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PORT PERRY "WEEKEND STAR" FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2000 - 3 -% a} Writers' Circle plans celebration of authors The Whitby Public Library and The wR uti combined their talents to produce the first annual Words in Whitby: A Celebration of Authors at the Courthouse Theatre, Centennial Building, 416 Centre Street S., in Whitby on April 7 and 8. This premiere series features both local and visiting authors; Bravo!TV's Ziggy Lorenc will emcee the series, conducting onstage interviews. Ziggy - has received well-eamed kudos for her comfortable, - . conversational-style interviews with writers from around the world. Confirmed guests include Andrew ' Pyper, exciting new literary star whose recently published first novel, Lost Girls, earned him two substantial six- m Region have: Words in Whitby event coming up April 7, 8 figure advances from international publishers; Peter Robinson, three'time Arthur Ellis award winner and author of the Inspector Banks mystery series and the recently published In a Dry Season; broadcaster Linden Macintyre (W-5), first time author of The Long Stretch, an evocative wartime novel set in Cape Breton; and Brad Smith, author of the intriguing crime novel, One-Eyed Jacks. Local guests include 'Susanna Kearsley, award-winning Oshawa author whose first book, Mariana, won 'the 1993 Catherine Cookson prize, and Port Perry thriller writer, Jonathan van Bilsen, author of the exciting Quentin Wright series of espionage novels: . There will be three separate reading sessions: Friday evening from 7 to 9:30 Pp. m.; Saturday morning from 9 to 11:30 a.m. 'and Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4:30 p.m.- There will also be a special Saturday Gala luncheon at the Centennial Building in the Regal Room from 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. with featured guests Ormond - and Barbara Mitchell, acclaimed co-authors of the intimate and engaging biography, W.O.: The Life of W.0. Mitchell - Beginnings to Who Has Seen the Wind. The book is filled with outrageous stories: and: touching moments in the life of one of Canada's best loved writ- ers as seen through the eyes of his son and daughter-in-law. . Hosted "by The Writers' Circle of Durham Region, with Ziggy Lorenc and several of the authors from the Reading _p Series present, this will be a not-to-be missed event. Each reading session features two authors for an onstage interview with Ziggy, a reading and questions from the audience. Following each session, the authors will be available for book sign- ings. Tickets for this event are $25 for the reading series or $10 per single ses- sion, and $25 for the gala luncheon. All proceeds from the reading series will go to the Whitby Public Library Building Fund. Information and tickets are available from all branches of the: Whitby Public Library - including the Information Centre or you can call 728- 7823 or 668-6531, ext. 27. a PIZZA, SUBS i. &WINGS 80 Weiter Sit, [P Clear-o of discontinued lines, unclaimed orde Sademark of EL dy Pord 80 Nemours snd Company Argistered DuPort Canada Ine. is 2 corviee 55 oz. Nvion CARPET installed with premium 'Whitby [*= 8 Ib. pad. 24 colours to choose from furnace rooms, foyers, garages & basements Pricing starts at 10¢ per wall tile and $1.00 fo i