Won't You Come Along With Me

1) Bagheera, regal, in indignity

2)Earlier Stittsville Artists & Writers GN display

(Eileen watching the shop).

Once more I step into the world of the bogged blog.

For any who haven’t given up on visiting this site, if you haven’t already read it, during this past week the interview with me that was conducted by Jayne Self was posted. It can be found at www.christianswhowrite.ca/?p=355Cached and www.christianswhowrite.ca/?p=360Cached . There are a few photos you won’t have seen before.

If you’ve already read it, you’ll know that when asked, I talked about preparing sermons and various liturgical components as being my favourite writing activity. What I couldn’t know when I was interviewed is that during the very week the interview was posted, I would be thoroughly enjoying gathering those very materials of many years, organizing and shaping them to meet the needs of two responsive publishers who have expressed interest and specific encouragement.

I’m certainly not guaranteed that all will be published, but there is the joy of preparing and the hope of publishing and payment. If any pieces are published, I’ll have the added joy of serving the wider church in this capacity, AND I can do this work without leaving my husband at home for long periods of time, something I’ve less and less inclination to do as he deals with his emphysema. We’ve been separated enough over time with each of us obtaining our theological education in different provinces and at different times, with minimal overlap.

You’re wondering about GRANDMOTHERS' NECKLACE Necklace? Sales have slowed, but certainly not died. We hope to sell some more copies at an upcoming AFRICAN DINNER, Wednesday, March 28th, that the Petawawa Grannies are presenting for an area group called WIN (Women’s Initiative Network) and interested friends, though many of those persons will already have bought copies at last year’s dinner. In other parts of Canada, sales continue. People tend to forward the money to me when they’ve gathered a $100.00. I wait until I have $100.00 or more before I submit each month. I wonder what it is like for the African grandmothers and children waiting, while we wait for $100.00? Which projects are on hold?

On Wednesday, April 25th, I’m invited to have a display at the Pembroke Library Book Fair, ENTITLED, to help more people become aware of the book’s existence, value, purpose and contributors. (Though our mailing address is Pembroke, we actually live in Petawawa and persons from either of these two communities, busy with their own lives, are often unaware of what is happening in the other.)

We’ll have some contributors to the book present for signing copies, always more fun. On one-third of the table I will also do a little self-promotion as writer-editor with samples of work done, to help catch up on time that was put aside for preparation and promotion of Grandmothers’ Necklace. There are to be publishers, authors, other types of writers and editors and other related displayers there. Whether or not there will be readings is uncertain at the moment. We’ll be ready, just in case.
Also hope to go again to the ARTISTS AND WRITERS IN THE PARK and on Sunday, May 27th, in Stittsville, near Ottawa. This time we’ll be able to refer interested persons to two popular independent Ottawa bookstores carrying GN, in case purchasers wish to buy copies for friends and relatives after reading their own books. This often happens, thank goodness. Exposure to the book's contents is the key.

If I participate in WRITE!CANADA on June 14-16th, a The Word Guild conference for Christians who are writers and editors of all types and levels, some of the books will go with me. Our son Daniel and wife would care for the cats and house here. Robert would be happily visiting with our daughter and family not far from the Guelph site, where I would join them after the conference for Father’s Day activities and a rest before returning.
Had intended to post some related photos but another thunder storm appears to be starting and can't take a chance, despite the "safe-guards".
One fried computer since we arrived here is more than enough!

B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l country! BUT some "i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-i-n-g storms!

Edited version: Above is one related photo and one because I thought you might like it. Still very new at this and don't do it frequently enough to be sophisticated about it.

Peace,

Patricia

Lull in the Whirl - Back in Touch

Expo 150 - Grandmothers' Necklace selling sites, local contributors and some of the press clippings.

Before the big rush, 100th Caroline at Fall Showcase 2011
Birthday Party


GranAfriCan Tea, 2011, Jean LeBreton and other Drummers

Drumbeat Literary Issue

Here comes the bride... Shall we dance?

EXPO 150 -

Shows the reason for the Petawawa Grannies'

displays & work

Greetings!
EXPO 150 came and went...a very successful happening overall, despite being a tented event with some rain and wind. As I promised eons ago, here are a few pictures from our display. As you will soon discover, this is a form of editing in which I've never engaged before: On-site with photos. Learning... Please, "bear" with me.

Pet-Gran,

Mascot

First shift on duty at the Petawawa Grannies booth

Another event which kept family busy preparing was my mother-in-law’s 100th birthday event in Sarnia. She is Jean Elford, a Grandmothers’ Necklace contributor, an author of two books and writer of many, many, many articles. We family members arranged to have the party catered in her own home and, despite the muggy 100 degrees F heat, friends and relatives kept the house active for some time! All of us, led by our daughter Alexandra, had gathered photos and web images which related to Jean’s 100 years of a very active life. Even the Google map photo of her home includes her image returning from a daily walk!!

Kind persons bought copies of Grandmothers’ Necklace from me and asked Jean to sign it. Jean, a little horrified that I might have been actually flogging the book at her birthday party, was, nevertheless, gracious about signing. (In fact, people had recognized the opportunity themselves and had asked me about getting a copy at the time.)

Despite car challenges, we were back in Petawawa for a local event called Showcase where the Petawawa Grannies had a display and an opportunity to sell the Grandmothers’ Necklace book, jewellery and pashminas for the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

NOTE: In my original set-up for this blog entry, I had lovely photos interspersed among the lines of writing. Some of them were framed in different shapes. However, as I haven't a single clue about how to anchor the photos properly, and refuse to waste any more time on that fruitless effort, I will put the rest of them at the bottom or top of the text and hope that they will at least co-operate with that approach.

September 11th was Petawawa Grannies’ popular GranAfriCanTea with drummers, market stalls. A beautiful quilt as one of the prizes.

I had the honour of being guest editor for the literary edition of Drumbeat, September issue, the newsletter for the Ottawa-Gatineau Grandmothers Network.

October brought two special events on the same extended weekend for us. Our niece, Mary Ann Wilson, my brother Bill’s daughter (a journalism graduate who contributed a touching and amusing piece “Grandmother’s Necklaces”, to Grandmothers’ Necklace) married Neil, in St. Jacobs, ON.

We hurried back the next day, topped up our own partially pre-packed car and drove to Sands on Golden for a reunion with a group of friends (and their spouses) all of whom had graduated from Ottawa Teachers’ College at the same time. We’ve been having reunions regularly, narrowing the number of years between them as we creak into old age.

This was another happy experience AND several copies of Grandmothers’ Necklace were sold and signed AND the hospitable Sands, with its delicious food and modern accommodations, has now been added to our list of places carrying the GN book!! See:http://www.valleyartisans.com/grandmothersnecklace.htm

Before the sun sets on today’s entry, I’d like to share the news that, thanks to the help of a family-tree tracing cousin and the kindness of the editor of the Biggleswade Chronicle there, I’ve been contacted for the first time by Haddow relatives in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England.

If you read my little piece, “Daisy Chain”, in Grandmothers’ Necklace, you’ll know that my mother was orphaned by eight. Her older brother was sent to English relatives and she was raised by an aunt and uncle here. Biggleswade was the name on a wedding photograph I found in my mother’s belongings.

It has felt as though I’ve suddenly become the central character in one of the mysteries I enjoy reading, and the clues are opening up. In England I’ve now been identified as the daughter of the sister of Art, the brother who was sent there. I’m excitedly looking forward to seeing photographs of the family and hearing more about them.

If you’ve stayed with me this long, thank you for reading. The Word Guild, an organization for writers and editors who are Christian, http://www.thewordguild.com/ is posting some information about me on the parts of the site that are for editors and professional writers.

Potential clients will be encouraged to look here. Eventually, this blog should become more of a showplace for some of my skills and years of experience.

NOTE TO BROWSING POTENTIAL CLIENTS, PLEASE don’t judge my editing or writing work habits by the length of time that passes between my entries on this boggy blog. If I’m working for a client, I can’t always be working for me at the same time. That is a choice I make.

In addition to the above, I’ve been nursing a sick cat, tutoring a CFB Petawawa officer in English, dealing with some of my own and my husband’s ailments, editing a YA novel, scanning and organizing a zillion photos and objects, and (gasp!) WRITING, refining, organizing and submitting ms. on my own behalf (e.g. one poem was in the October issue of Drumbeat. Another small piece won me a promo position for GN on the radio.)

During this brief ( ?) hiatus, I have hopes of getting more of the W.O.R.S. completed as I await/seek the next editing/writing contracts.

I'll save the picture of sunset on Golden Lake for the next entry.

Surfacing

No, I haven’t died. I’ve just been very, very busy. Thank you for asking. The cancer still seems to be at bay and other health issues are tolerable, often ignorable.
The Grandmothers’ Necklace anthology has now been launched and introduced at events in Canada in Petawawa, Pembroke, Deep River, Ottawa, Stittsville, Smiths Falls, Ajax, Scarborough, Toronto, Guelph, Belleville, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario and in Truro, Nova Scotia, as well as in United States locations. Coming soon is an event in British Columbia. Several writers and public speakers are taking the book along to their engagements to sell with their own items. A huge thank you to those who are continuing to independently support the Grandmothers to Grandmothers in this way.
The book has been sold at the gamut of local area events, as varied as a large Petawawa Grannies Tea with a Difference in an arena (drummers, readers, singer and market stalls included) sponsored by Allegro, GranAfriCan (cross-Canada Grandmothers to Grandmothers and African Granny gathering) in Toronto, and, most recently, at the Ottawa-Gatineau Granny Fest’s showplace. Other women’s groups join with Grandmothers to Grandmothers to help make it all happen. Coming soon in this area will be our Grandmothers to Grandmothers booth at Renfrew County EXPO150 , June.9th to 12, 2011. This summer, I also hope to have a special reading night in Renfrew, Ontario, the town in which I grew up, many years ago. Experience shows that people thoroughly enjoy hearing those stories and poems.

If you wish to keep track of the variety of 42+ shops , stores, businesses and markets at which the book continues to be sold in Ontario and Nova Scotia, please check www.valleyartisans.com/grandmothersnecklace.htm periodically. While you are there, please take a look at the services and beautiful items for sale in Valley Artisans and in the other marketing places. The GN selling sites have been chosen with care.

When you buy directly from me or at any of these listed locations, apart from Essence publishers, the entire price of the book goes to the Stephen Lewis Foundation. These are books which have already been printed. From Essence and any of the other on-the-web company sellers, the books are produced as print-on-demand and only a small portion of the price goes to SLF. And, when you get a book at anything less than full price, it is the Grandmothers of Africa who are cheated. Our goal is to get as much of the money to the approved HIV/AIDS-fighting projects as possible. The sad truth is that while we dawdle, the hardworking African grannies wear down and children die, through no fault of their own.
Once the previously printed books are sold, the money from the other markets can carry the cause forward, though with less benefit to African Grannies.

We have approximately 1000 of the 4000 books printed to go. Media coverage on radio and in newspapers and periodicals has been very helpful. We could use a few more book reviews and I have yet to be interviewed on television about the book and why it exists, but I haven’t pursued that, not even locally, and I should.

So, dear browsers, this is where much of my time and energy has been spent during the past year or so.. In addition, my own writing has been published in literary journals, periodicals and in newspapers. I’ve also been editing books: memoirs, a book of poetry, a teen fantasy novel, among other things. I’ve guest-preached in a few area churches and was encouraged to introduce congregations to the book after worship. I’ve provided English language tutoring for some very capable French-speaking Canadian military.

My husband Robert’s emphysema diagnosis has meant that, excluding our very enjoyable car and ferry trip to Newfoundland/ Labrador and Nova Scotia shortly after our son’s wedding in 2010, I have cut back on travelling and the book promotion activities.

When, however, we travelled to Toronto last week to visit with Robert’s sister and husband, two of our “children” and their spouses + three grandchildren, and to Sarnia, to visit Robert’s 99-year-old mother (a professional writer featured on the cover of the GN book), I was able, in addition to having some fun in the sun with the amazing grandchildren, to check in on a few of the selling sites along the way, renewing supplies where needed.
At the moment, apart from family, I’m dividing my time among
1) preparing for our EXPO 150 Grandmothers to Grandmothers booth,
2) submitting some of my own poetry and prose manuscripts to various places,
3) producing my contribution to the goody bags for The Word Guild’s Write!Canada Conference in Guelph,
4) getting ready for this year’s reunion with a group of old Ottawa Teachers’ College friends,
5) protesting the dam proposed for the beautiful Petawawa River, (the GN book draws its name from the Emerald Necklace trail system by that river) http://www.liquidlore.com/dam/updates.html
6) Reminding people that I welcome editing, tutoring, guest preaching and speaking, as well as writing opportunities for income.

People who haven’t been to our home ask me how I manage to do so much. A great deal of prayer, of course. Also, though I gain some muscle by toting my husband’s oxygen around, carting the groceries he has bought into the house, completing imminent-visitor-approach vacuuming and getting the recyclables and garbage out, I remain generally housework-challenged. The cats don’t mind-—as long as we keep the litter changed, their eye-drops and creams in, their plates full, the tap turned on briefly for running-water drinks, their coats brushed and their vet visits regular. Robert and I are trying to ignore the present landslide danger state until EXPO is over, something collapses or I snap, whichever comes first.

It is weird to be starting dishes and laundry later at night for the cheaper Ontario hydro rates, but my odd hours and the machines keep that fairly easy. Now that the monstrous Petawawa mosquitoes have landed at The Pines, the clothes-line does not invite usage. I wonder how many people of a certain age now change their laundry from washer to dryer when they get up to go to the bathroom in the late night/early hours of the morning. Or am I the only one?

Now for a brief rest before it's time to get up. I promise--more photos soon. Thank you for checking in.

NEWS ABOUT GRANDMOTHERS' NECKLACE

I AM GRATEFUL TO REPORT THAT THE ERROR IN TIMING HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY THE PUBLISHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS’ NECKLACE IS NOT AVAILABLE ON AMAZON OR BARNES AND NOBLE AT PRESENT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO BUY YOUR COPIES OF THE BOOK FROM OUR GROWING LIST OF SOURCES, INCLUDING THE ON-LINE POSSIBILITIES LISTED at www.valleyartisans.com/grandmothersnecklace.htm

If you live in the area of one of the businesses providing hands-on book-buying opportunities, or are travelling nearby, even if you’ve already bought copies of the book, please consider thanking them on our behalf by dropping in.

The books are selling well. This week, a store called the very next day after placement for a double refill supply. So often, if a person actually starts to read the prose and poetry, then more books are ordered for friends and relatives. GN is that kind of book. Isn't it great that people can actually enjoy the fruits of giving to the Stephen Lewis Foundation by adding to their treasure chest of reading material? One sharp customer had the idea of typing up her own related piece and pasting it into the back of the book, then giving the book as a gift to her granddaughter.

Some tiptoe into the book thinking "poetry?" (twitch, twitch)or,"I don't want to read a pile of soppy, sing-song birthday card verses about grandmothers! Honestly, I only bought this because it will help fight AIDS/HIV." And then, if they actually dare to look, they receive a very pleasant surprise.

One interviewer called it a "bathroom book".
I thought, "What are you saying about our book?"
I discovered that what he meant is what I'd label a "bedside book"; the kind you settle down to savour in small segments before going to sleep.In fact, although the gems are widely varied, it is too rich a collection to be read too many pieces at a time. No stomach ache, no calories, no damage to the teeth, but rich fare, nevertheless.

Sorry for my delay in entries. I've been editing lately (for money, this time, my wallet is happy to say), with no time to blog. I'm also hoping to get some new writing of my own submitted before my second carpal tunnel operation.

I have my own favourites, but I'd be very interested in hearing which stories and poems people liked best in Grandmothers' Necklace, whether serious or amusing, hilarious or poignant.

Thank you for waiting and for reading, you patient souls.

Patricia

Greetings, Incredibly Loyal Person,

It is 5:47 a.m. on Monday, June 14th. I’m feeling guilty. Unless the phenomenon of intermittent reward* is in operation, it’s highly unlikely that anyone is reading this after so long a delay on my part, but I’ll feel better for having apologized.

The “blog” was established to communicate, but that which is being communicated could seem to be indifference. Apart from the daily effects of my husband’s illness, and a couple of preaching and worship leadership opportunities, what seems to have temporarily taken over my life is the Grandmothers’ Necklace anthology and all its related bookkeeping, launch arrangements, e-mail and telephone communication, radio and newspaper interviews, etc.

If you have been travelling to www.valleyartisans.com/grandmothersnecklace.htm, then you know there has been a flurry of launches: Petawawa, Deep River, Belleville, Ajax, Guildwood (Scarborough), Kitchener, Smiths Falls, Ottawa, Ontario. There have been sales tables at special events like Girls’ Night Out in Pembroke, post-World Day of Prayer service luncheons, Chapel luncheons, CFB Petawawa, Artists and Authors in the Park, Stittsville, ON.

I’ve been shipping books on request to contributors for selling when they make presentations as part of their own career, as well as for renewal of store site supplies. There’s a launch in Truro, NS on June 19th.

I can’t be there, but the preparations and program sound very appealing. Joyce Gero, a very talented Nova Scotia writer/poet, is responsible for that one. It will include, among others, contributors Dianne Collier of “Hurry Up and Wait” fame, Theodore Christou, on faculty at UNB, and area radio personality, Rod Deviller.

Approximately 25 bookselling locations have been established, to be listed at valleyartisan site as soon as I am able. I know, I know. I promised some time ago. I’ve been too busy creating displays and actually arranging agreements and book supplies to list the wonderful businesses who have agreed or offered to carry copies of the book for sale as a charitable deed for little or no percentage. May they be mightily blessed!

On Wednesday, I’m to leave for Burlington and Guelph to participate in the annual Write!Canada conference. The Grandmothers’ Necklace books are an important part of that experience this year. I’ll be caught up in the whirl of classes and readings and plenaries, with some personal writing/editing and spiritual renewal opportunities, knowing that the books created to raise funds to fight the wave of AIDS/HIV in Africa are being sold on the behalf of the Petawawa Grannies in The WordGuild’s on-site bookstore.

The following Wednesday, I’m to be in Toronto for the SLF Grandmothers to Grandmothers Afrigran event, with another sales table opportunity at their market. THEN, I hope to take a deep breath and arrange for my second impending carpal tunnel operation before going back into the breach.

The GREAT about all this is that the contents of the book itself are being very well received.

The best ad is word of mouth from repeat customers. There is something, and usually, plenty, for everyone. I defy anyone to not find at least one poem or story or article or letter or that moves him/her to tears, laughter, admiration, or determination, if not all of the foregoing.

Now, I’ve important things to find, items to pack, cat care requirements to spell out, and then, perhaps I’ll get that list to the Valley Artisans site!

Thank you for reading.

Patricia

*Behavioural Psych Experiment: If little white mice only receive a pellet periodically when they push the correct little bar in their cage, they tend to repeat the bar-pushing more frequently, perhaps even frenetically, than if the reward is consistently delivered. Go figure. No human similarities, surely. Wait, that sounds like the lottery, gambling. Nah.

Grandmothers' Necklace - Second Printing

Greetings to you on this soft spring morning!

I know. I know. I’ve been delinquent. Now, however, I understand that there will be a link to this blog as a result of my having finally registered for the Write!Canada 2010 conference in Guelph. NOT the thing to have people check out a moribund blog.

I’ve been so book-bound (pun intended) for the past year, there has been no time to “blog”.

Apologies, but not for the book; I’m very happy about its contents. My focus is on getting it out there — once one has sifted through its jewels, it sells itself.

“What book?” did you say? Thought you’d never ask. Grandmothers’ Necklace, the anthology for which I sent out the Call for Submissions over a year ago, has had a 2000-book printing and the printing of the second 2000, with some alterations, is about to be completed! The poetry and prose contributions are many and varied and captivating…a veritable treasure chest.

It’s about grandmothers, being grandmothers, aging and intergenerational relationships. Laugh-out-loud or chuckle humour, empathy, lyricism, nostalgia, close calls, even a recipe — It’s all there!

There have been newspaper and periodical articles and radio interviews, launches in Ottawa valley communities and Belleville, with many more launches and reading events to come, in Ontario (see below), and at least one Nova Scotia site.

The talents and energy of the contributors are amazing. This is a Petawawa Grannies project but other Grannies groups are adding their support when the sales and special events occur. The Granny groups all exist for the same purpose. Our Irish contributor, also a song writer, is right now promoting the books while she is in the Southern U.S. right now. (You read that correctly.) I’m waiting for event reports back from our United States contributors.

As you’ll know, if you’ve Googled “Grandmothers’ Necklace “or “Grandmothers’ Necklace + launches”, these gems have been gathered so that ALL of the profits go to the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, a part of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, to fight AIDS and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa .

The particular focus of this campaign is on the Grandmothers (no surprise there!) and the AIDS-orphaned grandchildren they are working so valiantly to raise under conditions that most of us would not even want to think about, let alone endure day in and day out in our final years (and I think I’m tired after an Easter weekend of very energetic grandchildren!).

“Where can I hear these gems being read and buy a signed book?”
Local contributors read their own in their area. Some travel to other areas. Some favourites by distant contributors are also read by local readers so guests can enjoy them. So far, the launches have been very successful events, lasting two to two and one half hours if people feel like staying to chat after the munchies, buying and signings.

From my What’s Up.doc, firmly on the calendar for the near future:

Saturday, April 24th 7:30 pm – 9:00/9:30 ToGoGo Grannies SLF fundraiser concert. Our book table for sales at intermission and after concert.
Toronto, ON.
Linda Dawn Pettigrew, writer and now a ToGoGo Granny, in charge of the table. linda.pettigrew3@sympatico.ca

Sunday, April 25th - Post a.m. service, READINGS, SALES, SIGNINGS at St Timothy's Presbyterian Church, 97 Burcher Road Ajax,ON L1S 2R3 - (905) 683-6122
June Stevenson junestevenson@sympatico.ca

Saturday, May 1, 2-5 KITCHENER LAUNCH Authors’ readings & book sales, St. Philip’s Lutheran Church, 236 Woodhaven Road, Kitchener, ON on Sat.,May 1st, 2-5 pm.
Carolyn Wilker ari.edit@rogers.com

Friday, May 7th 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., TORONTO LAUNCH - Authors’ Readings & Book Sales, Guildwood Community Presbyterian Church,140 Guildwood Parkway in Scarborough, ON
Cori Mordaunt,cori_mordaunt@rogers.com

Sunday, May 9 MOTHER’S DAY Hint! Hint! Hint!
If you are going to buy the book later at a launch, and wish to have a little gift card attachment with the book's picture that you can print off to give to your mother, grandmother, aunt, etc. to tell them that the gift is coming, contact me at granniesnecklace@hotmail.com

Saturday, May 29 1:30 to 3:30 OTTAWA LAUNCHreadings, refreshments, signings and sales, OTTAWA, ON, Main Library 120 Metcalfe, Ottawa ON K1P 5M2
LIBRARY NUMBER 613-580-2945
Patricia at granniesnecklace@hotmail.com

Sunday, May 30th "Artists & Authors in the Park", 12:00 Noon - 5:00 p.m., STITTSVILLE, ON Displays, barbecue, concert
Petawawa Grannies and the Kilimanjaro Grannies are sharing a book table
Patricia at granniesnecklace@hotmail.com

Thursday,June 17th,BOOK TABLE!at WRITE!CANADA GUELPH Writers' Conference Participants only
Friday, June 18th BOOK TABLE!at WRITE!CANADA 2010 Writers' Conference Participants only
Saturday, June 19th BOOK TABLE! WRITE!CANADA 2010 Writers' Conference Participants only

Thursday, June 24th AFRIGAN,TORONTO - BOOK TABLE, African and Canadian Grannies only.
Friday, June 25th, AFRIGAN, TORONTO - BOOK TABLE, African and Canadian Grannies only.

“Where else can I buy copies of the book?” Dear reader, you ask all the right questions. The number of outlets increases daily, but I’ll pass those we have so far on to you tomorrow:

“Can I get them on line?” Yes. Check out www.presbyterian.ca/bookroom/ (The book is one of those featured in their April e-letter - Hooray!) OR http://essencebookstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1381

Another place to keep up on what is happening concerning the book itself is at http://www.valleyartisans.com/grandmothersnecklace.htm , a page being managed for us as a kindness by Leslie White, Valley Artisans, on their Gallery site: http://www.valleyartisans.com/.

So, tomorrow, you'll be let in on the outlets. Thank you for caring.

HERE IT IS --THE COVER! PETAWAWA LAUNCH OF GRANDMOTHERS' NECKLACE ANTHOLOGY

<-- Here is what the Grandmothers' Necklace cover looks like.

The first launch is at the Petawawa Public Library, on Saturday, February 20th, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

You won’t hear all sixty-one contributors, but several local writers will present excerpts from their pieces in the book, as will a couple of guest contributors from other areas, weather permitting.





Look for the following area contributors:
Eileen Barber,
Chantal Bigras,
Heather Campbell,
Cheryl Coates,
Dianne Collier,
Patricia Elford,
Gillian Federico,
Erma Johnson,
Charlotte McWilliam,
Jean Ostrom,
Jacinthe Payant,
Marcia Perryman,

and our two guest contributors.

All those who are able, please join us for

Readings – Book Buying - Signings –
Light Refreshments – Door Prize
Remember: ALL profits go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation