Dear M A Creemore keg costs $37 for about 20 litres(plenty), quite a good deal. We need $50 deposit for keg and $50 dep for pump(both refundable).No need to order ahead ,they're available. Margaret Procter wrote: > Dear CASLLRs: > > Now that it's officially spring, it's definitely time to sign up for the > 20th Inkshed conference, held this year from May 8 to 11 in the rolling > countryside north of Toronto. The registration form is available online > through the conference website at > http://www.stthomasu.ca/inkshed/inkshed20. The full fee is only $75, or $35 > for students and the un(der)employed. > > To see where the conference will be held, go to > http://www.hockleyhighlands.com. Book your own accommodation soon by > calling Hockley Highlands Inn and Conference Centre at 1 800 767-8071 or > emailing [log in to unmask] The inclusive price for three nights > accommodation and all meals and coffee breaks is $370. The Inn is holding a > block of rooms for us until March 30; it can't guarantee availability after > that (but try anyway). > > Our program is taking shape and will soon be up on the website. Here's a > preview: > > -- We are proud to announce that our Friday-evening keynote speakers are > the Chicago expats Heather and Roger Graves, who will get us talking about > "Canada as Context." > > -- Another thread in the conference will be a communal poster paper. > Sharron Wall and Nan Johnson will inspire us to depict the changing visions > of Canadian writing theory and practice in the form of a wall chart. > > -- Russ and Anne Hunt will wake us up on Friday morning with a session on > reflective narrative, promising "We'll Show You Ours If You'll Show Us > Yours." > > -- Other topics move from dialogue journals in China and in London, > Ontario, to critical thinking in an art college and an interdisciplinary > program, to reading literature in Manitoba, interpreting texts in North > York, and teaching oral communication in St. John. We'll look together at > models of WAC, writing-centre collaborations, adult students in an > upgrading program in Edmonton and a government building in Ottawa ... and > many other great topics. The final session will look to the future of our > profession by showcasing two ways of preparing people to teach writing. > > -- There will be time to read the material people have brought (using the > Inn's communal indoor and outdoor spaces), then a designated time to sit > down and discuss it. > > -- On Saturday evening, we'll descend on Nancy White's handsome house in > the hamlet of New Lowell and enjoy a banquet of local foods and a night of > Inkshed talents. > > Lots to look forward to! Just remember to send in your registration form > (see http://www.stthomasu.ca/inkshed/inkshed20 or write > [log in to unmask]) and book your accommodation with Hockley > Highlands (call 1 800 767-8071 or write [log in to unmask]). > > N.B. Budget permitting, Inkshed tries to subsidize graduate students and > the underemployed. If you're in one of those categories, save your travel > and accommodation receipts and ask about a partial reimbursement after the > conference. > > See you soon! > > Margaret Procter > for the Inkshed 20 organizing committee > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-