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The inaugural PURDY COUNTRY LITERARY FESTIVAL will be held the August holiday weekend in Marmora and Brighton to celebrate People’s Poetry.
The CCLA Art and Lit Fest events are organized under the umbrella of The Purdy Country Literary Festival.
More information to come.
Saturday, Aug. 4th - 1 – 3 pm: A “Controversy” discussion in the William Shannon Room (library building). Host: James Deahl; recordedby author/academic Terry Barker for future publication.
Saturday, Aug. 4th 3:30 – 5:30 pm: Poetry parlour reading & cold buffet at The Marmora Inn B&B - Host: Allan Briesmaster
Saturday, Aug. 4th 6 pm - ?: Open air poetry reading by the Marmora dam. Marmora musician Morley Ellis will open with John Lennon’s song “Workingclass Hero”; Poets: Richard Grove (Brighton), RD Roy (Kingston), James Deahl & Jeff
Seffinga (Hamilton), Martin Durkin (raised this area), Laurence Hutchman (Doctorate on work of Al Purdy)
The Dam Reading will include an OPEN SET when any author can read 2 poems or 5 minutes of their work. Host: Marmora poet Chris Faiers.
EVERYONE WELCOME!
Sunday, Aug. 5th - 11am to 5pm - The CCLA Art and Lit Fest will feature art and literary booths. The art and literary festival
will be held in Memorial Park, downtown Brighton, Ontario. Brighton is located south of the 401 on Lake Ontario, half way
between Kingston and Toronto. Festival activities can be found on this page above.
Sunday, Aug. 5th - 12:30 to 1:30pm - Children’s Poetry Workshop “Looking for Snowfleas Under the Hot August Sun”
presented by Diane Dawber Workshop information can be found on this page above.
Sunday, Aug. 5th - 1:30 - 4pm - “Open Air” Lit Fest Reading MCed by RD Roy Location - Memorial Park - Brighton - same as the festival. Reader list can be found on this page above.
Sunday, Aug. 5th - time and location to be announced.“Dog Days of August” Lit Fest Reading. Feature Readers will be Allan
Briesmaster, James Dewar, John B. Lee, Deborah Panko, Susan Lynn Reynolds, RD Roy, with MC - Mark Clement.
Reading information can be found on this page above.
Contact Information: For Saturday events contact: Chris Faiers 613-472-6186 zenriver@sympatico.ca
For Sunday events contact: Richard M. Grove 613-475-2368 writers@HiddenBrookPress.com
Artist and Author booths available for art and lit fest Author and Artist booths available for the CCLA Art and Lit Fest – August 5th – Brighton, Ontario. See url for details www.canadacubaliteraryalliance.org/CCLAlitFest.html. Come and sell your books and art for as low as $15 per booth.
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