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9^th Thomas Raddall Symposium

July 9-11 2015

CHILD, YOUTH, and PLACE in Atlantic Canadian Literature

Full Details: http://english.acadiau.ca/id-9th-raddall-symposia.html 

Registered and Free Events

Program in Brief

Thursday July 9, BAC 132

Registration 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

1 p.m.- 4:45 Welcome & Afternoon sessions REGISTERED; 5:45 supper @ Troy (pay your own); 7 p.m. Acadia University Art Gallery Opening with Artist Panel (Leonard Paul, Brenda Jones, Darka Erdelji) and Author Readings (Sheree Fitch, Deirdre Kessler, Sophie Bérubé) FREE

Friday July 10 Morning Sessions in BAC 132 9 a.m. – 12:30 REGISTERED

Afternoon @ Wolfville Farmer’s Market: Lunch 12:30 REGISTERED

2 p.m. Atlantic Publishing and Design panel with Acorn Press, Bouton d'or Acadie, Gaspereau Press, Nimbus Publishing, and Running the Goat Books and Broadsides,  followed by Book Sale & Signing. FREE

4:30 Puppet Play performance: The Queen of Paradise’s Garden: A Newfoundland Tale. (Narrator: Andy Jones, Puppeteer: Darka Erdelji, Musician: Monique Tobin) FREE

6:00 Privet House Dinner REGISTERED or GUEST TICKET;

8:00 Hupman Bros. Dance @ Farmers’ Market ($20) TICKETS ON REGISTRATION SITE OR CONTACT ORGANIZER

Saturday July 11, BAC 132 morning sessions 9:30 – 11:15, break REGISTERED;

11:30 Keynote Presentation: "We Do Have Jack: Considering Contexts for the Jack Series by Andy Jones and Darka Erdelji." by Teya Rosenberg, Texas State University, San Marcos FREE

12:30 lunch; 2:00- 4:45 afternoon sessions; closing words REGISTERED

5 p.m. onward: Optional unwinding activities (opening night at Ross Creek: Theatre Off the Grid)

Registration options: full conference ($195 reg/ $100 student /retired/ unwaged, by the day ($60 Thurs.  & $75 Fri. / Sat.), or by the session ($20 each). Dinner tickets ($45); Dance tickets ($20).

Full Details: http://english.acadiau.ca/id-9th-raddall-symposia.html or see: Valley Events

QUESTIONS? email andrea.schwenke.wyile@acadiau.ca