Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 40 books—novels, short stories, poetry, literary criticism, social history and books for children. Her novels have either won or been nominated for every major literary award. Her most recent book, MaddAddam, is the moving and dramatic conclusion to her internationally celebrated dystopian trilogy.
Hi Invisible Man!
Off
to see Margaret Atwood at 10:30 am shortly. Have two tickets, both for
other sessions at 2:00 pm, Character Roles
with David Macfarlane, Charlotte Grimshaw, Chad Pelley and Mary Swan
and Paul Muldoon, (described by the Times Literary Supplement as "the
most significant English-language poet born since the Second World
War."), in Conversation with John Freeman, so I'd
be delighted if you or Kerry or Tia would be interested to choose
whichever one might be of interest. Cora Lee has a volunteer shift so
she can't attend either. Let me know and we'll plan accordingly. Cheers,
Il Conduttore!
I've made changes as decided at our Thursday meeting. Sue and I reviewed these last night and made a few additional
changes. Changes are in red.
I added urn, thermos and carafe info. Did not indicate the colour codes because I forgot to check the coloured
dots we have. I will make colour code signs for both bars and service tables.
We adjusted the afternoon brewing timeline. However, I expect we'll be making coffee and tea almost continuously
if we can do it without making too much noise during the talks. (Karl - I'll need one set-up volunteer to work with me on brewing.)
No changes to the Volunteer Schedule or Champagne Set-up and Service Notes. One additional task for champagne
set-up crew.
newSunCoffee&Tea.doc shows 3 pages. Page 3 is blank but Word won't let me delete it.
My Thursday meeting notes were rather messy! If you spot errors or omissions, please phone or e-mail and I'll
make corrections and additions.
I have to share Karl's comment about the Champagne Schedule I sent him earlier: "It
seems pretty straight forward. Of course, the proof will be in the pouring." How true!
See you tomorrow. CathyA 
It's
an overview of Brunch & Tea 2012. I do not have a 2013 version but
most things are the same this year
as last. Two changes for sure: Both set-up and service crews will be
15 Vs this year. Champagne will be poured from bottles into glasses so
no jugs for mixing/pouring.
Happy reading :-) CathyA
Other than saying 'Hello and welcome', I won't stay for your volunteer briefing meetings.
I'll grab one set-up V
(ok Patrick?) and get those urns started and explain to her/him what we're doing for rebrew.
Hi Cathy, et al!
Hope you found some easy reading! See everyone tomorrow. For help with the java, take the Volunteer who asks ridiculous questions! Cheers, Patrizzio
Hi Lurking Lynne and Dom Jugos!
Trust you are both well. We've been back in Vancouver, after being away for a little more than 13 weeks, since last Saturday! Sorry
that it has taken me so long to reply to both your last messages.
Thanks for update, Lynne, on Jocelyn and Jim. Sorry to hear that their
house took a beating. Glad you enjoyed seeing Jack Foster again. Quite a
character! Look forward to hearing all about your trips. If the
universe unfolds as it should, that should be in little more than a week
or so! Thank, you, Dom Pedro, for being so gracious as to invite us after we invited ourselves!
At any rate, we plan to leave Little Shuswap on Sunday morning in time, I hope, to do a bit of wine-tasting in The Naramata and elsewhere, en route. Any suggestions as not sure who might be open, sold-out, etc., and timing will be a critical issue as well. Would like to pick up a couple of cases, of white, in particular, to help ease us through the winter, as last visit's haul is almost completely exhausted. I assume we will come knocking between 5:00-6:00 pm, after last tasting door closes! At any rate, any suggestions much appreciated. Will chat, again, to iron out any details.
Went to hear/see Margaret Atwood at 10:30 am. Just back from her in conversation with Merilyn Simonds and it was a simply scintillating session. Much as I am embarrassed to admit, I have not heard her speak, in person, before, and I certainly hadn't realized how sharp, keen, tart, mordant, (all of the above), is her wit and how spontaneous and deft is her stage presence. She has one skewered, while one is laughing uproariously, before you know what has hit you! Could have listened to her all day as she talked about her latest, MaddAddam, the conclusion to the so-called "dystopian" trilogy, (She argued/disagreed, as one might expect, about this characterization/description of the works), which began with Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood. Wonderful, wonderful session and one of the highlights, among a number of others, (Jo Nesbø, per esempio), that I've been lucky enough to take in.
Fondestos to you both from Coramandle. Let me know about The Naramata and staying over on Sunday night and we'll plan accordingly. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Hi Stefano!
Trust you and Kathleen are both well.
Sorry that it has taken me so long to reply! Block Party was quite an affair!!! Funnily enough, only other friend to send along a congratulatory message was Eveline, from Switzerland! How went your travels?
At 2:00 pm, attended Character Roles with David Macfarlane, (Ontario), Charlotte Grimshaw, (New Zealand), Chad Pelley, (Newfoundland), and Mary Swan, (Ontario). Didn't know any of these authors but event was very interesting as each book was quite different, each approach to character development varied. Cora Lee was to attend Paul Muldoon, (Ireland/US), [Described by the Times Literary Supplement as "the most significant English-language poet born since the Second World War."], in Conversation with John Freeman but unfortunately couldn't leave her earlier volunteer shift as a number of other volunteers didn't show up. I'd have liked to have attended both so it really is too, too bad that I'm not Omnipresent since I have Omnipotence and Omniscience covered!!
Will Self, (UK), is appearing at Studio 1398 this evening so hope we are able to obtain seats after our bar gig is over. Do you know any of his work? I don't. Cora Lee has read some of his earlier work. Have managed to see all the other events here, so far, but I know this one is completely sold out so not sure if venue manager will be able to squeeze us in.
Fondestos to you both from Coriandre. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Hi Kjell!
Trust you and Jane are both well.
Sorry that it has taken me so long to reply! Give
us a shout and let's see if we can arrange a meal or a ride or both.
Fondestos to you both from Coriandre. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Good news! There are quite a few unsold tickets still available for the Colin Mochrie event Sunday evening at The Stanley!
So if you are interested in obtaining a volunteer comp to see the event, please appear at the venue box office at 2750 Granville St up to 45 minutes ahead of time. (The event is due to begin at 8 pm)
Names will be taken on a first-come first-served basis, and the box office will try to sell as many tickets as possible to waiting patrons. A few minutes before the show is due to begin, volunteers will be given comp tickets in the order of their name on the Standby-Signup list.
Many thanks for all you've done for the festival this year!
Kathryn Fowler, Volunteer Manager
Just back from attending An Intimate Evening With Will Self. What a remarkable individual. His reading was superb. He put on different voices as text required, (He did some training as an actor at some point.), so that made his delivery even more effective/dramatic as you can well imagine. His wit is rather acerbic, to say the least, and taken with his supercharged intellect it was quite a stellar performance. I haven't read Umbrella, his latest but can hardly wait to do so, given the pages he brought to more than vivid period life.
He doesn't suffer fools either and a number of question askers found themselves writhing on the end of his razor-edged tongue. An innocent enough listener commented that he had not heard so much "filth" mentioned in the short passages read aloud. The listener referred to soil and grime, etc., as opposed to filthy language and once that was clarified Will went into a hilarious monologue, using the questioner as fictional character, entering his mind. went something like this: "He was so glad that he had cleaned his flat so that not a micron of dirt was to be found anywhere. He had, on hands and knees, picked every fibre of lint from the hall carpet and the bathrooms were spotless, the toilette bowl scoured, the mirrors shiny. He had not expected that the author and the entire audience would come back to the apartment for celebratory drinks after the reading but now that they were, he was relieved that he had been so scrupulous in his obsessive cleaning!" All this to howls of laughter from the rest of us, as yet unskewered.
Another bold soul, a friend, actually, a chap I knew from UBC, had the temerity to ask about a boiled sweet that the main character had been sucking when we first meet her. His point was that it seemed like the candy lasted far too long, relative to the sequence of events described. Will disagreed, spelling out the route the young girl had taken, with her father, through the streets of London of 1903. Approximately 10-15 minutes and time enough for the sweet to have lasted as described. He finished off by telling his questioner that he felt that his mouth, the questioner's mouth, must possess an over-supply of saliva and even though this was meant to be "an intimate evening" he had no wish to verify this fact! I think there might well have been far more questions from the audience but for the fear that his caustic wit might be focused on them.
I actually found his approach rather refreshing. The questions or comments were really rather silly to begin with so I found Will's responses to be biting but not really unkind. I certainly wish some of the other authors I had heard, over the course of this past week, would have been a bit more critical of the some of the mindless questions posed. Delicate balance I suppose. However, Will Self certainly wasn't about to refrain from making piercing comments when faced with such time-wasting inanities.
Reminder of your upcoming shifts for Sunday, October 27, 2013 to Sunday, November 10, 2013
Sunday, October 27, 2013 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Food & Beverage - Crew Captain-PW Events
Vancouver Writers Fest
Sunday, October 27, 2013 12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Food & Beverage - Crew Captain-PW Events
Vancouver Writers Fest
Sunday, October 27, 2013 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Food & Beverage - Crew Captain-PW Events
Vancouver Writers Fest
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Patrick,
This is just a friendly reminder about your F&B Crew Captain volunteer shift TOMORROW, Sunday Oct 27, for the Vancouver Writers Fest.
Please check your Assignments tab on My Volunteer Page for details about your shift, i.e. where, and when to report.
Set-up/Strike crew wear casual clothes to do physical work in, and SERVICE crew wear black bottoms/white top and comfortable shoes.
Many thanks! We are so looking forward to your help and are so very grateful!
We could not do this festival without you!
Volunteers don't just do the work ~ they make it work.
-Carol Pettit
Kathryn Fowler, Volunteer Manager
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