Quarrington Celebrations Keep the Legacy Alive
September 15, 2010
Paul Quarrington’s rich portfolio of art, which he worked so diligently to complete, will be wonderfully presented to a host of audiences across the country this fall, following full houses in Orillia (Leacock Summer Festival), Haliburton Forest Festival, and heartfelt recognition at Writers at Woody Point, NL. The “tour” of Quarrington celebrations will be presented at literary festivals starting in Kingston, then Winnipeg, Banff, Vancouver, the St. John’s Women’s Film Festival and winding up in Windsor. Each presenting festival has crafted their own unique event, including offerings from dramatic theatrical scenes to readings, music, and film clips, as well as full length screenings of Paul Quarrington Life in Music. A national screening of the doc also airs on Bravo September 18.
Bravo! Doc Presents PQ Life in Music – Sep 18 @ 7pm ET – check local listings
Kingston Writers Festival ON – Wed. Sep 22
Thin Air: Winnipeg Writers Festival MB – Sat. Sep 25
WordFest: Banff-Calgary Intl Writers Festival AB – Sat. Oct 16 & Sun. 17
Vancouver International Writers Festival BC – Fri. Oct 22
St. John’s Intl Women’s Film Festival NL – Oct 26-30
BookFest Windsor ON – Fri. Nov 5
Paul Quarrington rocks on!
Kingston Gala Opening Night celebration of PQ; Free Screenings of Life in Music
September 15, 2010
PQ’s People Mix It Up! at Kingston International Writers Festival 2010
Wednesday, September 22
Venue: Grand Theatre, Regina Rosen Auditorium
Time: 7:30 – 10:30 pm
Tickets: $20.00 >> get info here >> http://www.kingstonwritersfest.ca/tickets.php
Paul Quarrington was a storyteller in every medium he could get his hands on—novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, songs. Opening night brings together PQ’s People, the writers, musicians, actors, and filmmakers who knew Paul and have their own stories to tell about the writing life that produced 10 novels, including Canada Reads winner King Leary, the award-winning book and screenplay Whale Music, the TV series Due South, musicals for children, 3 full-length plays, 3 CDs with the Porkbelly Futures, as well as a posthumous solo CD and the memoir Cigar Box Banjo. Join Nino Ricci, Dave Bidini, Kim Moritsugu, Stuart Ross, Steven Heighton, Dan Hill, Cordelia Strube, Jim Garrard’s theatrical presentation of The Invention of Poetry featuring actors Craig Walker and Brett Christopher, Judith Keenan, and the Porkbelly Futures for an evening of stories in all their glorious forms.
Writers at Woody Point appreciate PQ
September 2, 2010
In response to my note asking how the film screening of “Paul Quarrington Life in Music” fared with the audience and authors at this, one of Paul’s favourite festival on the East Coast, curated by his friends Stephen Brunt and his sister, Alison Gzowski and hosted by the lovely and talented Shelagh Rogers, who posted on my Facebook Wall .. for those of you not linked in …
“It was great, Judith. Or at least, I hear it was. I was stranded on Fogo Island!
But people were very moved by it and were grateful to have the opportunity to
honour Paul. Steve Brunt and I also had a Paul moment on stage–we put out
the fishing rod he used last year…I read a bit from the book about Des Walsh
and then we played the Friendly song–which got stuck in the middle and stopped!
Then picked up again. Quite a moment! hope your summer was/is great. xoxo”
Here’s the Western Star review of the event too >>
Canadian author and musician remembered at Woody Point Writers festival
Published on August 24th by Katherine Hudson
Stephen Brunt and Shelagh Rogers at Writers at Woody Point Festival
Stephen Brunt and Shelagh Rogers seen on Saturday August 21, 2010
