With over 100 books and 30 years experience, publisher Maryann Thomas of The Ginger Press will be teaching an evening course covering everything you need to know about publishing your own book. "New technologies have provided so many new opportunities for self-publishers," she says. "It's now possible to produce and profit from your own printed book, whether it's a family history or the Great Canadian Novel."
The Self Publishing Course will cover everything from the writer to the reader; sessions will include book...
Remember Tanglefoot? They won Best Vocal Group at the 2007 Canadian Folk Music Awards and spent several decades touring across Canada, the US and the UK.
Tanglefoot called it a day at the end of 2009. So what are they doing now?
A couple of years ago three former members -Steve Ritchie, Al Parrish and Rob Ritchie - joined forces with Meaford, Ontario-based percussionist/singer/songwriter in a new band called RPR.
With a few new spins on a couple of Tanglefoot favourites and lots of new original material in the same high-spirited tradition of storytelling songwriting for which Tanglefoot was well known, RPR has been working hard at establishing their new identity throughout Ontario, the northeastern US and Britain.
RPR has a couple of southern Ontario dates coming up:
Friday April 29 at the Simcoe Street Theatre in Collingwood, and
Saturday April 30 at the Keady Community Centre near Owen Sound.
On April 21, the Scenic City Film Festival and Words Aloud Spoken Word and Storytelling Festival extend an invitation to join them for a screening of Al Purdy Was Here, the award-winning documentary which profiles one of Canada's most well-known poets. The evening's festivities start at 7 pm at the Heartwood Concert Hall in Owen Sound, and is one of many poetry-themed events taking place across Canada in celebration of National Poetry Month.
A man of many contradictions, the film chronicles the sometimes rough road that Al Purdy followed on his journey to ...
The Georgian Bay Folk Society has released the full performer lineup for the 41st annual Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival taking place August 19-21, 2016 at Kelso Beach Park in Owen Sound. This year's festival will feature award winning musicians from across Canada and around the world and will be headlined by Juno Award winners Bruce Cockburn and Natalie MacMaster. Summerfolk is known for presenting a range of ...
The Human Rights, a nine-piece reggae band, will have you dancing at Heartwood Concert Hall this Saturday, April 2nd starting at 9pm. The Downright will be opening this exciting evening. Doors open at 8:15pm. Produced by Big Sugar frontman and Canadian music icon ...
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