This is PurdyFest weekend in Marmora
Posted Aug 2, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC Entertainment -The sixth annual Purdy Country Literary Festival (PurdyFest) will be held this weekend in Marmora and the hamlet of Malone. Poets from across Ontario will again gather to celebrate and share their poetry. The focus of this year's festival is resurrecting the legacy of Canada's "People's Poet" Milton Acorn. Professor/ author Terry Barker and publisher/scholar Joyce Wayne will lead presentations on Acorn and his recent posthumous collection, In A Springtime Instant, at a symposium in the Marmora Library building from 12:30 to 2:30 on Saturday, August 4. Copies of Milton's book (Mosaic Press) will be available at a special festival price of $20.
After the symposium poets and musicians will gather on the islet in the Marmora Dam to share a round robin poetry reading. Everyone is invited to participate in this fun event, Another Dam Poetry Reading, which will be kicked off by popular Marmora musician Morley Ellis.
Two big events will be featured on Sunday afternoon at organizer Chris Faiers' retreat, ZenRiver Gardens, in the hamlet of Malone. That Not Forgotten, edited by Kingston poet Bruce Kauffman, is an anthology featuring the work of over 100 poets, many of them from this area. Tai Grove, the book's publisher with Hidden Brook Press, will host this large reading, which will include a performance from professional singer Honey Novick. Tai will then switch hats and emcee a group reading by members of The Canada-Cuba Literary Alliance. Time permitting, poets will be able to share in an open mike reading after the group readings.
The annual potluck supper is a great chance to meet and mingle with the Fest's poets/publishers/musicians/ visual artists. It will be held late Friday afternoon, August 3, at ZenRiver Gardens.
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Conrad DiDiodato has left a new comment on your post "PurdyFest #6 article in EMC newspaper - Aug. 2, 20...":
Congrats, on another Purdyfest!
This is the mother of all Canadian poetry festivals.
Posted by Conrad DiDiodato to Riffs & Ripples from ZenRiver Gardens at 10 August 2012 10:43
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Congrats, on another Purdyfest!
This is the mother of all Canadian poetry festivals.
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