Leacock Summer Festival 2013
| When: | Back to Calendar July 23, 2013 @ 8:00 pm – July 28, 2013 @ 4:00 pm | Where: | Leacock Museum National Historic Site 50 Museum Drive Orillia,ON L3V Canada |
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| Contact: | Fred Addis 705-329-1908 x803 faddis@leacockmuseum.com |
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The Leacock Museum’s annual salute to contemporary Canadian literature features a broad spectrum of contemporary creative writing.
Tickets on Sale June 15
–SCHEDULE–
July 23 – Tuesday: 8:00pm
OPENING NIGHT
Mark Kingwell – Unruly Voices: Essays on Democracy, Civility
and Human Imagination
Jowita Bydlowska – Drunk Mom
Steven Heighton – The Dead Are More Visible (Stories)
July 24 – Wednesday: 8:00pm
CARTOON CULTURE
Isaac Bickerstaff (aka Don Evans)
Mike Eddenden
July 25 – Thursday: 8:00pm
POETRY
Ian Williams – Personals (2013 Griffin Poetry Prize – Canadian shortlist)
Jan Zwicky – Forge (2012 Griffin Poetry Prize – Canadian shortlist)
Marty Gervais – Poet Laureate of Windsor
July 26 – Friday: 11:00am – 2:00pm
CHILDREN’S DAY – NEVERLAND
Our annual festival Children’s Day has as its theme this year, J.M. Barrie’s NEVERLAND. Enjoy stories, face-painting and dressing-up. Perfect for kids of all ages.
Complimentary Hot Dogs, Lemonade and Cake for Everyone.
Admission by Donation
July 26 – Friday: 8:00pm
FRIDAY NIGHT HUMOUR SHOWCASE
HOST: Terry Fallis – Up and Down
Lorne Elliot - Beach Reading
Andrew Kaufman – Born Weird
Jan Zwicky - The Book of Frog
July 27 – Saturday: 2:00pm
ME, MYSELF & I: Memoirists
Roger Bell: Real Lives
When the Devil Calls
Sherry Lawson: I’ve Been Shot At: What’s Your Excuse?
Don’t Get Too Close: You Might Get Some On You…
Charlie Wilkins: Little Ship of Fools
Walk to New York
In the Land of the Long Fingernails….
July 27 – Saturday: 8:00pm
FANTASY SHOWCASE
Julie Czerneda – A Turn of Light
Ed Greenwood – Forgotten Realms (Dungeons and Dragons)
Lesley Livingston – Starling
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