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阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 celebrates funniest authors for 2006

(orillia, ontario - april 10, 2007) the funniest authors in canada are converging at the stephen leacock museum in orillia on april 18, 2007, to find out who is the funniest of them all for 2006. the winner of the stephen leacock memorial medal for humour is chosen from among numerous entries submitted. entries are judged by a national, anonymous panel of six judges appointed by a committee of the stephen leacock associates' board of directors. joining the national judges is a panel of ten readers from orillia, summer home of stephen leacock, and their combined vote determines whose literary work will be deemed worthy of a leacock reverberating howl or guffaw, chortle, chuckle, titter or snigger, or a mere giggle. everyone who has a funny bone is invited to participate in the celebration, and those who think they have no sense of humour are encouraged to discover it in any one of the shortlisted books.

the stephen leacock medal for humour is awarded by the ontario-based stephen leacock association annually for a book judged to be the "most humorous published in canada, by a canadian, in the previous year." this national award carries a cash prize of $10,000, sponsored by td canada trust, and the winner also receives a silver leacock memorial medal.

shortlisted for the stephen leacock memorial medal for humour - 2006 are:

jpod by douglas coupland; the passionate gardener by des kennedy; cockeyed by ryan knighton; tuckahoe slidebottle by neil mckinnon, and secrets from the vinyl café by stuart mclean. a synopsis of each work is attached.

the oldest literary award in canada and the only award recognizing humour in canadian writing, the stephen leacock memorial medal for humour is celebrating its 60th year and was first awarded in 1947, three years after the death of its namesake, author of the much-loved sunshine sketches of a little town. past leacock winners include w.o. mitchell, pierre berton, farley mowat, roch carrier, eric nicol, mordecai richler, and robertson davies.

according to linda rodenburg, professor of english literature, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 - orillia, "the stephen leacock memorial medal for humour celebration is another example of the university's collaboration on community-based initiatives. what better way to encourage reading than to discover authors who will make you see that reading is fun(ny)!"

to test its hypothesis that everybody has a funny bone just waiting to be rattled, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 - orillia campus is giving away bookmarks at all participating bookstores to encourage everybody to mark the funniest pages in the funny book of their choice.

to find out how you can join the laughter at the celebration on april 18 at the stephen leacock museum in orillia, or for more information on the stephen leacock memorial medal for humour celebration, please contact don reid, member of the leacock associates, at (705) 329-8925, don.reid@ontario.ca


media: to arrange for an interview of the winner and shortlisted authors, please contact don reid at the above coordinates.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's main campus is located in thunder bay, ontario, on the shores of lake superior. with a campus in orillia, ontario, lakehead is a comprehensive university with a worldwide reputation for innovative programs and research. lakehead has over 7,600 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and 2,200 faculty and staff, and is home to the west campus of the northern ontario school of medicine. in 2006 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 was named canada's research university of the year 2005 in the undergraduate category. for more information on 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , visit www.hsbcwebinars.com