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THE SUNCOAST Writers’ Forge is an associa-
‘tion of people who love to write. 7

ro To counteract what i
perceived ‘to be an indif-
ference in British Columbia
to the: concerns of writers,
’ “and"to.provide a forum for
‘sharing information on
: Classes, contests, and mar-
Kets, a group of people
othe. ae Forge.

a By RUTH SCOTT PHILIP

thologies,” Sparks from the

Forge, and has j just staged its’
third ‘Festival of the Writ-
ten Arts.’”’ -

This year the Festival ran.

from August 16 to 18—

S almost: three days of non-

stop -events,. all of which

-. showed ‘professional. exper-
-. tise but. with the flavor and

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The Forge has obtained

grants from New Horizons, -

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Cultural Services Branch. of.

the. Province of 'B.C., and
the Thea and Leon Koerner

Foundation.. Additional help .
received from ‘the.
Village of Sechelt and the’

was

town of Gibsons, and prizes
and services’ were. donated
from newspapers, . libraries.

churches, bookstores, and

‘merchants of every kind. To

underline the interest of the

- town in the project, stores
displayed. large: signs saying‘

“Welcome to\ the | Writers’
Festival.”?

Most of. the events were -

held in Greene Court Centre,
a medium’ sized hall with
kitchen and other facilities.
Books were ‘displayed in.
strategic spots, and the place
was small enough that one

-could spend time in conver-
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autographs in just-purchased
books.: -

- CHILDRENS’ WRITING

From Joan Clark and: Jan
Truss — participants
about writing for children;
and Kim La Fave showed
how he illustrates children’s
books. One book,.. The
Mare’s Egg, was a delightful
marriage of story and pic-
_ ture, and Jater La Fave had a
showing of all the illustra-
tions‘ he used: in the book.
There were many children

ail were entertained by. two

_ amusing mimes—the.

- Showroom Dummies. .

‘Poet Al.Purdy,. winner of
‘the Governor-General’s
Award for poetry in ..1965-
and recipient of the Order of
Canada in 1982, -talked.

} about writing poetry ‘and

read excerpts

from his
works. .

from
=, Shakespeare’ 5, Dog,.

CONSULT”

& west Vancouver

learned |

present, and after the ‘talks,’
; Beachcompbers,

:Later,, Leon .Rooke, - the
winner of the 1983 Gov-:
» .ernor-General’s. . Award © for:
Fiction read. from his. books, °
~-including © a section ©
: which -
won’ him that award. This °:
was one of. the highlights of .
7 the Festival, as Mr. Rooke is _

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USING LIBRARY

Every speaker was an ex-
pert in his or her: field,: and
each had. a group ‘who
wanted to learn more about
that field. Participants heard

about the place of the library .

in the lite of a writer and

about, the. diffi culty. in mak-,- "

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Don Williams, ‘th
Producer:

encouragement to tho
hadsome, ambition torarite:

for television;, as.he. says*the:

series: will _buy scripts

‘Jim: meee " entertained,
with -his dry humor and told:
how he tapes his radio shows”
and writes his’ columns.: He’.

.is’ writing a.book with: Rick ”

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