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The festival is officially launched, and the cold, rainy weather seems to be letting up, promising some sun and warmth.\u00a0 We had an impressive roster of sponsors and politicians at the launch, including the\u00a0Premier of the province, a Liberal,\u00a0and Conservative Senator Rose-May Poirier, speaking for the federal government.\u00a0 All praised our efforts, our success, and promised continued support.\u00a0 “You are certainly doing all the right things,” Poirier said, in French.\u00a0 Sweet words, in whatever language.\u00a0 Several speakers made a point of quoting Frye’s words on the importance of imagination, and on the importance of basic literacy.<\/p>\n

The big news, in the eyes of\u00a0the\u00a0media, is that we did actually lose 2 authors to the volcano, contrary to what I said yesterday.\u00a0 “Volcanic ash cloud casts shadow on Metro” is the headline on the front page of the local newspaper.\u00a0 We’re always glad for any publicity we can get.\u00a0\u00a0The two authors are somewhat peripheral to the festival, so we’re not really hurting.\u00a0\u00a0The big worry was Craig Stephenson, but he’s here.\u00a0 I look forward to meeting Craig this afternoon and driving him to a local high school, where he will meet a psychology class.<\/p>\n

At 6pm this\u00a0evening, Guy Gavriel Kay, acclaimed writer of historical fantasy,\u00a0will talk about his new novel, “Under Heaven.”\u00a0 He’s on a countrywide book tour, with a two-day stop in Moncton.\u00a0 Tomorrow, Wednesday, he’s the invited speaker at the YMCA Literacy Luncheon, which celebrates the many\u00a0high-school age volunteers who give their time to help others\u00a0come, in Glenna Sloan’s words, to “a love of reading.”<\/p>\n

At 7pm this evening we have gathered 6 storytellers, English and French, who will entertain us and give us examples of the magic of telling a story, of the sort that comes out of the oral tradition.\u00a0 Ronald Labelle, good friend and\u00a0Professor\u00a0at University of Moncton, specialist in folklore and the oral tradition, has organized the evening for us, and will\u00a0host the event.\u00a0 The best-known of the storytellers are Andr\u00e9 Lemelin from Quebec, and Kay Stone from Winnipeg.\u00a0 Gilbert Sewell, from Papineau First Nation in New Brunswick, will also be here.\u00a0 Gilbert was at our first festival in 2000.<\/p>\n

Local French-language publisher, \u00c9ditions Perce-Neige, will host an event at 10pm, featuring 4 of their newly published authors.\u00a0 Though my wife, Elaine, is francophone, from Quebec originally, my own French is bit shaky, and I may skip this all-French event.\u00a0 It’s going to be a busy-enough day, and we’ll be tired.<\/p>\n

The Festival has set up Headquarters in a room at the Delta Beausejour Hotel, where all the authors stay.\u00a0 People are there almost around the clock, working to make sure everything goes smoothly.\u00a0 Our two paid staff are Rachelle Dugas, executive director, and Roxanne Richard, assistant.\u00a0 Everyone else is a volunteer, including Dawn Arnold, President of the Frye Board, who works tirelessly at every level, fundraising, mixing with politicians, and details of programming.\u00a0 We have hundreds of volunteers, helping with such things as driving authors to schools, selling tickets at the door, introducing authors, etc.\u00a0 It\u00a0is, as Nella Cotrupi noted with such warm words when she was here in 2002, an extraordinary community effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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