The County gave Al Purdy inspiration, and he gave us a legacy of poems, memories and the A-Frame.
This episode features excerpts of interviews with Anne Preston, County resident and founding member of the A-Frame Residency; Jean Baird, founding director and administrator of the A-Frame Residency and John Barton, current poet in residence at the A-Frame.
Also featuring musical performances by Festival Players company members and a reading of Al Purdy's poem Prince Edward County by Artistic Director Graham Abbey.
Al Purdy
Al Purdy was born December 30, 1918 ,in Wooler, ON, and died April 21, 2000, in Sidney, BC. He is considered one of Canada’s greatest poets with a writing career that spanned fifty-six years. His works include 39 books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence. In 1965 he won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama and in 1986 was awarded the Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language poetry. In 1956 he moved to Prince Edward County where he built an A-frame house.
To learn more about Al Purdy visit: https://www.alpurdy.ca/al-purdy/
CREDITS
Produced by | Logan Somers
Host | Logan Somers & Alexandra Seay
Opening theme composed by | Samuel Du Bois
MUSIC
Old Piano Rag | BlueJayStudio licensed by Envato Market.
Scott Buckley:
Wander Lust
Falling Together
Festival Players, The Shape of Home: Songs in Search of Al Purdy songs titled:
Fragments
Where The Moment Is
All songs based on poems by Al Purdy, created and performed by Hailey Gillis, Beau Dixon, Raha Javanfar and Andrew Penner.
Prince Edward County by Al Purdy.