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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">This weekend will see the first annual Wild Writers Festival staged by The New Quarterly, the nationally recognized literary magazine housed right here at St Jerome's. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">The festival, held at the Balsillie School, includes masterclasses with such literary masters as Helen Humphreys and Elizabeth Hay, as well as free readings by a bevy of
writers including Governor General's Award nominees Carrie Snyder and Tamas Dobozy. Friday Night features Rob Reid in conversation with Terry Fallis, and Saturday night, a "speakeasy" with music and readings at the Jazz Room.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Please visit the website for the festival to register for the free readings and get your tickets for the paid events:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; "><a href="http://tnq.ca/wildwriters"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;color:blue">tnq.ca/wildwriters</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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