HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-11-28, Page 32PAGE 32. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2013.
Take in a show
Blyth Festival Artistic Director Marion de Vries was a big part of the annual Huron County
Cultural Symposium, which was held in the lower level of Blyth Memorial Hall on Saturday.
Speaking to those in attendance, de Vries went over the Festival’s 2014 season and invited
everyone to come to next year’s productions. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
The Alice Munro Writers and
Readers Festival and the Township
of North Huron along with the
Municipalities of Morris Turnberry
and Central Huron are hosting a
gathering to celebrate Alice Munro’s
achievement, winning the Nobel
Prize for Literature. The Nobel Prize
is regarded by far as the most
prestigious prize in the world and
Munro is the 13th woman to be
awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature – a list that includes other
renowned writers from all over the
world.
On Sunday, Dec. 8, in anticipation
of the Dec. 10 official ceremony in
Stockholm, Sweden, Alice Munro
fans are invited to gather at the
Wingham Golf and Country Club
from 3 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. There
will be brief remarks and then a
toast to Alice, captured on video to
be sent to her before the Nobel Gala
presentation abroad.
In recent weeks media
representatives from Canada,
Sweden, the United States and
Russia have come to Wingham and
contacted local Munro experts,
visited the North Huron Museum’s
Alice Munro Collection and
Reading Garden and explored the
landscape that shaped Munro as she
developed her writing skills. The
Nobel Prize for Literature
announcement declared Munro the
“master of the contemporary
short story.” Over the course of
her writing career she has
connected with readers around the
world.
Guests for the Sunday, Dec. 8
Wingham event are asked to RSVP
by contacting Connie Goodall,
Economic Development Officer at
the Township of North Huron by
calling 519-357-1096.
For information contact Karen
Stewart, Chair, Alice Munro Writers
and Readers Festival at 519-523-
4328.
Munro celebration
coming Dec. 8 at
Wingham Golf Club
Retirement life to discover!