BOOKWORMS GET READY SUDBURY IS ABOUT TO BECOME A READING TOWN
There’s just nothing quite like a good book. The feeling you get when you’re completely transported by words into a different world is truly something special. There’s quite possibly no better way to understand another person’s point of view than to literally experience it through the written word. Reading Town is on its way to Sudbury, April 30th – May 8th to celebrate everything Canadian literature has to offer. Over the week book lovers will be treated to a ton of exciting events including story time readings, workshops, and appearances by Canadian authors. It’s going to be a book worms delight here in Sudbury and we’ve got all the details!
Tell us about Reading Town
In 2008, a group of volunteers got together to discuss how Canada could become a country of readers. The National Reading Campaign incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in 2012, with a mission to make reading a national priority and a vision to create, sustain, and grow a society in which everyone has an equal opportunity to become and remain a lifelong reader. Books have the ability to invoke inner emotions through the simple power of words and open our minds to new concepts, ideas, and worlds we never thought imaginable. And now, reading has its very own festival! After successful first and second editions in Moose Jaw and Charlottetown, Reading Town / Ville Lecture is coming to Sudbury for its 3rd edition and its very first multilingual edition. Reading Town / Ville Lecture runs from April 30th to May 8th 2016 this year in Sudbury.
Why was Sudbury selected to host this year’s event?
Can you feel it in Sudbury? The vibrancy and the enthusiasm? We sure can! The organizers of Reading Town / Ville Lecture are astounded that everywhere we turn in Sudbury, we seem to find someone that is an avid reader, writer, or creative artist. Sudbury was nominated by the nationwide panel of authors, publishers, librarians, academics, teachers and volunteers that make up the National Reading Campaign’s Board of Directors. Sudbury was picked for its unicity in linguistic duality, as well as its proximaty to the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation and its cultural effervescence of a big population that is shouting it: We are here Canada! And we’re loving it!
What kind of events will we see for Reading Town?
Prepare yourself for an immaculate dose of reading and creative activities for all ages and in all of Sudbury’s neighbourhoods. “Reading Town in a unique opportunity to connect with the most exciting Canadian authors, poets, playwrights, and cartoonists. It’s the chance for some people who have never thought about it to pick up a book and have their first literary love affair. Passionate people make passionate readers and Reading Town will feed the flames with a host of events that we don’t usually see associated with the written word. Let’s forget about literary for a few minutes and think about having fun with words instead of hitting people over the head with them,” says Luca Palladino, the Associate Director. Imagine having a poem delivered with your pizza, reading the same story simultaneously with hundreds of people, watching your favourite musician perform with your favourite author or designing your first comic book, all of which encourages literary and imaginative practices!
Where can we get more information about Reading Town in Sudbury?
For more information, visit http://readingtownsudbury.ca/. For event highlights, visit our Facebook page or check us out on Instagram
Jessica Lovelace
Jessica Lovelace is a Public Relations and Communications grad, musical theatre enthusiast, lover of live music and part-time unicorn tamer. Some have said that the Big Dripper from Sub City is a regional delicacy and the perfect end to a Sudbury Saturday Night – Jessica is definitely one of those people. No, the hair is not a perm.
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