Writers & Friends Port Hope Welcomes Acclaimed Authors
Farley Mowat, Joseph Boyden, Linda Diebel, Camilla Gibb and Ian Brown.
It’s Horizons’ 12 th Annual Writers & Friends in Port Hope and some remarkable authors are coming to town. On Sunday November 19, at LeVan Hall, Trinity College School, you will meet:
Joseph Boyden, writer of Irish, Scottish and Metis roots and author of the internationally acclaimed
Three Day Road. The “ tale of racial and cultural displacement, combined with a mystic saga” about two young Cree soldiers in the killing fields of The Great War has just won the 2006 Amazon/ Books in Canada First Novel award.
Linda Diebel, Toronto Star features writer, international affairs journalist, former Latin American bureau chief and Amnesty Media Award winner. Her book
Betrayed: The Assassination of Digna Ochoa, combines political journalism, love story and mystery novel, in her chronicle of the murder of a popular Mexican human rights lawyer.
Camilla Gibb, social anthropologist and award winning novelist, acclaimed by Britain’s prestigious Orange Prize jury as one of 21 young writers to watch.
Sweetness in the Belly, her epic 2005 bestseller and Giller nominee has been hailed as “ a timely and compelling novel of ideas of cultural identity in a multicultural era.”
Farley Mowat, Canada’s favourite storyteller and Writers & Friends founding contributor. Author of thirty nine Canadian classics including
Never Cry Wolf, Owls in the Family, The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be, The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float, his new memoir,
Bay of Spirits recounts how he fell in love with both Newfoundland and a woman he met there.
Master of Ceremonies will be
Ian Brown, award winning
Globe and Mail features writer and host of CBC radio’s
Talking Books and TVO’s
Human Edge. The contribution of these writers along with that of host,
Trinity College School is a sign of the strong support enjoyed by Horizons of Friendship for over 33 years, one of Canada’s most highly respected non-governmental organizations.
For twelve years Writers & Friends has helped to provide support for impoverished communities in Central America and Mexico. Over $250,000 has been raised to assist families coping with decades of natural disasters and political upheaval; the Canadian government, through CIDA funds, has matched this amount. The challenges faced by people in the south were witnessed first hand by participants on Horizons’ recent exposure tours. Visitors saw how the economic crisis faced by coffee growers and other small farmers is exasperating conditions of abject poverty in the region. Devastation caused by hurricanes has compounded the ongoing struggles of indigenous communities. With your support of Writers & Friends, Horizons of Friendship can continue to make a difference.
Readings, book signings, music and a sumptuous Gourmet Buffet are just part of the Writers & Friends tradition. The Grand Silent Auction presents enticements for early Christmas shoppers- books donated by major publishers, specialty gifts and services, and Central American folk art and craft items. Our Select Live Art Auction returns this year as well, with donations by artists Betsy Downie, Melanie Browne, George Raab; from Zimbabwe, a Shona stone sculpture and from Japan, a first edition art volume. A special offering this year is a week’s stay in the south
west France.
Tickets for Writers & Friends sell out quickly. Tickets are $110 and an income tax receipt is provided for $ 65. To order by credit card, please call 1-888-729-9928 now. Tickets are also available in Port Hope at Furby House Books and in Cobourg at Horizons’ office, 50 Covert St. For more information:
905 372- 5483, ext. 14,
1 888 729- 9928
or email info @horizons.ca .
