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Readings
2009
Poets, Authors, Writers
Storytellers & Playwrights
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Co-MC
Susan L. Reynolds
President, WCDR |
Susan L. Reynolds,
President,
Writers Circle of Durham Region |
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Susan Lynn Reynolds is a writer and an accredited
writing instructor in the Amherst Writers and Artists
method. She has been teaching creative writing for over
10 years. Her 1992 novel Strandia won the CLA’s
national YA Novel of the Year Award, and she won the
Timothy Findley Creative Writing Prize three years in a
row for her short stories and poetry. Her area of
specialty is the therapeutic use of journaling and
memoir, and her thesis on that topic received the
Canadian Psychological Association’s Award of Academic
Excellence in 2006. She has been leading writing
workshops for female inmates at Central East
Correctional Centre for five years and received the 2007
June Callwood Award for Outstanding Volunteerism for
that program. She is currently working on her Masters.
www.goforwords.com
www.piquantproductions.ca
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Co-MC
James Dewar
Vice-President, WCDR
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James Dewar
Vice President,
Writers Circle of Durham Region
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James has been organizing and hosting his reading
series, Hot-Sauced Words, in Toronto and elsewhere for
over three years. He is a frequent guest on Nik Beat’s
“Howl” radio show on CIUT 89.5 FM and enjoys
hosting Literary Festivals. His poetry has been
published in several anthologies and literary journals.
His first book of poetry,
The
Garden in the Machine was published
by Hidden Brook Press in March 2007. Through his
publishing company, Piquant Press, he has edited
and published six poetry chapbooks for emerging talents
and is working on two new projects. In addition to
teaching advanced creative writing at Durham College he
also leads a year-long workshop, A Novel Approach, with
Sue Reynolds, helping writers to complete a novel in one
year. He serves as VP of the Writers’ Circle of Durham
Region and works as a freelance writer, editor and
website designer. For more information please check
www.hotsaucedwords.ca and
www.piquantproductions.ca |
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Lynn has succeeded in giving Canadians a
realization of their wonderful heritage and history.
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Featured Speaker
Lynn Philip Hodgson,
Canadian Best Seller Author
Lynn will be available to sign any of his
books |
Lynn will be speaking about his
soon to be released book.
Lynn Philip Hodgson has dedicated
half of his life to uncovering the most detailed
secrets of
Camp-X.
On March 7th 2005, Lynn won the "Lifetime
Achievement Award" for 2004. This award is issued by
the Ontario Heritage Foundation and reads as
follows:
"Presented to: Lynn Philip Hodgson
In appreciation of a lifetime of volunteer work to
identify,
preserve, protect and promote our province's rich
heritage."
Signed: The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander,
Chairman Ontario Heritage Foundation - 2004
Lynn is also Canadian Associate Editor of 'Eye Spy
Magazine'; a magazine dealing with intelligence
activities and read in thirty-nine countries.
http://www.eyespymag.com/consultants.htm
He is also an elected Municipal Councillor for Ward
3 in Scugog Township and is Chair of the Works
Committee. |
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Richard Grove
Photo taken at the
Canadian Embassy in Cuba
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Richard M. Grove
Poet / Author / Writer, President of
Hidden Brook Press |
Richard Grove has
been writing poetry seriously for decades and has
had over 100 of his poems published in periodicals
and has been published in over 25 anthologies from
around the world. Including his poetry he has 10
titles to his name. His first book of poetry
titled Beyond Fear and Anger was released in 1997.
His second book titled Poems For Jack was released
in 2002. His ebook A Cuba Trip 2006 released in
the spring of 2006. He is working on two new
collections called Fictional Family Portraits of
Not So Real Family Members and A Personal Boyhood
History. He is also the author of numerous books
with metaphysical themes including The Mind-Body
Connection and Metaphysical Healing For a Secular
Age.
For his poetry and prose Richard has won prizes
and honourable mentions as well as a finalist spot
in two contest anthologies.
Richard is the founder of the Canadian Poet
Registry, was an active member of the Canadian
Poetry Association for ten years serving on the
executive for seven years including five as
President. He is the founding president of the
Canada Cuba Literary Alliance and the co-founder
of the Purdy Country Literary Festival. |
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Trish Smith
Author
Profile:
Trisha Smith is a teacher, artist, and a writer.
Her inquisitiveness took her into research,
interviews, and writing at Ecology Canada
Magazine, and then for other publications. While
working for the Secretariat of State as a
Bilingual Coordinator, Ms. Smith compiled Canadian
youth’s artistic works for the United Nations
Conference "Habitat ’76" Exhibit in Vancouver. Ms.
Smith has illustrated educational publications,
books, among others. Her legal advocacy has become
the subject of fourteen newspaper articles (the
Toronto Star) and several TV news shows (CITY-TV). |
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Holiday in Hell
is a
true story^ tragedy, drama, and relentless
suspense chronicling years of author’s life. A
brutal
assault in 1999 on an exotic island cannot be
charged! And then an ensuing legal clash;
Cuba
is reluctant to charge the assailant, he’s not
Cuban, and the Canadian police refuse to arrest
him. In a
true sense the hard-hitting legal aftermath
becomes the real crime.
Holiday in Hell
serves as a wake-up call to Canadians, however
conveys hope that the outdated Canadian Criminal
Code 6(2) can be amended. Holiday in
Hell is published by:
Asteroid Publishing, Inc. and is available from
the following retailers/ wholesalers: Amazon,
Barns and Nobel, Indigo, Baker & Taylor and at
www.holidayinhell.ca on the page Where to
Purchase |
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Canadian Authors Association - Toronto Branch
Readers
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Flavia
Cosma
Flavia Cosma is an acclaimed poet who publishes work in
Romanian, and in English translated from the Romanian. She has
more than 20+ books to her credit.
Flavia's most recent new book in English published "Thus Spoke
the Sea",
and one in Spanish published in Buenos Aires, Plumas de
Angeles"
Some of
Flavor's
literary accomplishment:
Sexton Cerate International de Poesies 2008 "La
Lector Impatient" -
Shortlisted in the 6th Poetry Competition with
the poem Dana
Third Prize in the John Dryden Translation
Competition 2007,
for the translation of In The Arms of The Father,
poems by Fluvial Cosmo |
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Liisa Hypponen
Lisa is a Toronto native of Finnish descent, works at honing
her writing craft which includes taking several on-line poetry
and short story courses as well as her current enrolment in
Ryerson University’s Magazine Publishing Certificate Program.
Lisa has been published in Reader’s Digest’s, Life’s Like
That, the Toronto Star’s, Your Home Section and the CAVA
Toronto Branch Anthology, Stumbling through Darkness. Lisa
currently serves on the executive of the CAVA Toronto Branch
and is an avid booster of its motto: “Writers Helping
Writers.” |
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Bianca Lakoseljac
Bianca (Queed)
Lakoseljac is an author, an educator, an environmentalist, a
mother and wife, and a lover of arts and all creative
endeavours. She is a Masters of Arts graduate of York
University and the recipient of the 1995 Matthew
Ahern Memorial Award in Literature.
She is president for
the Canadian Authors Association, Toronto Branch and served on
a panel of contest judges for the 2008 Canadian Aid Literary
Award Contest.
Since 1995 Bianca has taught
communication courses
at Ryerson University and Humber College in Toronto. She has
placed her teaching career aside to pursue writing.
Her short
stories and poems have been published in a number of
anthologies.
Bianca has just
completed her first novel, The Summer of the Dancing Bear,
which chronicles the “rite of passage” of a fourteen-year old
girl befriended by a Gypsy clan and is set in the former
Yugoslavia. She is also working on a sequel to her novel and
two short novels set in present day Toronto. |
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Maria Pia
Marchelletta
Maria studied both Italian and
French literature and grammar at the University of Toronto.Here she obtained an Honours Bachelor of Arts and a
Bachelor of Education from the Faculty of Education. She has
taught French and Italian at both the elementary and secondary
levels since 1978.
Her passions include reading,
and writing English, Italian and French poetry, short stories
and essays. She belongs to various poetry associations: The
Ontario Poetry Society, Canadian Authors Association, Vaughan
Poet’s Circle, The Association of Italian-Canadian Writers,
Canadian Federation of Poets, Poetry Ireland, the League of
Canadian Poets, and Toastmasters International where she has
shared her poetry.
Most recent publications
include The Poet Band Company of Pennsylvania, The Ontario
Poetry Society, Brindin Press, Tertulia Magazine and the
Canadian Federation of Poets. She published her first chapbook
entitled, "Nocturnal Laments." |
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George Arnold,
CFP National Co-coordinator
CFP Oakville Chair
Vice President Oakville Arts Council
George Arnold never dreamed of
writing poetry as anything more than a passing fancy
during his BC high school years. He stopped writing
after school and finally picked up the muse again some
25 years later. Now, George is the Canadian Federation
of Poets’
National Co-ordinator and the local Chair for the
Oakville chapter of the CFP. In the 4
years since he returned to writing he has won two CFP
Poet of the year awards and compiled over 300 poems. He
is the proud step-father of two beautiful young ladies
and adores his wife and soul mate Roz. |
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Cheryl Antao-Xavier
Cheryl Antao-Xavier has been writing
poetry for over 20 years and her poems have been
published in anthologies and literary magazines. In May
2008, her first book, a collection of poems written over
these years was published through her publishing
company, In Our Words. Cheryl’s poems are vignettes of
the human experience that capture the trials and angst
of people in transition and women in subjugation.
Cheryl is the chair of the Peel region branch of the
Canadian Federation of Poets and a member of
The Ontario Poetry Society and the Mississauga Arts
Council. |
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James R. Quinn
James Quinn is an author, poet, and
musician. He has authored and independently published
his book titled “TRANSPARENT”- The Personal sentiments
of one man’s reality. It is a 168 page collection of
poems, narratives & essays. Over the past year, (while
on a sabbatical), James
wrote writing
a number of unpublished works
including: A Journey to Haiku, Prayer, A Requiem, The
Myth of Human Being, In Recognition, When I’m Alone, and
The Innercity.n a James’ book The Myth of Human
Being, was reviewed by
Michael Collier, a poetry reviewer "an
earnest and ambitious collection of philosophical poems" |
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Joan Sutcliffe
Originally I am from Yorkshire,
England, educated at Leeds University. On moving to
Canada I became interested in eastern philosophy and
mysticism, and joined the Theosophical Society where I
edited the monthly News magazine for many years, and
wrote articles and poems for other theosophical
publications. Currently I am a member of The Ontario
Poetry Society and the Canadian Federation of Poets. |
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Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews was born
in Italy and emigrated to Canada at the age of 13.
Josie's passions are reading and writing, especially
poetry. Her award winning poetry has appeared in
magazines and anthologies and she has won several prizes
for her work in both English and Italian. She
Her non-fiction book "How the Italians Created Canada"
was released in February 2008. The work highlights the
major, yet often unacknowledged contributions of Italian
immigrants to Canada's historical, social and cultural
fabric. |
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Saskia
Maddock has been writing poetry since
age 10. She decided in late summer last year to pull
together the poems an have them printed. That collection
became a great little book entitled
Life Unmasked.
She is now working on getting her second book ready for
launch in late July. That will
be titled a life awakened: Contemplations.
She is proud to be a part of the Canadian Federation of
Poets. |
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Karen Colville lives in Newcastle, Ontario, she is an emerging
Author and speaker on the subject of sustaining ability. Karen
has also served as a community volunteer and a voice in music.
She has written a book Sustainability With a State of Grace.
Her new book examines her own challenges while working on
areas of self improvement, going green and coming up with
answers on sustain ability in areas of life and wants to help
others to help themselves makes better informed decisions for
their lives and to be of service to others how we may help and
contribute.
Karen hopes to use her creative gifts and talents in creating
employment as a developing social entrepreneur and self
independent reliance that will work with her life choices and
to contribute to humanity independent "green" media and
sustainable living.
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POETS
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Debbie Ouellet |
Debbie Ouellet lives in Loretto, Ontario. Her work has
been published in The Writers Journal, Poetry Canada,
Scholastic Academic Publishing, Azimov’s, Cicada,
About.Com Poetry Winter Anthology, various
anthologies, Cricket, Chirp, and chickaDEE Magazines,
and in the children’s book, Animals on Parade.
Her
first children’s book, How Robin Saved Spring, is
scheduled for release in spring 2009.
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Kim Grove
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Kim Grove is a
freelance writer and has enjoyed writing since she
first picked up a pencil. Her prose has been
published in the Boston Globe, The Christian Science
Monitor, the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail.
She's also had a lengthy article published in
Watershed Magazine.
Kim Grove recently taught a writing
course for the Military Family Resource Centre at
the Trenton air base and will be teaching a
children's short story course this summer at her
local library. |
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R. D. Roy was a feature reader at the International Book Fair in
Havana (2007, 2008), the Al Purdy People's Poetry festival,
2007, Hot Sauced Words, Toronto (2008). He is the "Official House
Poet" to the Organic Underground Restaurant in Belleville, and
a member of The League of Canadian Poets, PEN Canada, and the
Canada-Cuba Literary Alliance. Roy is a contributing editor to
the CCLA's quarterly, The Ambassador.
June 27th he releases his collaborative collection of poems that
examine
" Life & Death in Cheap Motels" with Kingston writer/poet Jen Londry.
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Tony Valuch
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Tony Valuch is from Toronto, Canada. He holds
undergraduate and graduate degrees in English
Literature and Education.
His poetry is concerned
with the natural world, man’s inner nature, societal
grievances, and rites of passage.
He has had his
poetry published in magazines and journals in both
South Korea and Canada, and published his first book BLOODRUSHES in 2005.
He does poetry readings in
Southern Ontario and recently completed his next
book called A FLEETING GLIMPSE OF MAPLE |
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Story Telling with Music / Performers
Heather
Whaley and Kim Michele
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Let the
Music Play
Down
through the ages /Music brings pictures /Of moments and
memories to mind /Like old fashioned photographs /Filled
full of people /Faces and places and times.
Inspired by the lyrics of Robin Bruce
Ward, Heather and Kim channel their inner bard
to thread an eclectic tapestry of tales through their
music;
Oh, I
love to hear music /And I think it’s fine /To remember
the moments, /As we pass through time.
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Heather is a versatile singer/songwriter & storyteller who
brings both traditional tales
and her own stories to life by
interspersing the narrative with rhyme, chant song and playing
the guitar.
She performs in schools, in concert, and conducts workshops
throughout the GTA and beyond, for children and adults. Her
interactive Multicultural storytelling and musical
programs are popular with children and families.
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Adult audiences
delight in her unique presentations of original contemporary,
folk and blues music with personal tales that are profound
or humourous. She especially enjoys performing her ‘Singin’ the
Blues’ in story concert to ‘grown-up’ audiences where she
invites other musicians
to join her.
She does Musical Story & Song Theatre shows for adults, youth,
and older children and presents adult Halloween House
Concerts. Her Family Album: A Bit of This & That And a Snap,
Clap, Tap. A Collection of Stories and Songs (2 cd's) focuses
on literacy. I Eat Borscht, I Eat Kippers…is included in
Signatures, the Writer’s Circle of Durham Region’s first
anthology. Her newer albums are featured on her web site.
Although she has not won any concrete awards, she has won the
hearts of thousands of listeners in Canada and the US through
performances and regular sales of her tunes through online
emusic sites.
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A musical
troubadour Kim plays both the ancient Celtic Harp traced over
one thousand years as well as the Lyon
and Healy classical
Harp. She performs period music ranging from celtic to
classical, early music to renaissance and traditional to
contemporary, combining her talents on harp, and mandolin
performance blending her instruments and voice with song.
Kim appears solo as well as duo with other performers in
various productions within the Greater Toronto Area and
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She collaborates “Musical Story and Song
Theatre” with singer/songwriter and storyteller Heather
Whaley.
She has
worked as a background vocalist and mandolin musician for
studio sessions at Steve Sherman Productions, Toronto , Ont.
Kim played a
principal role as an actress/singer for the play called
“The
Elfin Knight”, Cliffhanger Productions, and she orchestrated
all the vocals and harp music in this forty-five show
production at the historic Guild Inn Toronto Ont.
She writes
monthly articles about harp history for the “Folk Harp Society
Journal” where she is on the executive board, and publishes
articles and her own poetry in “Acoustic Café Magazine’.
She plays professionally for places such as Ontario
Renaissance Festivals, Durham Regional Arts, Studio and Garden
Tours, Toronto’s Casa Loma, Royal Ontario Museum, Early Music
Festival, Highland Games, and other cultural events. |
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Stellar
Literary Festival Videographer
Chester Stocki Featured on
Hollywood.com |
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Chester Stocki
being interviewed on Rogers TV
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Chester Stocki, Co-founder & Vice President of FAMEd
Chester creates real estates commercials
of residential
homes & commercial buildings for sale.
He also produces short movies.
Chester is very active promoting the film industry
and the music community in the Durham Region / GTA.
Video-Pro-Motion
Chester is on record as being the FIRST
Canadian independent film produced 1971
"The Proud Rider"
Chester Stocki: Director / 1971 / Released / CFP
Distribution
Chester Stocki: Screenplay / 1971 / Released / CFP
Distribution
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