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…