A few Arty Award nominees!
Although the Abbotford Art’s Council Arty Awards have been postponed until October 22, 2011–the nominees met May 28 for some pictures and a chance to receive thir award nomination certificates. I have been nominated for a Literary Award. I don’t have the names of the other nominees at this time as the Art’s council has not released them-other than Dave Farmer who has been nominated for Art’s Supporter. I will keep you posted as soon as I get a list of the nominees. I’m the one in black in the front . . .as I always say when you are getting run out of town, get in front of the crowd and pretend it’s a parade.
Copies of Ramapge:the pathology of an epidemic can be found on the Island at
Volume One Books-Duncan
Ten Old Books – Duncan
Salamander Books – Ladysmith
In the Fraser Valley at
Murdoch’s Bookshoppe-Mission
In Vancouver
People’s Co-op BookCommercial Drive
Sites:
www.penny-a-line.blogspot.com/
Gwynne Hunt on Hub Pages
email gwynne1@telus.net
Shelley Haggard has sent me some reviews of her new poetry book . . .she will be one of our readers when we do our A Human-Made affair this fall. About The Haggard Road”:
Mark Striebel says: I love your book! What I appreciate most in the poetry that I like is the great depth without too much ambiguity.
I appreciate the frankness and brashness with which you bear your soul in your writings.
John Herl writes: You show in your love poems strong emotion, a raw reality but sensitive softness. As with your video poems; they have a heartbeat to them. I am fascinated by your choice of photographs. This is a very, very good book.
There is a great website www.peacexpeace.org and they have just published a portion of my piece Can We End Violence Against Women (by Gwynne Hunt)–check it out. This is the second time they have included my work on their pages and I am honoured by that. Women from all over the world share their stories and concerns on these pages. I am also publishing health and life-related articles on my Hub Pages-check that out as well. Don’t forget my original site www.ragmag.net where you can find a ton of stuff including some of my lighter and funnier pieces.
There are a lot of self-published writers out there who are finding it hard to promote their books–a friend of mine Shelley Haggard just released her book of poetry The Haggard Road and I would like to offer these pages to other writers as well–send me your stuff and let’s create a space to share our work.
Shelley Haggard was born and raised in Fort St. John, BC and has since lived in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, and now resides in Mission. She began writing at an early age and likes to say she has left no inner or outer stone un-turned. She has won several prizes in poetry contests and has been published widely in various anthologies; many of those poems are included in this first book effort. Another creative interest is photography and some of her photography is included as well. Reading her poetry and stories in public is another area of strength for Shelley. Please check out her video poems at www.youtube.com/shelleyhaggardpoems
“I have tried with this first book to share my love of writing and occasionally the spark of where an idea germinates from. I feel there are many poems in this volume for the reader to connect to. The photos stand alone as stories and sometimes punctuate the poetry. I am very proud of this effort and hope you’ll enjoy the ride on The Haggard Road. The cover photo ended up inspiring the book title; it is a real road sign from Barriere, BC (with a ‘The’ photoshopped in) where my father’s side of the family has its roots.”
Shelley Haggard
In keeping with promoting writers and other creative folks Art Matters Society is planning a Human-Made Event this Fall in Abbotsford–a chance for artists, writers and photographers to show their stuff–if you are interested, get in touch. gwynne1@telus.net
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