Tag: leacock festival
member name: Lauralee Proudfoot
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July 01, 2008 01:10 PM EDT --
At a Loss for Words is the title of Diane Schoemperlen's newest work, published this year by Harper Collins. The protagonist is a middle-aged writer experiencing writer's block after having been . . .
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July 06, 2007 10:08 AM EDT --
The basics?
July 17 - 22, 2007
Leacock Museum, Orillia, Ontario
The Leacock Festival offers writers an opportunity to share their work. Perhaps more importantly, it offers readers opportunities to meet . . .
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July 15, 2007 01:32 PM EDT --
For Laurentian University at Georgian students studying Creative Writing with Dr. Bruce Meyer, the Leacock Festival is an important event. They all have an assignment to do which involves attending the . . .
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July 15, 2007 04:01 PM EDT --
Tomorrow's Festival events begin with the Leacock Lecture & Tea at 2 pm. Those interested in the work of Stephen Leacock will find this particularly engaging as author, editor . . .
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July 20, 2007 11:05 AM EDT --
David Staines is a Canadian literary critic, university professor, writer, and editor. He has taught at Harvard and elsewhere, and is now a professor of English at the University of Ottawa. Staines . . .
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July 15, 2007 01:51 PM EDT --
The Leacock Festival officially opens Wednesday evening with an event featuring readings by Wayne Johnston, John Steffler, and Alissa York.
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July 15, 2007 10:34 PM EDT --
The Leacock Festival is ending but there are still plenty of events to enjoy! Sunday will be the busiest day of the Festival.
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July 16, 2007 09:15 PM EDT --
How did she do that? I think that was the only discordant note in the song that makes up Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet - the fact that every once in a while, I noticed the cover and remembered again that . . .
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July 27, 2007 04:31 PM EDT --
Exile Editions, which produces a quarterly literary magazine, as well as publishing other works, presented in two sessions during . . .
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July 05, 2008 03:41 PM EDT --
So - I ordered it on Friday and it turned up on Monday. For people that live in large cities, that might not seem remarkable, for for small town Ontario that is inexplicably fast. Seriously.
Anyway . . .
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July 18, 2007 12:57 AM EDT --
Gotta love kids - and the trouble they get into!
French Fries is a short story I wrote about one of the more ~charming~ adventures my little darlings put me through - the longest 3 minutes of my life! . . .
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July 18, 2007 01:55 PM EDT --
Giller Prize winners of the future, reading as part of the Laurentian Student Showcase.
It could happen! Last year at the Leacock Festival's Humber School for Writers' Showcase event, . . .
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July 04, 2007 04:56 PM EDT --
So.... taking advantage of Gather's recent policy change allowing users to have more than one account, I have created a new user account using my real name.
There are a couple of reasons that I want . . .
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July 15, 2007 08:48 PM EDT --
The Teddy Bear's Picnic & Birthday Party, presented in association with the Friends of the Orillia Public Library, is a family favourite which includes hot dogs, cake and lemonade in celebration . . .
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July 20, 2007 12:24 AM EDT --
It was Newfoundland night at the Leacock Festival - well, not really - and it wasn't intentional - but it worked out that way, since both John Steffler and Wayne Johnson have ties there. All three . . .
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July 20, 2007 02:15 PM EDT --
The Leacock Festival Letters Dinner was held on Thursday, July 19, 2007 at Swanmore Hall. It, like all events so far this year, was very well attended and thoroughly enjoyed by all. Dinner included . . .
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July 23, 2008 01:07 AM EDT --
In previous years, the official opening of the Leacock Festival was on Wednesdays - after the Laurentian University students' reading, which was advertised as a pre-event, and was held on Tuesday evening. . . .
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July 15, 2007 09:03 PM EDT --
Tomorrow will be a very busy day at the Leacock Festival with something for everyone.
At noon, Governor-General's Award winner Nino Ricci, author of Lives of the Saints and other books, will . . .
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