Acclaimed Author Isabel Huggan to Read in Port Elgin


Isabel Huggan, winner of the Charles Taylor Award for Literary Non-fiction, will read from her books "Belonging: Home Away from Home" and "You Never Know" at Tolmie Memorial Presbyterian Church in Port Elgin on Saturday afternoon, July 26. She will also speak of her experiences as a world traveler and writer of both fiction and  non-fiction.
 
Huggan, who grew up in Elmira, settled
permanently in southern France after living on
several continents. "Belonging" has been
described as part memoir, part travelogue, part
fiction, for it includes her personal experiences  in places as well as three short stories. In
2004, "Belonging" received the prestigious
Charles Taylor Award. The jury's citation
mentioned "her openness to people and new
experiences" expressed in "elegant narrative and
illustrated by her intimate prose and sharp  insights."

 "You Never Know" includes twelve short stories
 set in Canada, France, Kenya and Scotland. These
 tales have been described as "graceful, powerful,
 funny and touching."
 
 As a child with ancestral roots in Bruce County,
 she often travelled with family to the Lake Huron
 shore. In accepting the invitation to read and
 speak in Port Elgin, she wrote, "For me, spending
 time on Lake Huron is always such a treat, and I
 am thrilled to have this occasion to do so."

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Isabel Huggan has worked as a copy editor,
teacher, and newspaper reporter. Now, besides
writing short stories, essays, and reviews, she
leads creative writing workshops in Canada and
abroad, and works as an editor and manuscript
consultant. A member of The Writers' Union of
Canada, she is a mentor for others through the
correspondence program of the Humber School for Writers.
 
Tickets for the afternoon, which begins at 2:00,
are available in Port Elgin at Cathy's Flowers 'n' Treasures and The Brucedale Press; in Southampton at Bayberry's; or by reservation at friendssaugeensh@bmts.com. Ticket price of $15.00 includes delectable desserts. Copies of Isabel Huggan's books will be for sale; to reserve copies, call Broad Horizons Books at 519-832 6025.

Friends of Saugeen Shores is a non-profit group, working together for the future of our community  in promoting a healthy and sustainable environment and in supporting local culture.
 
For further information please contact
friendssaugeensh@bmts.com or call Anne Judd, e-correspondent at 519-832-5837.