The Arvon Foundation – help us by completing our Online Survey

Over the next two years The Arvon Foundation – a UK charity that supports emerging writers – has the opportunity to develop the main house at The Hurst in Shropshire (UK) as a place for writers and provide a new space for retreats and small group courses. We aim to create a beautiful space with 5 large study bedrooms (including one with full disability access), 2 flexible communal rooms and a large, farmhouse kitchen. All bedrooms will be en-suite and have stunning views across the local countryside and the grounds of the house.

We call this the ‘Hurst Residence’. Before we start the development work, we want to make sure we can offer what writers want. We would like to hear from writers from around the world with their views about this type of space.

Please help by completing the on-line survey by following this link:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=FNOfLL1l75cEW7u3vwHNAQ_3d_3d

Find out about The Arvon Foundation at http://www.arvonfoundation.org

Yup folks I moved my blog to the acorn – tongue and cheek.. at http://theacorn.ning.com so bookmark my new site!

Donna Allard

bellwalker

the acorn

MEDIA RELEASE

Release date: October 1, 2008

Library Launches Poet Laureate Map of Canada

The Poet Laureate Map of Canada (www.poetrymap.ca) is unique to Canada, and the world! There are literary maps and poet maps, but we haven’t yet found a poet laureate map. Our map features a photo, bio and poem from Canada’s poets laureate, past and present, as well as links, and when available, audio and video files. Quotes, FAQs, and news about poets laureate and poetry also make this site a valuable resource.

A legacy project of Owen Sound’s first Poet Laureate, Liz Zetlin, the web-based Poet Laureate Map of Canada showcases Canada’s poets laureate, municipal, provincial and federal, and provides models for communities that want to create their own poet laureate position.

Liz Zetlin and Mayor Ruth Lovell Stanners invited poets laureate and mayors of their host-municipalities to participate.  Response has been overwhelming, with nearly 30 poets laureate and 14 host communities listed on the Map.

We thank all those who have worked to make the Poet Laureate Map of Canada come to be a reality, and gratefully acknowledge the City of Owen Sound for funding this initiative. We invite all who view it, use it and learn from it to help the Library improve and update the Poet Laureate Map of Canada.  We also invite you to add a link from your website to the map. Your comments are welcome at: library@owensound.library.on.ca

The map is being launched to coincide with National Random Acts of Poetry Week, October 1 to 5. For the past four years, Liz Zetlin has performed random acts in the Owen Sound area, raising the profile of poetry in her community.

The Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library is pleased to host this poetry map.  We hope that, through the Poet Laureate Map of Canada, poetry continues to take root not only in our homes and hearts, libraries and schools, but begins to flourish in the council chambers and board rooms of the nation.

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For more information contact:

Judy Armstrong       OR Elizabeth Zetlin

Chief Librarian   Owen Sound Poet Laureate 2007 -2008

519-376-6623 x 201  519-986-4073

CARFAC Maritimes Annual General Meeting

Saturday, September 27 at the Port Campus of NSCAD University, Halifax

Before there was CARFAC Maritimes, there were CARFAC Nova Scotia (CARNS), CARFAC PEI and CARFAC New Brunswick. All three have an exciting history, reaching back almost to the beginning of CARFAC itself!

This year, CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation/le Front des artistes canadiens) is celebrating 40 years of defending the rights of visual artists. In recognition of this august history, as part of its Annual General Meeting, CARFAC Maritimes will present an interactive discussion “CARNS in its Heyday”, focusing on the early struggles of one-third of our active regional affiliate.

CARFAC Maritimes Annual General Meeting
Saturday, September 27, from 12 noon to 4 PM
Second floor, Port Campus of NSCAD University, Marginal Road (Pier 21) Halifax, Nova Scotia.

All members of CARFAC Maritimes are urged to attend.
Past members are urged to come and renew their membership.
Artists interested in joining, or finding out about the organization, are welcome.
A special welcome is afforded students of NSCAD University, members of Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS), and delegates from Nations in a Circle (NIAC).

Schedule:
Noon to 1 PM: potluck lunch, socializing, orientation.
1 to 2 PM: CARFAC Maritimes Annual General Meeting
2 to 3 PM: “CARNS in its Heyday” panel discussion
3 to 4 PM: outreach and big ideas.

For further information, email carfac.maritimes@ciut.fm
or phone 506 454 8324
CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation/le Front des artistes canadiens)
Happy Birthday CARFAC – 40 years, 1968 – 2008!
artists working for artists

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Assemblée générale annuelle de CARFAC Maritimes,
Le samedi, 27 septembre, au Port Campus de l’Université NSCAD à Halifax

Avant l’arrivée de CARFAC Maritimes, il existait CARFAC Nouvelle-Écosse (CARNS), CARFAC Ïle-du-Prince-Édouard et CARFAC Nouveau-Brunswick. Les trois associations ont une histoire riche qui date presque depuis les débuts même de CARFAC !

Cette année CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation/le Front des artistes canadiens) célèbre son 40e anniversaire de la défense des droits des artistes visuels. En reconnaissance de cette imposante histoire, CARFAC Maritimes présentera, lors de son Assemblée générale annuelle, une discussion interactive intitulée « CARNS à ses tous débuts », qui se penchera sur les épreuves durant les débuts du tiers de notre partenariat régional vibrant.
Assemblée générale annuelle de CARFAC Maritimes

QUAND ? Le samedi, 27 septembre – de midi à 16h ;
Où ? Au deuxième étage du Port Campus de l’université NSCAD, Marginal Road (Pier 21), Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse.

Tous les membres de CARFAC Maritimes sont priés d’assister.
Les ex-membres sont priés de venir renouveler leur adhésion.
Les artistes intéressé(e)s à devenir membres ou à en apprendre davantage sur notre organisme sont les bienvenu(e)s.
Invitation spéciale lancée aux étudiants de l’université NSCAD, aux membres deVisual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) et aux délégué(e)s de Nations in a Circle (NIAC).

Programme :
Midi à 13h : Repas « potluck », échanges et orientation
13h à 14h : Assemblée générale annuelle de CARFAC Maritimes
14h à 15h : Table ronde « CARNS à ses tous débuts »
15h à 16h : Rayonnement et grandes idées.

Pour de plus amples renseignements :
Courriel – carfac.maritimes@ciut.fm
Téléphone – 506-454-8324

CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation/le Front des artistes canadiens)
Bon anniversaire CARFAC – 40 ans, 1968 – 2008!
des artistes que travaillent pour les artistes

A message to all members of Poets for Human Rights

Dear Poets,

Poets for Human Rights announces the 3rd Annual Anita
McAndrews Award Poetry Contest and the 3rd Annual
Alexander Popoff Youth Award Poetry Contest.

Both contests offer $100 first prize.

Entries for both contests should relate to the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  Poets are
encouraged to visit  www.youthforhumanrights.org and
watch the 30 short videos (Watch the Ads tab) to
familiarize yourselves with the 30 articles of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Anita McAndrews Award Poetry Contest is open to
anyone.  $1 per poem reading fee.  Send 2 copies of
each entry (one copy with poet’s name, one “blind”
copy without poet’s name.)  Include a cover sheet with
your name, address, phone number, email address, and
poem title(s).  Make reading fee checks payable to
Artists in Action International.  Send entries to
Artists in Action International, P.O. Box 63,
Clearwater, FL 33757-0063.

Alexander Popoff Youth Award Poetry Contest is open to
poets aged 17 and younger.  Submissions are limited to
one entry per poet. There is no reading fee for
entries.  Email your entries to stazja@yahoo.com, with
“Youth Award entry” in the subject line.  Include your
name, address, telephone number, email address, age,
school and grade.

Submissions deadline for both contests is Saturday,
November 15, 2008.  Winning poems will be read at the
annual Universal Declaration of Human Rights
anniversary event in December (date and location to be
announced.)

For more information about either contest, contact
stazja@yahoo.com

Visit Poets for Human Rights at: http://poetsforhumanrights.ning.com

Canadian Poetry Association magazine POEMATA available online get your copy today – we have Paypal! Go to http://www.canadianpoetryassoc.com/poemata.html. Thank you for supporting POETRY wordwide!

If you wish to have your book listed in POEMATA email us at: riverbones@live.com and we will forward your request to the Editor of POEMATA. We prefer books on poetry. We need jpg cover image, ISBN, Publisher info, email/website, and short blurb on book.

cheers

AcadianRose

-Donna Allard

The 2008 CBC Literary Awards competition is now open! The deadline for submissions is November 1st, 2008. The Awards are Canada*s only literary competition celebrating original, unpublished works in both official languages. There are three categories: short story, poetry, and creative nonfiction, with cash prizes totaling $60,000, courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts, publication in Air Canada*s enRoute magazine and visibility for the winners and their winning entries offered by CBC.
To find out how to enter, go to www.cbc.ca/literaryawards or call toll-free 1-877-888-6788 to request a printed brochure.

Sophie Cazenave,
Awards Administrator
514-597-4489
sophie.cazenave@cbc.ca –

If you wish to purchase Donna Allard’s books ‘Bellwalker’, ‘Hands Upon The Dunes’ or ‘Minago Streets’ please go to River Bones Press. We have Paypal!

RBPress crew

Hi Donna,

I’ve just started a website to help playwrights connect with producers and directors so that they can see their work reach the stage with greater ease. I believe that there could be a number of people interested in this site in your Facebook group. I’d appreciate if you would consider adding The Playwright Site at http://www.theplaywrightsite.com to the list of all the great resources on your group’s page.

All the best,

David Zoltan

Al Purdy’s house, the one he built himself with the help of friend and poet Milton Acorn, is for sale. What can we do to ensure that another link to our literary heritage is not destroyed? Site on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=10110374980

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