Literacy Plus holds a variety of fundraising events each year. Funds raised are used to help adults in Renfrew County upgrade their skills and improve their employability.
Join us for our 9th Annual Bonnechere Authors Festival on Wednesday evenings in July: dessert, coffee and conversation with great Canadian authors.
| July 6 |
Roy MacGregor
Roy MacGregor is a prizewinning journalist and writer, author of many books for adults and young people. Northern Light, released Fall 2010, revisits and updates the story of Canadian painter Tom Thomson, who died in mysterious circumstances in Algonquin Park in 1917. The book reveals new details about Thomson’s personal life and his last days, and makes a compelling case for the true site of his burial.
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| July 13 |
Alyssa York
Acclaimed Toronto author Alyssa York’s third novel, Fauna, released in 2010, is set in a Toronto ravine, where a number of misfits and lost souls, both animal and human, find refuge with the unusual proprietor of Howell Auto Wreckers. York’s last book, Effigy, was short-listed for the Scotia-Giller Prize in 2007 and long-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. http://alissayork.com |
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| July 20 |
Merilyn Simonds & Wayne Grady
Merilyn Simonds and Wayne Grady are celebrated writers whose engaging 2010 book, Breakfast at the Exit Café: Travels in America, describes their eventful 2006 winter road trip around the perimeter of the United States. Told in alternating voices, the book also reflects on culture, history and landscape, and the differences between Canada and the U.S. Merilyn, an avid gardener, will also publish A New Leaf: Growing with my Garden in March 2011. http://www.merilynsimonds.com |
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| July 27 |
Nick Crowe
Nick Crowe’s first novel, A Cold Night for Alligators, published February 2011, is described as “entertaining, funny, poignant, and suspenseful—an old-fashioned page-turner.” The book follows 26-year-old Jasper as a freak accident sets him off on a road trip from Toronto to Florida, where he attempts to locate his missing brother and unravel a mystery hiding a devastating family secret. http://www.randomhouse.ca/newface/crowe.php |
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| Time: |
7:30 p.m. for Coffee and Dessert. Reading at 8:00 p.m. |
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| Place: |
St. James Church Hall,
78 Wellington Street, Eganville (July 14, July 21, July 28) |
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| Cost: |
$15 per evening/$50 for the series. Tickets at the door. |
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| Contact: |
Call (613) 628-1720 or (613) 754-2137 |
in collaboration with RCCUP
