Flipbook or page-down pdf: Which is best? If you have an e-subscription to the Townships Sun, you know you can go to the TownshipsSun.ca home page, click on the “Latest Issue,” input your email address and password, and view your PDF version of the latest issue in full colour. Every page in full colour! (The…
New! Townships Sun is on sale at the aptly named Le SUNSHINE in STANSTEAD! This welcoming little café/bistro/inn/bakery with enticing designer breads and all kinds of goodies, cheeses, cold cuts and so much more… now offers the latest issue of the Townships Sun! Stop by and pick up yours for $2.50 while they’re still…
TYVoices 2023 Wins Best Community Promotion Award At the 2024 Quebec Community Newspaper Association Awards on June 28, the 2023 edition of the Townships Young Voices earned first place in the Community Promotion Awards. This was our inaugural TYVoices; we have just completed our second annual TYVoices initiative (2024), with growing participation from youth across…
QCNA Award-winning Feature Article… Here it is! This article won first place as Best Feature Article in the Quebec Community Newspapers Association 2023 Awards. It was originally published in the Townships Sun (July/August 2023). Congratulations, Marie Moliner! ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10 Years Ago, Downtown was Devastated Megantic, Then and Now by Marie Moliner “You had…
NEW! Find the new Townships Sun in Sutton! In Sutton – L’Art des possibles offers so much. Fine teas. Arts and crafts boutique. Relaxing atmosphere. Space for creative work, either individually or in group. And NEW! Now this inviting tea salon also offers the TOWNSHIPS SUN. Stop by 4 rue du Dépôt in Sutton, just…
If it’s May, it must be a new Townships Sun… and the theme is Gardens in the Townships. Brought to us by guest editor, Angela Leuck, gardener and poet, poet and gardener! If you have subscribed, it’s in your mailbox. If not, you can find it at our distribution points in the next few days.…
Townships Young Voices 2024 Winners by Category FICTION Johnny Beauvais, 16, Cowansville: Remember To Live Brooklynn Beaudoin Driscoll, 17, Lennoxville: Remember Ruohan Wallis, 18, Brompton: Call Me Back Emry-Waven A. Côté, 12, Magog: Excerpt from a novel-in-creation called “Nhako’s Quest” Sofia Thibault, 11, Sherbrooke: …The Fear… NONFICTION Avigaelle Court, 12,…
$3000 in Prizes Go to 15 Creative Youth Knowlton, April 28, 2024. “You had to be there,” is what everyone is saying. A convergence of over 100 youth, families, teachers, and friends gathered last Sunday in Knowlton for the Townships Sun’s 2024 Townships Young Voices creative awards. The gala saw 21…
Happy Poetry Month! You are warmly invited to our Poetry Tea on Sunday, April 21, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Uplands Cultural & Heritage Centre, 9 Spied St., Lennoxville. Admission is free, courtesy of Uplands, and tea and treats are complimentary, courtesy of participating poets. A series of Townships Poets will read from…
Sherbrooke, March 19, 2024. Just published―the Townships Sun’s 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition, a full 52 pages of stories and images reflecting on the life and times of this “small yet mighty magazine.” Those are the words of Marie Moliner, its 50th Anniversary Coordinator and Assistant Editor, who led the team organizing a celebration of the…
Are your feet killing you? We have a solution for you! Put your feet up and read the Townships Sun. Your feet will get a special rest while you read our 52-page March 2024 special edition, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Townships Sun. Yes, your editorial team and contributors have been…
Townships Young Voices Competition closes on February 29! There are only a few days left to enter the Townships Young Voices competition, open to people aged 11-29 who live in the Eastern Townships. Fifteen prizes totaling $3000 are available to be won in the categories of art, photography, poetry,…
Townships Sun Seeks Submissions for Upcoming issues on Astronomy, Waterways, Gardens, and Humour CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Please refer to the Contribution Guidelines at TownshipsSun.ca/Submit. REFLECTIONS The Townships Sun is seeking submissions for its April 2024 issue on Astronomy and Waterways in the Townships. We’re looking for original, unpublished works by writers fr om…
Dining Out: Lunch at L’Entr’Amis by Marisa Tessier & Beverly Taber Smith These photos by Marisa Tessier show two desserts: Can you tell which is a chocolate mousse, and which a gâteau au pomme (apple cake)? The duet of desserts were part of a lunch enjoyed by the Dining Out Group of the Canadian Federation…
QUEBEC AM WITH PETER TARDIF Friday, Jan.19, 2024: Writing groups in the Eastern Townships bringing people together. CBC’s Gordon Lambie spoke with author Richard Andrews of Magog, Angela Leuck of Shoreline Press and the Townships Sun, Marie Moliner of the Townships Sun’s Townships Young Voices 2024, and Jan Draper of Write Here, Right…
$50 for the 50th Campaign: $3266 strong! Plus… Yes, the Townships Sun‘s 50th Anniversary celebrations ARE happening! The “$50 for the 50th Anniversary” campaign came to a happy close at the end of December 2023, with $3266 donated by a total of 48 donors, according to our partner, Townshippers’ Research & Cultural Foundation. Thank you…
The Book Fest is Over… Long Live the Book Fest! The Townships Sun‘s Holiday Book Fest organized by the Townships Sun is over now; but it lives on! On December 10, more than 125 persons came out on a rainy day to enjoy a full programme of speakers and videos, and to explore books by…
Donate $50 for the 50th Campaign: Update, December 22, 2023 The thermometer is heating up! If we’re reading it right, we’ve come three-fifths of the way to our goal for the $50 for the 50th campaign! Thank you so much for your help! In the works are two very special 50th anniversary editions of the…
You’ve been wondering: How’s the $50 for the 50th campaign coming along? It’s a work in progress! We still need your help. We want to celebrate the Townships Sun’s 50th anniversary this February with a reprint of our very first issue (February 8, 1974), and then a one-time, double-size “Legacy Edition.” This means double the…
Dining Out: Brunch at La Shop in Magog by Janet Watson & Beverly Taber Smith Recently the Dining Out Group of the Canadian Federation of University Women, Sherbrooke & District (CFUW) decided to forego our usual habit of going out for lunch. Instead we went to La Shop in Magog for brunch at…
Here’s how far we’ve come in one week! As of December 8, we’ve received $1000 toward our goal of $5,000. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Can you help us get the rest of the way there? As a reader of the Townships Sun magazine, you already know our commitment to provide high-quality, engaging stories and images…
You, your friends, and your family are invited to the launch of the 2024 edition of the Townships Young Voices on Sunday, December 10th, at 1:30 p.m. during the Townships Sun 50th Anniversary Book Fest at the Salle Amédée Beaudoin Hall, 10 Samuel Grantham, Lennoxville (where the TYVoices awards were held last year). If you…
As a reader of the Townships Sun magazine, you already know our commitment to provide high-quality, engaging stories and images to the English-language community of the Townships: past, present and future. Now we need your support. We want to celebrate the Townships Sun’s 50th anniversary this February with a one-time, double-size “Legacy Edition.” This means double the work for our volunteers,…
As a reader of the Townships Sun magazine, you already know our commitment to provide high-quality, engaging stories and images to the English-language community of the Townships: past, present and future. Now we need your support. We want to celebrate the Townships Sun’s 50th anniversary this February with a one-time, double-size “Legacy Edition.” This means double the work for our volunteers,…
Book Fest! The Townships Sun Holiday Book Fest invites all book lovers to meet with an exciting line-up of 25 or more recent Townships authors who will display and talk about their books. Enjoy a program of short readings, panel discussions, videos, and music throughout the day. A free pancake breakfast will be served until 1 p.m., and tea and…
Townships Sun 50th Anniversary Event: Ross Murray Stole the Show Sherbrooke, November 13, 2023. Invited author Ross Murray entertained a cozy crowd of more than 40 at the second Books & Brunch offered by the Townships Sun in Lennoxville last Sunday. The buffet was plentiful and the books table did brisk business. “Ross Murray easily…
Sherbrooke, November 2, 2023. Invited authors Ross Murray and Louise Carson will be featured at the second Books & Brunch offered by the Townships Sun. The event is to take place on Sunday, November 12, from noon to 2 p.m., at the Amédée-Beaudoin Community Centre, 10 Samuel-Grantham, Lennoxville. The first Books & Brunch, on October 15,…
The Townships Sun launched its new online archives last Friday and rolled out plans for a year of activities celebrating its 50th year of publication. Archives Project The Archives Project saw the entire 50 years of its publication scanned and uploaded to the Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), where they can be consulted…
The Townships Sun is an English-language non-profit community magazine that explores the life and culture of the English-speaking communities in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. Its mission is to promote Townships living while, through the publication of a magazine, encouraging the full participation of English-speaking community members in the life of Quebec society.
Initiated by the Eastern Townships Social Action Group, the Townships Sun was founded on July 1st, 1973. Its first issue was published on February 8, 1974, at a crucial moment in the history of the English-speaking Townships community.
“Our main interest was to help the English-speaking community adapt to what was going on in Quebec. That was the time of the ‘great exodus.’ A lot of English speakers were scared, a bit, of the nationalist movement, and a lot of people were leaving,” explained Russell Pocock, one of the ETSAG founding members.
Since its momentous beginnings, the Townships Sun has published between 9 and 12 issues per year, documenting the history and stories of English speakers in the Eastern Townships, and responding to their concerns and aspirations. Started as a newspaper, it has evolved into a creative community magazine.
A dedicated team of volunteers currently publish nine issues per year, with varied articles, stories, poetry, art, and photos on themes of interest to Townshippers, whether they live in the Eastern Townships or further afield.
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Townships Sun Inc. (Soleil des Cantons inc.) is a non-profit volunteer organization that publishes the Townships Sun nine times a year. Member of: Quebec Community Newspapers Association (QCNA), the English Language Arts Network (ELAN), and Canadian Advertising Rates & Data (CARD). Registered with La Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec. Publication Mail Agreement: #40016398. Printed on 100 per cent recycled paper made in Quebec, by Imprimerie Blanchard Litho Inc. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, and the Ville de Sherbrooke, in the form of project and operations grants.
The Eastern Townships are located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Abenaki people.
Les Cantons de l’Est sont situés sur le territoire traditionnel et non cédé du peuple Abénaki.
