Nigel Beale Interviews Frye Festival Chair Dawn Arnold

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DATE : Sun, 10 May 2009 23:06:00 GMT
Entered in Database : 2009-05-10 23:06:00
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Dawn Arnold is Chair of the Frye Festival in Moncton, New Brunswick. Jane Urquhart, Wayne Johnston, Neil Smith, Alexandre Jardin and Miriam Toews are among the many authors who will participate in this yearâs ten day event. Dawn and I talk here about the history of the Festival, Northrop Fryeâs thoughts on imagination and new worlds, the benefits to children of learning more than one language, how writing affects understanding, Moncton strip clubs, Acadie, French language childrensâ authors, Richard Ford, classroom visits, and inspired students. For more information on this yearâs Frye Festival please click here. Please listen to our conversation here:

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