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PURDY DRINKS IV – MAY 25TH, 2015 7 PM
FACEBOOK EVENT: TO BUY A TICKET IN ADVANCE: After you click on the ‘add to cart’ button, the shopping cart should appear on the right hand side. After you complete your purchase through PayPal, you will be emailed a link to your ticket. Bring this with you to the event either on your…
Read MoreThe Purdy Songbook
Announcing the Purdy Songbook, a fundraiser for the Al Purdy A-frame Association. Sometimes, when you listen closely to Al’s poetry, you can hear music. In some poems it’s spelled out. “The Freezing Music” takes us to a place where “lake water sings into ice.” In “The Dead Poet,” Al hears “the music of blood on…
Read MorePurdy Drinks III @ the Monarch Tavern in Toronto
Please join us for an evening of poetry and music! All proceeds help the Al Purdy A-frame Association with its restoration of the A-frame and writers-in-residence program. Featuring performances from Canada’s first poet laureate George Bowering, Griffin poetry prize winner David McFadden, amazing spoken word artist Ian Kamau, and the first Writer-in-Residence Katherine Leyton. Al…
Read MorePURDY DRINKS II
Clara Blackwood, Michael Lista, Robert Priest & Suzannah Showler . . . On the same stage, this coming Monday June 23rd, at the Monarch Tavern. Tickets will be 10$ at the door. In addition to the price of the ticket, $1 from each drink sold will go towards the ongoing updating of the Al &…
Read MorePreparing for the first writer-in-residence
Our first writer, Katherine Leyton, will move into the A-frame on July 1st, now only a couple of weeks away! Because of this there has been a tremendous push on amongst the local A-framers to get things cleaned up and finished before she gets there. Our contractor, Matti Kopamees, has been working hard on the…
Read MoreAmanda Lowthian
In this ongoing quest to save the Al & Eurithe Purdy A-frame and to repurpose it as a residence for up and coming writers, we have had the pleasure of meeting many inspiring and wonderful folk. No doubt in no small amount due to the enduring power of Al’s poetry, kind, interesting, and multi-talented people…
Read MorePhotos from Purdy Drinks I
Some photos from the last Purdy Drinks, held at the Monarch Tavern in Toronto on January 20th, featuring Paul Vermeersch, Jim Smith, Stuart Ross, Karen Solie, Katherine Leyton, and Jonathan Tyrrell: All photos by Brian D Johnson
Read MoreBruce Cockburn supports the A-frame
For those in Ottawa, or in its immediate environs, this is an event that is not to be missed. The Spur Festival in Ottawa will be running from May 8th-10th. As part of this festival, The Al Purdy A-frame Association is co-programming an event of music, poetry, talk, and general Al Purdy fun, featuring none…
Read MoreSeven Canadian Writers Chosen for Residency
Seven Canadian writers chosen for A-frame residency in first two years January 21, 2014For immediate release AMELIASBURGH, Ont. – Seven Canadian writers have been chosen for the first working retreats at the Al Purdy A-frame house in Prince Edward County. They were chosen from dozens of submissions. The seven are Katherine Leyton, Sue Sinclair, Nick…
Read MoreFRAME FOR (A)FRAME
FRAME FOR (A)FRAME: A benefit premiere of the independent Canadian feature film “The Shape of Rex” was held in support of the Al Purdy A-frame. All proceeds were for the ongoing restoration of the A-frame as a writers’ retreat.Friday, June 7th, the Royal Cinema, 608 College St., Toronto 7 p.m. Film critic Brian D. Johnson…
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