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BERTON HOUSE HOBO BANQUET

To be held on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, in Toronto's Berkeley Church, the festive event will bring together friends and admirers of Pierre Berton to raise funds in support of Canadian writers-in-residence at Pierre Berton’s boyhood home in Dawson City, Yukon.

Last year's event included fabulous entertainment including music from Catherine McKinnon, Dave Thomas, and Bremner Duthie, comedy from Sandra Shamas, and former Berton House writer-in-residence Lisa Pasold talking about her own Dawson City experience. The evening also included a live and silent auction which featured a Linda Lundström's hand-beaded, buckskin coat -- a replica of a coat worn by Pierre Berton.

We offer our gratitude to the numerous sponsors, table and ticket buyers, and auction-item donors who through their generosity have supported this program in the past.

We also thank the Berton House Writers' Retreat Gala for their continued dedication in putting together this fantastic event.

Watch this space for further information about this year's Berton House Writers' Retreat Annual Dinner contact:

Elsa Franklin 416.961.6031 or Grace O’Connell 416.504.8222 x 243 or
berton_retreat@sympatico.ca

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