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Atwood launches Munro Festival Thursday
The Alice Munro Festival of the
Short Story is set to turn North
Huron into a cultural hotbed over the
weekend with some of the biggest
names in Canada literature coming
to be a part of the proceedings.
The festival starts with one of
Canada's best known literary stars,
Margaret Atwood, being featured in
the first event of the program.
On Thursday, June 2, Blyth
Memorial Hall will feature
"Margaret Atwood in Conversation,"
an event where Atwood will have an
informal discussion about her work
with fellow Canadian author
Merilyn Simonds.
The reading starts at 7:30 p.m. and
A great weekend of music
The Blyth Community Centre and campgrounds proved to again be a great host for the annual
Barn Dance Jamboree. Music officially began on Friday night with the bluegrass show,
continued on Saturday with an open stage and then the main Barn Dance show on Saturday
night, followed by Sunday morning's Gospel show. Above, the Belmore Community Choir
performed at Sunday's Gospel show, while below the Barn Dance band performed on
Saturday night to much fanfare, led by guitarist Fred Lewis, left, and steel guitar player Doug
Dietrich. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
Faith to be strived for: van Leeuwen
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we can, with the strength of Jesus
Madill hosts
festival panel
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voices as well as the importance of
those youths finding communities.
The panel is scheduled for Friday,
June 3 at F.E. Madill School and
starts at 12:30 p.m. with a limited
number of tickets available to the
public at $10.
For more information about
masterclass, the panel or the festival,
visit alicemunrofestival.ca
good."
I write this because I see in the
Christian culture a significant
tendency to be consumers of that
which is good. We want goodness to
be provided for us rather than taking
responsibility for it ourselves. In
other words, the goodness of our
church is dependent on us and not on
someone else. If we all make it our
priority to root our lives in Scripture
and, on the basis of what we learn
from there, provide spiritual and
physical care for those around us, we
all could belong to a "good" church.
It may not be the largest church or
the most popular, but if we, the
church, are doing what is
appropriate to what we are to be,
then we will belong to a good
church.
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will feature a signing session at
9 p.m. Tickets are $25.
Friday starts with a panel
discussion called "That's So Gay" at
F.E. Madill School in Wingham. The
panel will feature three Canadian
authors from the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT)
community: Vivek Shraya, Shawn
Syms and Mariko Tamaki.
The three will talk about different
experiences that youth have when
coming out, the diversity of voices in
that community and the importance
of connecting to an inclusive
community.
The event is being held alongside
Gay Straight Alliance Clubs from
schools in Huron and Perth
Counties.
Tickets are limited for the general
public and cost $10.
The opening reception will start at
7 p.m. and will feature selections
being read from the Blyth Festival
production of If Truth Be Told which
is based on book bannings in the
area in the 1970s. If Truth Be Told is
set to premiere at the Festival later
this year.
Tickets for the event, which will
be held at the Wescast Centre in
Wingham, are $15 each.
June 4 will feature masterclasses
from celebrated Canadian artists as
well as panels and discussions
regarding everything from develop-
ing characters to photography.
Some of the highlights include
readings from authors Samuel
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Tickets are $10. and can be
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Archibald and Lynn Coady at
11 a.m.; a lunch event with keynote
speaker Robert Thacker, an author
who has written about Munro, will
take place in Wingham as will the
Jubilee gala, the final event of the
day.
The gala starts at 6:30 p.m. at the
Wescast Community Complex and
includes keynote speaker Elizabeth
Hay. The winners of the short story
competition will be announced by
guest judge Archibald.
The event costs $50 per ticket.
Sunday features four writers at the
books and brunch event at The
Livery in Goderich.
Archibald and Hay are joined by
Sheila Heti and Simonds to discuss
what makes a successful short story.
Lynn Coady has the honour of
hosting the last event of the festival
with her lecture Who Needs
Books, a talk about publishing
in the digital age.
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