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Anna Swanson, an A-frame writer-in-residence in 2019, has made the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize longlist for Sweetness | מתיקות. From the announcement: Anna Swanson (she/her) is a queer Jewish writer and librarian based in St. John’s and currently completing an MFA at the University of Guelph. Her writing is interested in themes of chronic illness,…
Read moreGala Fundraiser Set for Toronto Feb. 6, 2013
RENOWNED POETS AND MUSICIANS TO CELEBRATE AL PURDY The Al Purdy A-frame Association announced today that tickets are now on sale for THE AL PURDY SHOW on February 6, 2013 at 7:30 pm. It promises to be a fun evening of poetry and music to benefit the restoration of Al Purdy’s former residence, the A-frame.…
Read MoreCBC Ottawa Runs Story on A-frame Acquisition
The A-frame home built by the late Canadian poet Al Purdy has been bought by a non-profit group and will be turned into a writers’ retreat. Purdy and his wife Eurithe built the home in the late ’50s on the shore of Roblin Lake in the Prince Edward County hamlet of Ameliasburgh, Ont., about 16…
Read MoreThe Al Purdy A-frame Has Been Saved!
“There was wonderful news today in the Canadian literary world, and the centre of gravity of this news was not all that far from Queensborough and the Manse.” So writes journalist Katherine Sedgwick in an excellent entry on the Purdy A-frame published in her blog “Meanwhile, at The Manse.” Read it at http://bit.ly/xpiAnn
Read MorePoet Al Purdy’s House Saved from Wrecking Ball
By Mark Abley of the Montreal Gazette MONTREAL – Canada’s battered literary community got an infusion of hope Friday. Having begun with the shocking news that the largest Canadian-owned book publisher, D&M, was seeking bankruptcy protection, the week ended with word that the home of one of the country’s finest poets, Al Purdy, has been…
Read MorePurchase of A-frame Announced
A NEW LIFE FOR THE AL PURDY A-FRAME Work now turns to RAISING FUNDS TO UPGRADE AND INSTALL a writer-in-residence October 26, 2012 For immediate release AMELIASBURGH, Ont. The A-frame home built here in 1957 by the late Al Purdy, one of Canada’s greatest poets, and his wife, Eurithe, has been assured of preservation…
Read MoreMeet APAFA: New Association to Manage Project
Preparations are going forward all the time as organizers of the campaign to save the legendary Purdy residence on Roblin Lake move inexorably closer to the day when they can take ownership of the property and begin operating it as a public attraction and a writer’s residence. A recent donation of $40,000 from the Glasswaters…
Read MoreA-frame in the Montreal Gazette
Mark Abley writes about the A-Frame in the Montreal Gazette: MONTREAL – Go to rural New Hampshire, and you can visit the Frost Place outside Franconia, a house where the American poet Robert Frost lived for five rewarding years. It’s now a museum and a non-profit centre for the arts. Go to rural Wales, and you can…
Read MoreThe A-frame in the Globe and Mail
Marni Jackson in the Globe and Mail writes about the Purdy A-Frame: Saving a Purdy A-frame – and other cultural edifices Marni Jackson, Thursday, Apr. 05, 2012 Unless someone writes a cheque, the cabin built by a great Canadian poet on the shores of Roblin Lake will be sold, and perhaps torn down In the wake…
Read MoreEfforts to Save Al Purdy’s Home
Emily Jackson at Toronto Star on the effort to save the A-frame: Made of salvaged lumber in 1957, the house that beloved Canadian poet Al Purdy built sits on the bank of a rural Ontario lake, its future as insecure as its rickety footings. For more than 40 years Purdy and his wife Eurithe welcomed writers,…
Read MoreA-FRAME Anthology Launched Across Canada
The Al Purdy A-FRAME Anthology is being launched across Canada! On November 18th, 2009, it was launched at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto with Dennis Lee, Michael Ondaatje, Paul Vermeersch, Dave Bidini, Steven Heighton, John Degen, Geoff Heinricks, Russell Brown, John Reeves & others. On November 11th it was launched at the University of Waterloo’s School…
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