Tellers need writers

Stories surround us, enveloppe our senses and enrich our soul.  These stories come from storytellers / authors who have experienced, witnessed or imagined what they share. 
Thomas King is just such a writer.  

                                                                                        (Globe and Mail July 19th 2012)

First published in 1989 author Thomas King began his long career with words in A Coyote Columbus Story shortly followed by Green Grass Running Water in 1993.  

Thomas King has contributed to our literary wealth for several years but 2014 has evidently marked him and his talents. The Inconvenient Indian : A curious account of native people in North America published in 2012 is being spoken of in corridors seemingly silent prior to this discourse.  Being selected for the RBC Taylor Prize and shortly after B. C. National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. 

Discover these stories at your library.  

Be the teller,

  

Have you found yourself asking where can I find a particular title or piece of music or even CD?  You would not be alone.

The Library is the one place that won't ask why you are here.  Think of something you might be interested in and you may discover it is your's for the asking.  Words like music have a life of their own and no matter what you enjoy you will find it your public library.

Coming soon to Campbellton Centennial  'The HOLY or the BROKEN authored by Alan Light and published by ARTIA Books this work shares an initmate and personal telling of the famous song by Leonard Cohen 'Hallelujah'.  Of all the people that have made a cover Jeff Buckley is the most unique at the same time the most honest reflection to Cohen's own.

Be the teller,

Campbellton Youth Advisory Video

Stories come in all shapes and sizes,

Check out these youth who have recorded the history of CIMS Cooperative Radio Station.

Be the teller

Stories make up our lives.  Black History Month and it is a challenge to choose female vocalists who have left a lasting impression on the industry, on the culture and the zeitgeist of our realities.

Here are but a few to share with you. Photos and links credit to Grooveshark.com

Billie Holiday




http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Strange+Fruit/3Za3jx?src=5

Etta James


http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/I+d+Rather+Go+Blind/3VQh4b?src=5

Roberta Flack

 http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=the+first+time+I+saw+your+face

Be the teller,

Tell it out loud

Saturday 8th 2014

Tell it out loud

Have you ever heard a story you wanted to know more about? Black History Month in Canada offers up an opportunity for us to read, hear and tell stories that are part of our history. Sharing our stories helps us to appreciate our past, embrace our future and create a present that includes all of us.

One such story is Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold. Take a ride on Harriet Tubman's railroad. It tells of courage, love and community and takes you to the door step of freedom in Canada. The telling brings history to life.

Discover the power of voice by tuning into and hearing the stories about Black \history in Canada. 

Take part in sharing this history and be stronger for it.

Be the teller,