PURDY COUNTRY LITERARY FESTIVAL #8
(PurdyFest 2014)
Celebrating Canadian People's Poetry
Friday, August 1st:
Events begin with a POTLUCK SUPPER at ZenRiver Gardens
(hamlet of Malone) late Friday afternoon
Saturday, August 2nd:
SYMPOSIUM: "Re-envisioning Canada Through Pauline Johnson's Eyes"
Marmora Library Building Noon - 2 pm
Presenters include emcee Terry Barker, John Bacher and Jim Larwill
Jim Larwill is an Ottawa area poet and playwright
his paper will be "In Wake of Tekahionwake"
John Bacher is an environmentalist and historian who lives in Toronto and St. Catherines
his paper will be "Pioneer Environmentalist"
Terry Barker is a retired college teacher and independent scholar
his paper will be "'Canadian Born': Pauline Johnson's Affirmation of the True Northern in
the Crisis of Atlantic Civilization"
ANOTHER DAM POETRY READING
Islet in the Marmora Dam approx. 3 - 4:30 pm
Co-hosted by Singer/Guitarist Morley Ellis and a
Reading by internationally acclaimed poet Jim Christy
Round Robin Open Set readings - please share your poetry & songs
Sunday:
CANADA-CUBA LITERARY ALLIANCE/HIDDEN BROOK PRESS
Group Readings hosted by Tai Grove - also open sets
ZenRiver Gardens retreat in the Hamlet of Malone
Socializing at noon - readings begin at 1 pm
All invited to participate and share in all activities
For further information contact Chris Faiers
zenriver@sympatico.ca
613-472-6186
PURDYFEST #8: Focus on Pauline Johnson and First Nations Art & History
This will be the eighth summer that poets will gather on the August long weekend in the greater Marmora area to share and celebrate. Many activities will take place at ZenRiver Gardens in the hamlet of Malone, other events will be held in the Marmora Library Building and on the Marmora dam. Everyone is invited to all these free events, and all participants are encouraged to share their poetry, music and art.
Activities begin late Friday afternoon, August 1st, with a Potluck Supper at ZenRiver Gardens by the shaman shack. Free 'rough camping' is available for the weekend.
PurdyFest Symposiums have been focusing on the life, art and legacies of Canada's major "People's Poets". To date these symposiums have examined the work of poets Al Purdy, Ted Plantos, Milton Acorn, Raymond Souster and Dorothy Livesay. We are working our way back through Canadian history, and this summer we'll examine and celebrate the life and legacy of Mohawk poet Pauline Johnson, who made her contributions a century ago. The symposium on Pauline Johnson will be held in The William Shannon Room of the Marmora Library Building from noon to 2 pm on Saturday, August 2nd.
After the Symposium poets, friends and summer visitors will gather on the islet in the Marmora Dam for ANOTHER DAM POETRY READING. Marmora singer/guitarist/poet Morley Ellis will lead off the round robin readings, with everyone attending encouraged to share their art.
Events continue early Sunday afternoon at ZenRiver Gardens. Tai Grove is both the publisher of Hidden Brook Press and the President of The Canada-Cuba Literary Alliance. Tai will host readings by these two groups, and there is always time for all poets attending to present a poem or two of their own, whether a member of these groups or not.
For further information on Purdy Country Literary Festival #8 please contact Chris Faiers:
zenriver@sympatico.ca
613-472-6186.
Message from CCLA Prez Tai Grove about Sunday readings:
Purdy Fest CCLA Reading – Sunday, August 3rd, 2014 – 1pm to 3:30pm Come early at 12 noon and stay late to hang out. As usual the CCLA reading at Chris Faiers’ ZenRiver Gardens is about communing with friends and fellow poets. It is about camaraderie under the tent of poetry. Come with your refreshments and snacks if you like and re-connect with fellow poets. There is no feature reader. We will read in a round robin. Once all of the signed up CCLA participants have read we will go around the circle as an open non-mic as many times as we still have readers. Some will read from the middle of the river – you are invited to join us. Some might have to leave but we will keep reading as long as we have readers. Come with an entourage and a lawn chair.
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A little linguistic upbraiding from a haiku poet (LeRoy Gorman kindly submitted the PurdyFest #8 press release as a Haiku Canada news item - thanks, Leroy!)
Hi Carolanne,
You're a bit of a linguistic stickler for a poet, esp. a haiku poet ; ) do you still count 17 syllables? The dude who's presenting the paper with "Northern" in the title has a doctorate from Oxford, & I bet he'd give you a 2-hour dissertation on why it's correct! 2 of my presenters have doctorates, the other one has a masters. arrggghhh Thanks for the clarification on the possessive of my name (& others) - never have been clear on that, & I still don't care ...
best with your fireworks display ... sounds almost as cool as our "PurdyFest".
peace & poultry power!
Chris/cricket
On 2014-07-27, at 12:30 PM, Carolanne Reynolds wrote:
Sounds great but we're out here on the West Coast and Aug 2nd is our fireworks competition, "Celebration of Light" and it's Japan's night.
Have heard of the true north but not "the True Northern" -- what does it mean? is a noun missing?
btw, the word has to be plural, not just end in S, to omit the possessive apostrophe, so shd be Chris's and Faiers's
eg
Bridget Jones's Diary; Bridget is the Joneses' daughter.
On 2014-07-27, at 7:59 AM, Haiku Canada wrote:
A message forwarded from Leroy Gorman to all interested poets:
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