Wednesday August 29, 2012 4pm - 7pm (3 Hours)
Literary
manager@wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca
902.697.3344
Join us this Wednesday, August 29, 4-7pm, at the Wolfville Farmers’ Market for a celebration of literacy and written word with local authors, bookstores and publishers. Where else can you pick up some groceries while enjoying a Community Supper and enjoying the power of Words from local authors.
At the Reading Tent (see bios below):
MC: Mitzi DeWolfe of Box of Delights
5:15 pm John J. Guiney Yallop
5:30 pm Kelly Marie Redcliffe
5:45 pm Wanda Campbell
6:00 pm Ami McKay
6:15 pm Susan Haley
At the Children’s Tent:
5-7pm Children can make their own books
6:15-6:45pm StoryTime
At the Publishers Tent:
Gaspereau Press: Demonstrating print making and bringing books for sale
Conundrum Press: Along with bringing books for sale will be giving “show and tell” demonstrations of the process of creating zines and then collecting them into a book
At the Community Tent:
4pm-7pm Newcomers Book Club will share info about their book club
4pm-7pm Box of Delights will have an assortment of books for sale
6:15-6:45pm Wanda Campbell will offer a creative writing exercise
Bios for our writers on stage:
Wanda Campbell’s early childhood years were spent in her birthplace, Andhra Pradesh, South India. After the age of ten, she grew up on Canadian land bordering sea. Learning from living amid conversations of converses in East and West, in English and Telegu and in extreme poverty and exquisite beauty, Wanda shaped a unique aesthetic.
Without television, beginning with a big red book of fairy tales, Wanda journeyed deep into the world of words through books. Winter and Frost, two influential high-school teachers aspired her to write. Mrs. Winter took her to her first poetry reading. Alden Nowlan’s reading started her long apprenticeship in contemporary poetics. Mr. Frost took her art class to New York City to see world great art masterpieces. Female artists; biblical stories and rhythms; literary classics; fine, faithful writers like Avison, Levertov, Eliot and O’Connor; musical influences like The Proclaimers, Leonard Cohen, Ami Mann and Cold Play—particularly lyrics that read like poetry, using “the best words in the best order” (Coleridge’s definition of poetry)—shape and inspire her. Studies with Alistair MacLeod taught her about being a good person, as well as a good writer.
She began writing early—letters, poems and little novels. When her own words were put into print, Wanda Campbell felt like a real writer.
Susan Haley’s first two novels, A Nest of Singing Birdsand Getting Married in Buffalo Jump, were made into movies for CBC-TV. Most recently she has publishedThe Complaints Department (2000), Maggie's Family (2002) and The Murder of Medicine Bear(2003). Haley lived in Fort Norman, Northwest Territories, for 15 years where she ran a charter airline with her partner. Haley now lives in Black River, Nova Scotia.
Ami McKay’s debut novel, The Birth House was a # 1 bestseller in Canada, winner of three CBA Libris Awards, nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and a book club favourite around the world. Her new novel. The Virgin Cure, is inspired by the life of her great- great grandmother, Dr. Sarah Fonda Mackintosh, a female physician in nineteenth century New York. Born and raised in Indiana, Ami now lives in Nova Scotia.
Kelly Marie Redcliffe is a poet, a member of the artist collective SEVEN which has a show till the end of August at SWOON and is in love with her job as market manager of the Wolfville Farmers’ Market.
John J. Guiney Yallop is a parent, a partner, and a poet. John's research includes poetic inquiry, narrative inquiry, autoethnography, and performative social science. He uses these methodologies to explore identities, communities, and emotional landscapes. His writing has appeared in literary and scholarly journals. He has presented his work at national and international conferences. John is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Acadia University. He is also a member or the League of Canadian Poets and the Writers' Council of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. John lives in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, with his partner, Gary, their daughter, Brittany, and their cats and dog.
manager@wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca
902.697.3344
Join us this Wednesday, August 29, 4-7pm, at the Wolfville Farmers’ Market for a celebration of literacy and written word with local authors, bookstores and publishers. Where else can you pick up some groceries while enjoying a Community Supper and enjoying the power of Words from local authors.
At the Reading Tent (see bios below):
MC: Mitzi DeWolfe of Box of Delights
5:15 pm John J. Guiney Yallop
5:30 pm Kelly Marie Redcliffe
5:45 pm Wanda Campbell
6:00 pm Ami McKay
6:15 pm Susan Haley
At the Children’s Tent:
5-7pm Children can make their own books
6:15-6:45pm StoryTime
At the Publishers Tent:
Gaspereau Press: Demonstrating print making and bringing books for sale
Conundrum Press: Along with bringing books for sale will be giving “show and tell” demonstrations of the process of creating zines and then collecting them into a book
At the Community Tent:
4pm-7pm Newcomers Book Club will share info about their book club
4pm-7pm Box of Delights will have an assortment of books for sale
6:15-6:45pm Wanda Campbell will offer a creative writing exercise
Bios for our writers on stage:
Wanda Campbell’s early childhood years were spent in her birthplace, Andhra Pradesh, South India. After the age of ten, she grew up on Canadian land bordering sea. Learning from living amid conversations of converses in East and West, in English and Telegu and in extreme poverty and exquisite beauty, Wanda shaped a unique aesthetic.
Without television, beginning with a big red book of fairy tales, Wanda journeyed deep into the world of words through books. Winter and Frost, two influential high-school teachers aspired her to write. Mrs. Winter took her to her first poetry reading. Alden Nowlan’s reading started her long apprenticeship in contemporary poetics. Mr. Frost took her art class to New York City to see world great art masterpieces. Female artists; biblical stories and rhythms; literary classics; fine, faithful writers like Avison, Levertov, Eliot and O’Connor; musical influences like The Proclaimers, Leonard Cohen, Ami Mann and Cold Play—particularly lyrics that read like poetry, using “the best words in the best order” (Coleridge’s definition of poetry)—shape and inspire her. Studies with Alistair MacLeod taught her about being a good person, as well as a good writer.
She began writing early—letters, poems and little novels. When her own words were put into print, Wanda Campbell felt like a real writer.
Susan Haley’s first two novels, A Nest of Singing Birdsand Getting Married in Buffalo Jump, were made into movies for CBC-TV. Most recently she has publishedThe Complaints Department (2000), Maggie's Family (2002) and The Murder of Medicine Bear(2003). Haley lived in Fort Norman, Northwest Territories, for 15 years where she ran a charter airline with her partner. Haley now lives in Black River, Nova Scotia.
Ami McKay’s debut novel, The Birth House was a # 1 bestseller in Canada, winner of three CBA Libris Awards, nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and a book club favourite around the world. Her new novel. The Virgin Cure, is inspired by the life of her great- great grandmother, Dr. Sarah Fonda Mackintosh, a female physician in nineteenth century New York. Born and raised in Indiana, Ami now lives in Nova Scotia.
Kelly Marie Redcliffe is a poet, a member of the artist collective SEVEN which has a show till the end of August at SWOON and is in love with her job as market manager of the Wolfville Farmers’ Market.
John J. Guiney Yallop is a parent, a partner, and a poet. John's research includes poetic inquiry, narrative inquiry, autoethnography, and performative social science. He uses these methodologies to explore identities, communities, and emotional landscapes. His writing has appeared in literary and scholarly journals. He has presented his work at national and international conferences. John is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Acadia University. He is also a member or the League of Canadian Poets and the Writers' Council of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. John lives in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, with his partner, Gary, their daughter, Brittany, and their cats and dog.
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Pricing: Free
24 Elm Avenue
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
info@wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca
902-697-3344
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