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Issue #42

June 2005


Literary Tuesdays in July

Don't forget to buy your tickets for Literary Tuesdays in July! Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door—the price of admission includes coffee and desserts provided by local restaurants: Magelly's, Frisco's, Country Rose, and the Granary. Again, this year, we are grateful for the use of the spacious and air-conditioned hall at St. James Church in Eganville. The evening events start at 7:30 p.m. This year's great authors are:

July 5 — Catherine Bush, nominee for Canada First Novel & City of Toronto Book award (Claire's Head, Rules of Engagement, Minus Time)
July 12 — Diane Schoemperlen, Governor General's Award for Fiction winner (Names of the Dead, Our Lady of the Lost and Found, Forms of Devotion)
July 19 — Alan Cumyn, Giller finalist (Losing It, The Sojourn, Burridge Unbound)
July 26 — Rick Mofina, Arthur Ellis Award Winner, 2003 (The Dying Hour, Cold Fear, Blood of Others)

On July 26, renowned children's author Janet Lunn (The Story of Canada, The Root Cellar, Amos's Sweater) will read at 2:00 p.m., with proceeds to go to the Bonnechere Union Library.

Advance tickets are available at: the Bonnechere Public Library, the Eganville Bakery, the HummDinger in Golden Lake, the Arnprior Book Shop, the Renfrew Book Shop, the Village Pharmacy in Killaloe, Lorraine's IDA in Barry's Bay, and Coles Book Store in Pembroke.

Summer Hours

The Literacy Plus office will close after Thursday, June 30. It will reopen with regular hours Tuesday, September 6. Sue will be in through the summer to pick up mail and messages and to file our required statistics reports.

Tutors and students who are meeting in July and August, please continue to send in your tutor reports right after your last meeting each month. Sue will need your hours for the statistics reports. Diane will review reports sent by e-mail and try to respond. She will be available until August 15.

Calendar

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July 5 — Catherine Bush reads
July 12 — Diane Schoemperlen reads
July 19 — Alan Cumyn reads
July 26 — Janet Lunn reads, 2 p.m.
              — Rick Mofina reads, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 6 — Swing for Literacy
Sept. 8 — International Literacy Day
Sept. 12 — computer-based classes start
Sept. 20 — Fee-for-service class starts
Sept. 21 — Workshop Wednesdays begin