Writers & Friends
Sunday April 11, 2010
14th Annual Gala Afternoon
Kingston City Hall, 1:00 pm.
Featuring Ian Brown, Linden MacIntyre, Erna Paris, Lawrence Scanlan and Sarah Harmer.
Readings, music, gourmet delectables and silent auction. “Writes of Spring” benefit on behalf of marginalized communities in Central America and Mexico. For information call 613 546- 9199.
For early bird tickets contact Horizons of Friendship 1 888 729- 9928 or 905 372- 5483, ext. 10 or e-mail info@horizons.ca. Visit www.horizons.ca.
Writers & Friends April 11 th, 2010
Kingston’s Friends of Horizons are delighted to announce their Annual Gala Afternoon for Sunday April11th at Kingston City Hall, featuring outstanding guests. Joining us will be Globe and Mail features writer
Ian Brown, radio and television host and author of The Boy in the Moon and winner of the B. C. National Award for literary non- fiction and nominee, Charles Taylor Prize 2010; Linden MacIntyre, writer, and television host of CBC’s Fifth Estate, and author of the 2009 Scotiabank Giller winning novel, The Bishop’s Man; Erna Paris, award winning writer and historian, and author of The Sun Climbs Slow: The International Criminal Court and the Struggle for Justice; and acclaimed journalist Lawrence Scanlan, author of the upcoming spring release, A Year of Living Generously .
Writers & Friends musical contributor Sarah Harmer is the one of Canada’s favourite musicians and previous Writers and Friends musical guest.
The afternoon of “literary schmoozing” on behalf of the charitable organization, Horizons of Friendship begins at 1:00 p.m. with readings, music and finger foods provided by some of the Kingston area’s finest chefs. Book sales will be provided by Novel Idea, and there will be a Grand Silent Auction of gifts, services and art. Funds raised by Writers & Friends will help address problems in marginalized communities in Central America and Mexico struggling to improve their living conditions and to access the basic human rights of health, education and citizen participation. For more information on Horizons of Friendship, visit www.horizons.ca
For Writers& Friends Early bird tickets ($110; income tax receipt $90.00), available by credit card order; call Horizons at 1 888-729- 9928. After mid March, tickets will be available at Novel Idea. For more information call 613- 546- 9199.
