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<font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt">a reading by short-story writer </span><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt">and novelist </span></span></font></div>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-size:16pt"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:16pt">Richard Cumyn</span></b></span></font></div>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif">We're delighted to welcome </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt">Richard Cumyn</span></b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif"> for
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</span><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt">Yutong Wu</span></b></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif">.</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif"> </span></font><br>
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<font size="2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif">Please join us </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt">Friday 1 February</span><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt"> at
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<font size="2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif">The reading is free and all are welcome. Please spread the word!</span></font><br>
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<span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt">Some details: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt"></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51); font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">RICHARD CUMYN was born in Ottawa and educated at Queen’s University
in Kingston, Ontario. Widely published as a short-story writer, essayist and book reviewer, he has been the fiction editor of </span><i style="color:rgb(51,51,51); font-family:"Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,sans-serif; font-size:13.524px; background-color:rgb(192,161,84)"><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The
Antigonish Review</span></i><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51); font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt; background-color:rgb(192,161,84)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">, taught at the Maritime Writers Workshop in Fredericton and
been Writer-in-Residence at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. He lives in Ed<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">monton</span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">.</span></span></div>
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<p><font face="georgia, droid serif, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Veronica Austen, Ph.D.</font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px"><font face="georgia, droid serif, Times New Roman, Times, serif"> at the University of Waterloo</font></p>
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<p><font face="georgia, droid serif, Times New Roman, Times, serif">519-884-8111 x 28300</font></p>
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