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Wednesday, June 1, 2016 • Huron Expositor 13
Short fiction is a genre that deserves to be celebrated
The annual Alice Munro Festival
of the Short Story will take place
in Huron County from June 2 - 5
Laura Broadley
Postmedia Network
For four days Huron
County will be awash in
Canadian writing talent.
The Alice Munro Festival
of the Short Story will once
again take people through
workshops, readings, author
panels and lectures from
June2-5.
The festival will start off
big with one of Canada's
most renowned authors,
Margaret Atwood. She will
be reading a selection from
her short story collection,
Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked
Tales.
Atwood will be joined by
award-winning author Meri-
lyn Simonds to discuss
Atwood's work, and other
subjects in an informal con-
versation, which will be fol-
lowed by a book signing.
The reading starts at 7:30
p.m. and the signing starts at
9 p.m. on June 2 at the Blyth
Festival. Tickets are $25.
Simonds is no stranger to
The Alice Munro Festival of
the Short Story. In the fall of
2014 she was hired on as a
consultant to give advice on
how to revitalize the festival.
The work resulted in a 157
page report that gave sugges-
tions to reinvigorate the
festival.
Simonds' proof of exper-
tise comes in the form of a
small writers' festival in
Kingston, Ont., which she
helped turn into one of the
most successful in Canada.
"I've been there, I know
what it takes," Simonds said.
"I just thought that the Alice
Munro Festival had so much
potential."
Short stories are an impor-
tant medium for emerging
writers, and festivals cele-
brating them are almost
non-existent, Simonds said.
"It's not a lesser genre. It's
very difficult technically, but
it feels manageable for new
writers," she said.
The short story is not just a
proverbial stepping stone to
the novel, Simonds said.
Simonds is also well -
versed in the work of Alice
Munro, which makes her
even more qualified.
Simonds grew up in
southwestern Ontario, and
started reading Munro's
work from the beginning.
During that time there
weren't very many Canadian
writers that were women.
"It was a tremendous
encouragement for me as a
writer," Simonds said.
Again in the fall of 2014,
Simonds was asked to sub-
mit an essay for the Cam-
bridge Companion to Alice
Munro, which just came out
in March 2016. It is a thor-
ough introduction to the
writings of Munro.
Simonds re -read all of Mun-
ro's work, in order, in prepara-
tion for writing the essay.
"It was really, really, a pro-
found experience," Simonds
said.
Simonds will be participat-
ing in an author panel with
fellow contributor Elizabeth
Hay on June 4 from 9 - 10:30
a.m. at the North Huron
Museum in Wingham.
Hay is the author of nine
books, including a collection
of short stories. She won the
Giller Prize in 2007 for her
novel, Late Nights on Air.
Hay has been an avid
reader of Munro since her
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early 20s.
"I don't know Munro per-
sonally, I know her as a
reader knows an author she
admires with a passion. In
fact, it's more accurate to say
I'm a re -reader of Alice
Munro, since I return to her
stories over and over again,"
Hay said in an email.
The festival being in Mun-
ro's hometown of Wingham
brings an extra bit of excite-
ment for Hay.
"I'm most looking forward
to being literally in the part
of the world that produced
Alice Munro," she said.
The complete program
and tickets for the 2016 Alice
Munro Festival of the Short
Story can be found online at
www. alicemunro fe stival. ca.
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