
Toronto<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Shared Moment</i> by Jean-Pierre
Forget, Mount Forest<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Arrival of the Strange Men: A First
Nations Oral Narrative</i> by Manuela Morgan, Kitchener<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tiputini</i> by Andrew Lee, Hamilton<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">One Last Time</i> by Linda Wowk, Edmonton<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Keepsakes</i> by Katrine Raymond,
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Canada 150 Essay: My Canadian Moment</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>I will remember</i> by Marilyn Helmer, Belwood</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><i>Two Official Languages and One Gigantic Mud Puddle</i> by Lynda Golletz, Elora</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><i>Up in the Air</i> by Jockie Loomer-Kruger, Kitchener</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Congratulations to the contest winners, and
a special thank-you to our hard-working judges. We'd also like to send a big
shout-out to all the writers who shared their stories and essays with us. Your
enthusiastic response year after year proves that you agree with us
whole-heartedly: Creative writing is important!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Thanks also to our two sponsors, <b>The
Community Resource Centre of North and Centre Wellington</b> (Youth category), and
the <b>Elora Arts Council</b> (Teen category), two organizations which join us in
recognizing the importance of supporting and encouraging young writers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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receive their prizes – along with a big round of applause from the Festival
audience and authors. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Brad Smith</b> – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hearts of Stone</i> (another country-noir thriller featuring Carl
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<span style="background: white; color: black;">Please join us! You can reserve and pick up
tickets at Roxanne's Reflections Book and Card Shop in Fergus (Phone
519-843-4391) or by ordering online through the Theatre on the Grand box office
(find the link to their ticketing website here: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2nIAQK2" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://bit.ly/2nIAQK2</a>)</div>
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-46671403989490475292017-05-05T16:23:00.000-04:002017-05-05T16:23:55.856-04:00This is it! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-62490273012803150712017-04-26T16:17:00.005-04:002017-04-26T16:17:48.499-04:00Everything you need to know about tickets to Festival 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The 2017 Elora Writers' Festival is just around the corner and tickets ($25) are now available. Here's everything you need to know to be part of the action on Sunday, May 28, 1-4 p.m:<br />
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<b>Pay a visit to Roxanne - or give her a call:</b><br />
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Visit<b> </b>Roxanne's Reflections Book & Card Shop, 152 St. Andrew St. West in Fergus to purchase your tickets. Or call<b> </b>Roxanne at 519-843-4391 to reserve your tickets, which can be picked up at the store or will be waiting for you at the front door of Aboyne Hall, Wellington County Museum & Archives on the day of the festival, whatever works for you.<br />
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<b>Order Online from our partners at The Fergus Grand Theatre:</b><br />
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Easy, easy, easy. Follow this link to the ticket-ordering page:<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2nIAQK2">Fergus Grand Theatre - 2017 Elora Writers' Festival</a><br />
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<b>Show up at the door of Aboyne Hall, Wellington County Museum & Archives on Sunday, May 28 at about 12:45 p.m.:</b><br />
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Walk up to our ticket table, pull out $25, take your ticket and walk right in!<br />
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Your ticket entitles you to an afternoon of readings and a crowd-pleasing Q&A with this year's authors, Rio Youers, Andrew Westoll, Adrienne Kress, Brad Smith and Mary Ann Mulhern.<br />
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Oh yes, and there's one beer (thanks to our sponsors, Wellington Brewery) and nibbles (supplied by local Fergus eatery, The Fountainhead), and books to buy at our mini-bookstore, authors to chat with and a room full of like-minded book-lovers to meet.<br />
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All you need is a ticket, and that's easy!<br />
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<i>More info about our line-up, here: <a href="http://elorawritersfestival.blogspot.ca/2016/11/festival-2017-line-up-yes-were-ready_3.html">Festival 2017.</a></i></div>
Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-6240682950258631682017-04-23T15:38:00.000-04:002017-04-26T16:19:09.102-04:00Festival 2017 Line-up: Yes, we’re ready!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">We’ve
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great Canadian writing on Sunday, May 28 at Aboyne Hall, Wellington County Museum & Archives. </span></div>
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our neighbourhood, whose new book, <i>The Forgotten Girl</i>, will appear shortly
after our festival. Expect a preview! And if you want to see more of Rio’s
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Dress</i>, was inspired by her life in the convent, and now, no longer a nun, she
tackles some of life’s difficult questions in her writing. Here’s a short video
that offers insight into Mary Ann and her poetry:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "cambria";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Brad Smith</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> returns to Elora with
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first in the Carl Burns series, <i>Rough Justice</i>, hit the stands last February,
and the next installment will arrive in February 2017, just in time for us to
get reading and ready for his second appearance at our Festival. (And some of
you may remember him from our first Books & Beer too, photo above, with Q&A guru, Dave Beynon… )</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Read about Brad’s background here: </span></span></div>
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<i>The Riverbones</i>, as well as the memoir <i>The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary.</i> Now he’s
turned to fiction with <i>The Jungle South of the Mountain</i>. Yes, there will be
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>There you have it – the
line-up of authors for Festival 2017. Mark your calendars for Sunday, May 28
and stay tuned for more info about our festival and writing contest.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-38156036531154890862017-02-08T12:18:00.002-05:002017-02-08T14:58:17.096-05:00Our third annual Books & Beer: We laughed, we cried, we drank beer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So, let's set the scene...<br />
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<i>It was a dark and stormy night.</i><br />
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No, really! It was!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wet, freezing rain, but saw only one vehicle in ditch, so that's ok, right?</td></tr>
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So February 7th kicked off with freezing rain warnings, school buses cancelled, scary Road Conditions maps from Environment Canada.<br />
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Did that stop us? It did not!<br />
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The third annual Books & Beer, sponsored by Roxanne's Reflections Book and Card Shop (books) and Wellington Brewery (beer) went ahead as planned, and it proved itself small but mighty, just like our Elora Writers' Festival.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Schmoozing among the books, sipping beer, ignoring the weather and<br />
anticipating an evening with author Rio Youers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No words required. Except, maybe - "AWESOME"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And we're off! MC Dave Beynon, who really isn't as menacing as he <br />
appears here, starts things off with a Q&A</td></tr>
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Author Rio Youers, whose upcoming novel <i>The Forgotten Girl</i> will be available on June 13th, spoke to us about his writing journey, unicorns, sleeping/waking children, graphic novels and adventures with editors. We laughed (unicorns --- you had to be there). We cried (from laughter. See previous). And we drank beer.<br />
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In short, we enjoyed every minute. Take a look!<br />
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Rio read to us from two of his novels - <i>Westlake Soul</i> and <i>The Forgotten Girl</i>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rio reading from his novel <i>Westlake Soul.</i> If you don't know what love is,<br />
you need to read this book.</td></tr>
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Rio, his wife, Emily, and friends hanging out between readings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We worked him hard, so yes, he needed to rehydrate.</td></tr>
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This year's raffle prize (and thanks for buying a ticket, everyone) was a gorgeous pen and ink drawing by EWF committee member and artist/writer Francis Baker. But before we made the draw, we put Rio on the spot and had him come up with a story inspired by this work of art.<br />
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"I make up a story to tell my son every night before bed," he told us, and proceeded to quiet the room with a tale of a girl, and a red sky, and the mountains, and an umbrella to keep her safe.<br />
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Shivers. Magic.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A master storyteller at work. And that's no joke.</td></tr>
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When the evening came to a close, Rio signed some books and chatted to audience members. We all enjoyed a few more sips of Wellington Brew and shared a few more stories.<br />
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Then we all headed out into the wet night - smiling!<br />
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Another terrific Books & Beer is in the can (did you see what I did there?) and you can be sure we'll be back next year, freezing rain or not.<br />
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Thanks Rio! Thanks Dave Beynon, EWF committee member and MC extraordinaire. Thanks <a href="http://www.roxannesreflections.ca/">Roxanne Beale</a> for making your bookstore our home. Thanks Francis Baker for contributing your exquisite drawing to our raffle. Thanks <a href="http://www.wellingtonbrewery.ca/">Wellington Brewery</a> for your continued support. Thanks everyone for coming out (especially you, Chris from Cambridge!), and be sure to stay tuned for news of Festival 2017, coming to Aboyne Hall, Wellington Country Museum and Archives, on Sunday, May 28.<br />
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Check out our authors, here: <a href="http://elorawritersfestival.blogspot.ca/2016/11/festival-2017-line-up-yes-were-ready_3.html">Festival 2017 Line-up: Yes We're Ready!</a><br />
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And don't forget our annual writing contest! Details here: <a href="http://elorawritersfestival.blogspot.ca/2017/01/grab-your-pens-pencils-and-keyboards.html">Grab Your Pens and Pencils and Keyboards!</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Festival 2017 authors: Brad Smith, Mary Ann Mulhern, <br />
Adrienne Kress, Andrew Westoll and Rio Youers</td></tr>
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-72088270479483172502017-02-01T11:54:00.000-05:002017-05-05T16:26:25.706-04:00Books & Beer 3: What you need to know!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">Yes, <b>Books & Beer 3</b> is just a month away. (You knew that already, right?) Just in case you're still wondering what this unique winter-busting party is all about - the official release is included below. Everything you need to know, in detail. Want the highlights? Okay, here you go:</span></div>
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<li><b>Elora author Rio Youers</b>! Boom.</li>
<li>Tuesday, February 7, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Roxanne's Reflections Book & Card Shop in Fergus</li>
<li>Tickets available from the store ahead of time and at the door - but be warned: space is limited</li>
<li>Yes, you will be surrounded by <b>books</b>. And yes there will be <b>beer</b>, thanks to the ongoing and very appreciated sponsorship of <a href="http://www.wellingtonbrewery.ca/">Wellington Brewery</a>. (And we'll provide some snacks too.)</li>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Meet local author Rio Youers at Books and
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<span lang="EN-US">The Elora Writers’ Festival presents an
intimate evening with a local author in the festival’s third Books and Beer
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<span lang="EN-US">Books and Beer 3 features Elora’s Rio
Youers, author of <i>End Times </i>and <i>Hollow Point</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The event runs Tuesday, Feb. 7 starting at
7 p.m. at Roxanne’s Reflections Book and Card Shop in downtown Fergus. Tickets
are $15 and include an author reading, question and answer period, snacks and
beer, the latter sponsored by Wellington Brewery. Tickets are available in
advance or at the door — space is limited.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A British Fantasy Award nominee, Youers has
had short fiction published in many notable anthologies, and his novel, <i>Westlake
Soul</i>, was nominated for Canada’s prestigious Sunburst Award. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">He has been favourably reviewed in such
venues as Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, and The National Post. His new novel, <i>The
Forgotten Girl</i>, will be released by MacMillan/Thomas Dunne Books in June, 2017.
He lives in Elora with his wife Emily and their children, Lily and Charlie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Books and Beer was created in 2015 by
Writers’ Festival committee member Jean Mills as a fundraiser for the festival,
and featured rural noir author Brad Smith.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“It was a successful fundraiser for the
2015 Elora Writers’ Festival and brought literature and libations to a cold
January evening,” committee member Dave Beynon says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The second, 2016 event featured Fergus
author J.M. Frey, whose fantasy novel <i>The Untold Tale</i>, the first volume in The
Accidental Turn series, had just been released.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">About 30 people enjoyed readings from <i>The
Untold Tale</i> as well as a question and answer session, refreshments, and a
chance to bid on a steampunk lamp by D.W. Mills — which Frey created an
impromptu story about on the spot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“The people who’ve come out to these events
enjoy the intimacy of the venue and the opportunity to interact with the
writers,” Beynon says. “The readings and Q and A session stimulate lively
conversation among the attendees — and of course there’s beer as well.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Books and Beer 3 also includes a book
signing, time for conversation, and a raffle for an original ballpoint pen
drawing by committee member and artist Francis Baker, and information about the
Elora Writers’ Festival later in the year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Held at Aboyne Hall at the Wellington
County Museum and Archives on Sunday, May 28 from 1 to 5 p.m., the 2017 Elora
Writers’ Festival features Youers, Andrew Westoll (<i>The Chimps of Fauna
Sanctuary</i>), poet Mary Ann Mulhern, young adult and children’s author Adrienne
Kress, and mystery/thriller author Brad Smith.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We heard that you needed a bit more time to get those stories and Canada 150 essays ready, and we're good with that. So here you go: the EWF Writing Contest deadline has been extended to:<br />
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<b>Tuesday, April 18, 2017</b><br />
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Go. Now! You have more time!<br />
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Get those stories and essays polished and mailed to us. And if you're in the neighbourhood, feel free to drop your entries at Roxanne's Reflections Book & Card Shop, 152 St. Andrew St. W, in Fergus.<br />
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Need more information about the contest? Here's everything you need to know:<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">1. Adult: Age 20+ (Entry fee $15; Prizes $200, $150, $100)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">2. Teen*: Age 14-19 (Prizes $200, $150, $100)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">3. Youth*: Age 13 and under (Prizes $150, $100, $50)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">*Open to young writers who reside in Wellington, Waterloo, Dufferin, Halton and Hamilton-Wentworth counties/regions.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Theme</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Open – just tell us a great story</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Special Canada 150 Essay Category</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">:</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation, write a personal essay of 1,000 words maximum on the topic “My Canadian moment.” Open to all age groups, residents of Wellington, Waterloo, Dufferin, Halton and Hamilton-Wentworth counties/regions. Winners will be judged on content and theme. No entry fee.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Deadline</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Postmarked by <b>TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2017</b></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Title Page</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Category; Title of story; Writer's name, address, email address (Youth and Teen writers may use parent or teacher contact information); Include age for Teen and Youth writers.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Entry</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Double-spaced; Writer's name on title page only; $15 entry fee for Adult category only (Please make out cheques to <b>Elora Arts Council</b>)</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Send to</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: EWF Writing Competition, c/o Elora Arts Council, Box 3084, Elora ON N0B 1S0</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Winners</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Announced 12 p.m. ET, Sunday, May 21, 2017 on the Elora Writers' Festival blogsite</span></div>
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-66118930464075349242017-01-16T17:12:00.000-05:002017-01-16T17:27:14.823-05:00Grab your pens, pencils and keyboards! Our 2017 EWF Writing Contest is launched!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Original, unpublished fiction stories in the following categories/age groups:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b><i>Youth</i></b>: Age 13 and under, 1,000 words maximum, open to residents of Wellington, Waterloo, Dufferin, Halton and Hamilton-Wentworth counties/regions, no entry fee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">residents, $15 entry fee. Prizes of $200, $150 and $100. (Stories submitted to the Open category cannot also be submitted to Youth or Teen categories.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation, write a personal essay of 1,000</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">On a separate title page, include category, story title, writer’s name, address, email (Youth and </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Teen writers may use parent or teacher email for contact information).</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">On the first page of the story include the title.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Title and page number should be on following pages.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">EWF Writing Contest, c/o Elora Arts Council, Box 3084, Elora ON N0B 1S0.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Winners will be announced at noon on Sunday, May 21 on the Elora Writers’ Festival blogsite:</span></div>
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-39813090778198016282016-11-03T15:38:00.000-04:002016-11-03T15:38:00.241-04:00Festival 2017 Line-up: Yes, we’re ready!<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "cambria";"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Adrienne Kress</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> has a
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our neighbourhood, whose new book, <i>The Forgotten Girl</i>, will appear shortly
after our festival. Expect a preview! And if you want to see more of Rio’s
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to our line-up, with Windsor’s </span><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mary Ann Mulhern</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. Her first collection, <i>The Red
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tackles some of life’s difficult questions in her writing. Here’s a short video
that offers insight into Mary Ann and her poetry:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "cambria";"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Brad Smith</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> returns to Elora with
more of his country-noir good-guys-vs-bad-guys thrillers. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
first in the Carl Burns series, <i>Rough Justice</i>, hit the stands last February,
and the next instalment will arrive in February 2017, just in time for us to
get reading and ready for his second appearance at our Festival. (And some of
you may remember him from our first Books & Beer too, photo above, with Q&A guru, Dave Beynon… )</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Read about Brad’s background here: </span></span></div>
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list, </span><b><span style="font-size: large;">Andrew Westoll</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> – another returnee, because he wowed us in 2013 (see photo, above. That's Andrew, far left) – brings
his first novel to share. Remember Andrew? He’s the author of the award-winning
<i>The Riverbones</i>, as well as the memoir <i>The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary.</i> Now he’s
turned to fiction with <i>The Jungle South of the Mountain</i>. Yes, there will be
primates. Can’t wait!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>There you have it – the
line-up of authors for Festival 2017. Mark your calendars for Sunday, May 28
and stay tuned for more info about our festival and writing contest.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-50007107958106212302016-09-10T10:03:00.000-04:002016-09-10T10:03:44.802-04:00Douglas Gibson: You liked him so much, we've invited him back!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hey, remember this?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Douglas Gibson at Festival 2016 (Photo by Francis Baker)</td></tr>
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Yes, that's publishing veteran and author Douglas Gibson at Festival 2016, sharing his stories of Canadian authors - from inside the trenches of CanLit. He made us laugh, drew a few exclamations of<br />
"aahhhh" (translation: "I did not know THAT!") from the audience, and mingled easily with everyone in attendance. Like this:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> "Best wishes, Doug Gibson..."</td></tr>
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We only heard a few short anecdotes that day (and they were awesome), but Doug has tons more, and he's going to share them with us on Saturday, October 1, 8 p.m., at the Fergus Grand Theatre (244 St. Andrew St. W. in Fergus, Ontario), in an evening of literary fun presented by partners <b>Elora Writers' Festival</b> and <a href="http://www.roxannesreflections.ca/"><b>Roxanne's Reflections Book & Card Shop</b>.</a><br />
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Here are the details:<br />
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<b>Click <a href="http://bit.ly/2c9uqPG">HERE</a> for tickets.</b><br />
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Saturday, October 1, 8 p.m. at the Fergus Grand Theatre - see you there!<br />
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<i>Stay tuned for details about Festival 2017, Sunday, May 28 at Aboyne Hall, Wellington County Museum and Archives.</i><br />
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-64843282544528757712016-05-30T15:42:00.000-04:002016-05-30T16:18:58.434-04:00Festival 2016: Five terrific authors and a full house - a fantastic day!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Weather Fairies woke up in a bad mood on May 29 - Festival day! - but no one was daunted. Not our five wonderful authors - J.M. Frey, Dietrich Kalteis, Douglas Gibson, Pamela Mordecai and Terry Fallis - and certainly not the nearly 100 book-lovers who joined us at Aboyne Hall for Festival 2016.<br />
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As 1 p.m. approached, and Aboyne Hall started to fill up, the authors took a pre-Festival break in the Green Room (also known as the Board Room at the Wellington County Museum & Archives) to swap stories and warm up for their readings. (And just so you know, what happens in the Green Room, stays in the Green Room.....)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Left to right) Terry Fallis, Douglas Gibson, J.M. Frey, Pamela Mordecai (and her husband, Martin), and Dietrich Kalteis</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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And all of sudden - we were underway! Mistress of Ceremonies Roxanne Beale welcomed everyone to Aboyne Hall and made a point of thanking some of our sponsors, including the Writers Union of Canada and the Wellington County Community Foundation.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roxanne Beale: Best. MC. Ever.</td></tr>
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The rest of the afternoon passed in an exciting montage of words, stories, laughs, moments of drama, moments of hilarity, food, drink, and a little interactive fun as well. Take a look:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">J.M. Frey - Photo by Francis Baker</td></tr>
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J.M. Frey had us on the edge of our seats. Dragons. Yup.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dietrich Kalteis</td></tr>
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Things got a little, um, spicy with Vancouver's Dietrich Kalteis. "You never think when you write this stuff that you're going to be reading it out loud. Am I turning red?" (The crowd loved it!)<br />
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Doug told us some amazing stories about well-known CanLit heros such as Alice Munro (and why she stuck with writing short stories. Thanks, Doug. CanLit definitely owes you!), Margaret Laurence (long dresses to hide fear-trembling knees), and Lucy Maud Montgomery (a little note in a long-ago notebook about a story idea involving an elderly couple who want to adopt a boy to help on the farm and get a girl instead....) Magic.<br />
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And then, Intermission!<br />
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It's thirsty work listening to all those great stories. Time for some hydration, thanks to Wellington Brewery (with a little help from the LCBO...)<br />
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And thanks to Fergus's Fountainhead Café, we didn't go hungry!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kim, of Roxanne's Reflections, hard at work during intermission.</td></tr>
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Intermission was a busy time because, of course, there were books to be bought at the Roxanne's Reflections mini-bookstore.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Douglas Gibson, a fan, and a bemused Terry Fallis</td></tr>
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And of course, the authors were available to visit and sign books....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Left) Pamela Mordecai</td></tr>
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...and schmooze with fans!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tammy Gilbert (left) and friends</td></tr>
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And out in the garden, Tammy Gilbert and friends enjoyed some fresh air in preparation for the start of the second half - beginning with the presentation of First Prize to Tammy in the EWF Short Story Contest. No wonder she's celebrating!<br />
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Terry Fallis made us laugh (of course!) and.... <br />
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... Pam Mordecai made Terry laugh, during the final session of the afternoon, a Q&A with questions from the audience, moderated by EWF committee member Dave Beynon. Pam also gets the prize for Best Cliffhanger Of The Day.<br />
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And suddenly, it was over! <br />
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<b>A huge thank-you to</b> <b>everyone who joined us at Aboyne Hall</b> on Sunday, May 29. Thanks for your enthusiasm, your participation and your much-valued feedback.<br />
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<b>Thanks also to our wonderful</b> <b>sponsors: </b><br />
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Elora Arts Council<br />
Wellington County Community Foundation<br />
Writers' Union of Canada<br />
Wellington Brewery<br />
Community Resource Centre of North and Centre Wellington<br />
Fergus-Elora News Express<br />
Dr. Radka Novak<br />
LittleTree Garden Market<br />
Grand 101.1FM<br />
Roxanne's Reflections Book & Card Shop<br />
Wellington Country Museum & Archives<br />
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... as well as the many local businesses who donated to our gift basket raffle.<br />
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<b>And a BIG thank-you to J.M. Frey, Dietrich Kalteis, Douglas Gibson, Pamela Mordecai and Terry Fallis. </b>We couldn't have done this without you.<br />
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Stay tuned for news about Festival 2017. We can't wait!<br />
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<b>The EWF Organizing Committee:</b><br />
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Roxanne Beale<br />
Dave Beynon<br />
Marilyn Kleiber<br />
Francis Baker<br />
Nada Small<br />
Suzanne Sutton-Curry<br />
Jean Mills<br />
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-77294056838059898272016-05-22T12:00:00.000-04:002016-05-22T12:00:11.971-04:00Announcing the 2016 EWF Short Story Contest winners!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>In the YOUTH category (age 14 and under)<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>First Prize</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Madeline Vukovic for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dear World<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Becca Swan for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Journey<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">J. Zimmerman for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Most Colourful Climbing Tree</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Jiya Gangwani <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Believe<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Joshua Doupe <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I Am an Orange</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Jonah Doupe <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">One Cold Day</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Benjamin Richards <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">240 Hours</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Turner Duldhart <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Opportunity Knocks</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Eric Bernhardt for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">October’s Storm</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Hunter Gutman for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Itch<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Cate Newman <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In Search of the Elusive Moonflower</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Madeline Burgess <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It’s Not a Mistake</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>First Prize</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Tammy Gilbert for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If You’re Gonna Live</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Vera Constantineau for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Searching for Peace<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">David S. Cross <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">White</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Marion Reidel <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Diagnosis</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Congratulations to the contest winners, and
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<span lang="EN-US">Thanks also to our two sponsors, <b>The
Community Resource Centre of North and Centre Wellington</b> (Youth category), and
the <b>Elora Arts Council</b> (Teen category), two organizations which join us in
recognizing the importance of supporting and encouraging young writers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">During the intermission of the 2016 Elora
Writers’ Festival on Sunday, May 29 (1-4 p.m.), any winners in attendance will
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>J.M. Frey</b> – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Untold Tale </i>(Fantasy and beyond – think “ComicCon goes wild”)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be
transported to other worlds and places – all carried on the words of five
terrific Canadian authors during the 2016 Elora Writers’ Festival on Sunday,
May 29 at the Wellington County Museum and Archives. </div>
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Join us as we hop from
genre to genre – crime, sci-fi/fantasy, memoir, poetry and humour – and meet the
authors up-close-and-personal once the readings (and another classic Q&A
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Ready? Here’s our Festival 2016 line-up:</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><a href="http://dietrichkalteis.blogspot.ca/p/ride-lightning.html">Dietrich Kalteis</a> </b>joins us – all the way from Vancouver, people! Yes, Dietrich is making the trip
from B.C. to share his West-Coast noir thrillers – <i>The Deadbeat Club</i> is his
latest, with <i>Triggerfish</i> coming out in June. His novel <i>Ride the Lightning</i> won a
bronze medal for Canada West Regional Fiction at the 2015 Independent Publisher
Book Awards.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">J.M. Frey, author of <i>The Untold Tale</i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><a href="http://jmfrey.net/">J.M. Frey</a> </b>will transport us into other worlds – think science fiction and fantasy with a
big dose of steampunk for good measure. She’s an actor, an academic, a voice
artist – and much, much more. Her latest novel is <i>The Untold Tale</i>, which she
calls “an epic-length feminist meta-fantasy.” Her debut novel, <i>Triptych</i> (2011)
was a winner at the San Francisco Book Festival. Coming soon, a steampunk
trilogy featuring “a girl vigilante and her mysterious rocketpack.” (Yup. We
need to know more about this, please!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://douglasgibsonbooks.com/"><b>Douglas Gibson</b></a>, former
editor and publisher, will spill the behind-the-scenes details of his life in
the Canadian literary universe with <i>Across Canada by Story</i>, the follow-up to
<i>Stories about Storytellers</i>. He’s been wowing audiences across Canada as he
performs his one-man literary stage show, too. Want to know the real stories
about Canadian books and writers? Get your questions ready, because Doug is the
guy with the answers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pamela Mordecai, author of <i>Red Jacket</i></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.pamelamordecai.com/biography/"><b>Pamela Mordecai</b></a> is another award-winning author whose resumé hops from genre to genre – poetry,
novels, children’s books – and includes teaching as well. Her novel <i>Red Jacket</i>
was shortlisted for the 2015 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and her poems
have been shortlisted for the CBC Literary Award. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Finally, a familiar face to EWF audiences –
Toronto novelist<b> <a href="http://terryfallis.com/">Terry Fallis</a></b> makes his third appearance at our Festival, with his latest comic hit, <i>Poles
Apart</i>, in hand. Terry just won his second Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for
Humour, too (for <i>No Relation</i>). We remember his first appearance, where he read from
the now-classic <i>The Best Laid Plans</i> and apologized to us for his flawed
Scottish accent. (And then, of course, there was his second appearance, where
fellow-author Sonia Day’s passionate reading about gardening inspired him to
comment on his “peony envy”...!) Delighted to have you back, Terry!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>That’s the line-up. Do you notice anything
different? </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Yes, there are only five authors, instead
of the traditional six. That’s because we’re going to do something new. At the
conclusion of the readings, we’ll invite all five authors back to the stage for
an informal Q&A with questions provided by you, the audience. Expect the
unexpected!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There will also be food, drink and
schmoozing galore – a trademark of our Festival.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sound good to you? It sounds great to us –
and it’ll be perfect if you’re there too. Please join us!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>WHEN</b>: Sunday, May 29, 2016, 1 p.m. to 4
p.m. (…or a bit longer?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>WHERE</b>: Aboyne Hall, <a href="http://www.wellington.ca/en/museum.asp">Wellington CountryMuseum and Archives </a>(lots of parking!) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>HOW</b>: Tickets are $25, available by visiting
or contacting <a href="https://www.roxannesreflections.ca/">Roxanne’s Reflections </a>Book & Card Shop, 152 St Andrew St W,
Fergus, Ontario, 519 843-4391. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Need more information?</b> Roxanne, our
wonderful Mistress of Ceremonies, can also answer any questions you may have
about the event. Call her at the store, 519 843-4391, or email us at <a href="mailto:elorawritersfestival@gmail.com">elorawritersfestival@gmail.com</a><u><span style="color: blue; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">See you on May 29 in Aboyne Hall!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>Keep up to date on our latest news,
including the upcoming Books & Beer event . You can follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Elora-Writers-Festival-452242208157659/">Facebook</a>
and <a href="https://twitter.com/EloraWF">Twitter</a> (@EloraWF)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elora Writers Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533780781399622005noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224865528713684586.post-78688980468307489922016-03-12T17:48:00.001-05:002016-03-12T17:48:17.329-05:00Our contest judges weigh in: What do you look for in a good story?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>The EWF Short Story Contest deadline is
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No doubt your story is well underway. Or maybe it's still in the "thinking stages." In any case, it might help to have a little motivation and inspiration. So, we asked some of our contest judges to answer this
question: <i><b>What do you look for in a good story?</b></i></div>
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Here's what they said:</div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Heather Wright</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(Educator, editor, and author of <i>Writing
Fiction: </i>A<i> Hands-On Guide for Teens </i>as well as numerous novels and stories
for young readers)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">For me, a good story is the complete
package: a compelling opening that makes me want to read more, real characters
(even if they're elves or owls) that have both good and not-so-good qualities
and whom I'm sorry to say good-bye to at the end of the story, and a plot that
has a beginning, a middle and an end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Lisa Dalrymple</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(Award-winning author of <i>Skink on the Brink</i>
and <i>A Moose Goes A-Mummering</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It seems like such a simple idea but I love
a story that gets me into a character’s head. If I know what the main character
is thinking, what she’s feeling, and what’s important to her, then the plot–and
everything that happens to her–grips me all the more because it’s happening to
someone I care about. When I’m reading through a pile of wonderful contest
submissions, that’s what is going to make one stand out over some of the others
I receive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kira Vermond</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Kira Vermond:</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(Author of <i>The Secret Life of Money</i> and <i>Why
We Live Where We Live</i>, which won the 2015 Norma Fleck Award for Non-Fiction)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I look for a story that makes me feel
something, whether that’s happy, sad, angry or uncomfortable. And the best
stories? They make me think, ‘Wow! I SO understand what the writer is saying!
This person has put something into words that I’ve been feeling for years — but
never knew how to express to myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Hale</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Michael Hale</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(Author of <i>The Other Child</i> and <i>A Fold in
the Tent of the Sky</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A good story changes the way the reader
looks at the world. It brings fresh insight to the commonplace, and transforms
what at first seems peculiar and unconventional — foreign, if you will — into
something intimate and personal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Francis Baker</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(Writer, editor and journalist with almost
30 years experience in community daily and weekly newspapers in Ontario, a
Canadian Community Newspapers Association and Metroland Media award for
editorial writing)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I don’t think there’s a formula for a “good
story.” Entice the reader with something exciting, original or unique. Good
stories are usually about people, so make them interesting -- write characters
with real motivations and feelings, not stereotypes. Don’t mumble, Stephen King
says. Be honest. Reach for something no one’s done before. Experiment -- I’d
rather read a story that strives beyond itself and misses a little, than an
utterly competent retelling of the same old thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Bieke Stengos</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(Guelph poet and short story writer)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">My advice: Write from the heart. Then use your head: let others read and edit your work. Then rewrite, rewrite, rewrite.</span></div>
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Find everything you need to know about the <a href="http://elorawritersfestival.blogspot.ca/2015/11/the-2016-ewf-short-story-contest-is.html">2016 EWF Short Story Contest here</a>. </div>
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Story ready to go? Mail it to EWF Short Story Contest, c/o Elora Arts Council, Box 3084, Elora ON N0B 1S0. Youth and Teen categories, no entry fee. Adult category, $15 entry fee (cheques made out to <b><i>Elora Arts Counci</i></b>l - thanks!)</div>
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And if you need one more nudge, remember this advice from American writer, Mary Heaton Vorse:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>"The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants</i></span></div>
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Books & Beer II drew an enthusiastic crowd of book lovers. Okay, book lovers AND beer drinkers - thanks to the hospitality of our venue sponsor, Roxanne's Reflections Book & Card Shop, and our beer sponsor, Wellington Brewery.<br />
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So what happened at Books & Beer II?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Tables and chairs? Check. Snacks? Check. Ready!</td></tr>
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We're all set up and ready to roll. Books everywhere and beer...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Beer. 'Nuff said.</td></tr>
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... also everywhere. Please check out the distinctive "wellie" tread on the bottom of the packaging. Is Wellington Brewery classy, or what?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"So I said to my editor, I said...."</td></tr>
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Our special guest, author J.M. Frey, arrives and wades into the crowd to make some friends - fellow writers Lisa Dalrymple (award-winning author of kids' books like <i>Skink on the Brink</i> and <i>A Moose Goes A-Mummering</i>) and Francis Baker (he writes, he photographs, he works hard on the Elora Writers' Festival commitee, too). In the background, committee member Suzanne Sutton-Curry rocks some steampunk-inspired millinery while keeping an eye on things. And yes, a film crew from TVCogeco prepares to film the evening for <i>Turning Pages</i>, the book show hosted by EWF committee members Dave Beynon and Roxanne Beale.<br />
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I mean, the place is rocking! And then Jess cracks open her latest novel, <i>The Untold Tale </i>and holds us in thrall...<br />
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..including our brilliant MC, Dave Beynon (yes, also an author!), who is clearly deep in "the zone", which is okay because we were all in there with him. Weird, wonderful, witty storytelling gets us every time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thinking, thinking...</td></tr>
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And then we put Jess on the spot: Hey Jess, how about coming up with a story for this amazing steampunk lamp created by artist Doug Mills of Elmira, our raffle prize for the evening? No problem. Her story had something to do with the universe, and spheres and stars and weird cosmic energy. She came up with it - like magic. Awesome.<br />
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It was a fantastic evening, with insights into the writing and publishing process as well as a bit of literary education (Do you know what "steampunk" means? Do you know what "meta-fiction" is? No? Well, sorry, you had to be there for the lively Q&A...) provided by the supremely articulate, funny and multi-talented J.M. Frey.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">J.M. Frey, MC Dave Beynon, EWF committee member Suzanne Sutton-Currry:<br />
a trio of troublemakers. Just saying...</td></tr>
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And we attracted a diverse and eclectic crowd, too.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Talking, visiting, watching - the room is buzzing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> "That's ginger ale in my cup, honest, Mom!"</td></tr>
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Books & Beer II is in the books, and we're so grateful to those who came out to share it with us and support the Elora Writers' Festival, coming May 29 to Aboyne Hall (Wellington County Museum and Archives).<br />
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And speaking of Festival 2016....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yup. This.</td></tr>
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Our authors: Dietrich Kalteis, Pamela Mordecai, Douglas Gibson, Terry Fallis and the star of Books & Beer II, J.M. Frey. Books - and tickets! - available at Roxanne's Reflections.<br />
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Need more information about Books & Beer, our Festival (including our Short Story Contest) and our authors? Feel free to email us at elorawritersfestival [at] gmail [dot] com.<br />
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Books & Beer II is in the books! See you on May 29 at Festival 2016!<br />
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