Joomla! site syndication http://www.sudburywritersguild.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:15:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.sudburywritersguild.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.sudburywritersguild.com Joomla! site syndication http://www.sudburywritersguild.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=35 As part of Canada’s national Culture Days, Laurentian University’s LUminaries Reading Series and Your Scrivener Press are proud to present the launch of Jennifer Rouse Barbeau’s novel, Swampy Jo. Anorexia, suicide, a brave imagination and an absurd world: Swampy Jo brings a wry smile to Young Adult fiction. How do you find the truth when the adults in your life are crazy? This is the dilemma of fourteen-year-old Sarah Joanne Bradley – alias Swampy Jo. Swampy Jo is a heroic tale of a young girl setting aside her personal need to disappear, in order to save the life of a brooding love interest – because she is the only one aware that he needs saving. Puberty and love aren’t easy when you’re navigating a minefield of secrets in your divorced, formerly upper-middle class family, while the adults in your life hinge their hopes on religious superstitions and palm reading. Jennifer Rouse Barbeau is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, and is now a professor of Advertising--Creative Media at Canadore College in North Bay. She lives in Sturgeon Falls. Barbeau has published a number of short stories, including "Grumble" in the 2006 YSP anthology Bluffs: Northeastern Ontario Stories from the Edge. She illustrated La Laineuse by Rachel Desaulniers (Le Centre FORA, 2006). She has been also been a panelist and guest speaker at Sudbury’s Words in the Wilderness Literary Festival, sharing from her experience as a writer. Swampy Jo is her first novel. Doors will open at Fromagerie Elgin, 5 Cedar Street, on Friday, September 24 at 5:30 P.M. with readings from the author beginning at 6:00 P.M. The launch will be followed by book sales and signing, along with an open mic for local writers to share their work. Readings will be limited, so please register at the door. Admission is free of charge. This event is organized by Laurentian University’s LUminaries Reading Series, Your Scrivener Press and Miriam H. Harrison (Sudbury Hypergraphic Society; The Ontario Poetry Society; Sudbury Writers’ Guild). Culture Days is a collaborative national movement to raise the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of all Canadians in their local arts communities. This event also follows the release of Mark Dunn’s new book, Ghost Music (Buschek Books) on Thursday, September 23, 7 – 9:30 at the Main Branch Library, 74 Mackenzie Street, as part of a two-day celebration of local talent. For more information, please contact Miriam H. Harrison at miriam.harrison@gmail.com. For more information on Jennifer Rouse Barbeau please visit her site at http://www.jenniferrousebarbeau.com/Home_Page.html Events - Sudbury Writers\' Guild Events Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:30:33 +0100 http://www.sudburywritersguild.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=35 The 31st Annual International Festival of Authors is taking place in Toronto between October 20th to 30th. A preliminary list of authors participating in the event is online at International Festival of Authors website. A full line up of events is expected to be announced on September 13th and tickets are scheduled to go on sale September 14th. In addition to the literary event taking place in Toronto the IOFA has for several years now mounted a travelling show that brings select authors to other communities in Ontario. In the past the IOFA has come as far north as Parry Sound. This year marks the first year they will be coming to SUDBURY as well. Between the dates of October 21 and November 5, IFOA Ontario travels to Barrie, Burlington, Hamilton, London, Midland, Milton, Orillia, Owen Sound, Parry Sound, Picton, Port Hope, Sudbury, Uxbridge, and Windsor. Sudbury will be getting a visit from two authors, Tom McCarthy and Miguel Syjuco who will read from their latest novels and will be interviewed by Charles Foran. The scheduled date is Thursday, November 4, 7:30pm at the Alphonse Raymond Auditorium at Laurentian University. Presented in partnership with the IFOA Sudbury Organizing Committee, The City of Sudbury and Laurentian University. Tickets: $10 Box Office: 705-523-4681 Tickets go on sale September 14th. For bios of the authors please see the IOFA Website for Sudbury Events - Other Literary Events Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:10:21 +0100 http://www.sudburywritersguild.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=35 Margaret Atwood will be celebrating her birthday in Sudbury on November 17th, with a screening on the Ron Mann documentary In The Wake of the Flood chronicling her Year of the Flood book tour and stage show.Details on tickets have yet to be confirmed, but the date is November 17th, 2010 and will be hosted at Laurentian University.For more details check back with the English Department or Margaret Atwood's site for Year of the Flood Events - Other Literary Events Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:45:11 +0100 http://www.sudburywritersguild.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=35 Brian Henry will be offering two work shops in the spring of 2010. One in Gravenhurst on April 17th and the second in Sudbury on May 30.The Blank Page Writers’ Group presents... “How to Get Published” Saturday, April 1710 a.m. - 4 p.m.Community Room in Your Independent Grocers290 First Street North, Gravenhurst If you've ever dreamed of becoming a published author, this workshop is for you. We’ll cover everything from getting started to getting an agent, from getting your short pieces published to finding a book publisher, from writing a query letter to writing that the publishers want. Bring your questions. Come and get ready to be published! Workshop leader Brian Henry has been a book editor and creative writing teacher for more than 25 years. He has helped many of his students get their first book published and launch their careers as authors. Special Option: Participants are invited to bring a draft of a query letter you might use to interest an agent or publisher in your book. You don’t need to bring anything, but if you do, 3 copies could be helpful. Fee: $39.05 plus gst = $41 paid in advance or $42.86 plus gst = $45 if you wait to pay at the door The Sudbury Writers’ Guild presents... “Writing and Revising” Sunday, May 3010 a.m. - 4 p.m.Sudbury YMCA, in the ParkSide Centre140 Durham Street, Sudbury If you want to refine your story-telling skills and cut the time you will need to spend editing, this workshop is for you. You'll learn how to step back from a manuscript in order to find – and fix – flaws in your plot, structure, characterization and style. You'll learn how to rethink, rework and rewrite so that your manuscript will live up to your vision. Special Option: Participants are invited to bring a piece of their own writing (though ou don’t have to!) If you do bring a piece, bring 3 copies of something short (1,500 ords absolute maximum, though 800 words or fewer is better). Fee for members of the Sudbury Writers’ Guild: $35.24 plus gst = $37 paid in advance or $42.86 plus gst = $45 if you wait to pay at the door Fee for members of the general public: $39.05 plus gst = $41 paid in advance or $42.86 plus gst = $45 if you wait to pay at the doorTo register, please make out a cheque to Brian Henry and mail it to:Brian Henry110 Reiner RoadToronto, ON M3H 2L6To reserve a spot now, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca Events - Sudbury Writers\' Guild Events Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:25:31 +0100 http://www.sudburywritersguild.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=2 The Sudbury Writers' Guild meets the last Thursday of the month at the Parkside Center at the YMCA.Next meeting will be held on Thursday September 30th, 2010. Doors open at 6 pm and meeting begins at 6:30 pm and last until 8 pm. Please come and check us out. Writers young and old, beginners and old pros are all welcome. Come and check out what we have in store for the coming year! 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