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Journée de la culture
Fermes Valens

A DAY OF FARMING AND

LITTERATURE

For the fifth year, Les Fermes Valens invites its Guest Authors
clients and friends to a beautiful day of Somsy Camvan was born in 1954 from the
excursion in the agricultural universe of the Kmbmu tribe and raised in Laos; Somsy worked
Haut-Saint-Laurent. This is indeed the perfect as a journalist from 1975 to 1978 and as a
opportunity for families to familiarize children teacher in a refugee camp in Nongkai, Thailand.
with life on the farm. As for the wise consumer, He then moved to Canada where he presently
it’s a festive way to taste and learn. teaches English as a second language. He lives
in Dewittville.
Visitors meet in Huntingdon Saturday, Bernard Charbonneau was born in Montréal.
September 29th at 9:30 AM and visit farms He worked as sales representative until
during the morning and the afternoon. During retirement and moved to Howick where he
the BBQ at noon, Les Fermes Valens invited devoted himself to writing. Passionate about
authors of the region to gather for the Journées words, he wrote the first volume of the
de la culture, whose theme this year is: Words. historical novel La malédiction/La fille du
The visitors are welcome to shop for books paysan and Le verglas n’arrive jamais seul/Un
below (cash only) and meet the authors. mal pour un bien. In 2015, he founded Éditions
Enter the draw! The authors generously du Suroît and published the two novels. In 2017,
donated books for the draw and everyone can he wrote a third book: S comme…
participate on the day of the event.
The event takes place, rain or shine. Deadline Lyne Dion was born in Salaberry-
for registration: Friday, September 21st. You de-Valleyfield. A university graduate, employed
may register at info@fermesvalens.com. by the Québec Public Services and passionate
Admission is $10 per adult, $5 per child under about judicial investigations, she presents her
14 years old. Visitors will receive a voucher detective novels Crime au Manoir Dubreuil and
worth the equivalent of their admission fees. Meurtre par ricochet. Her third and fourth
novels are in the process of writing. *

September 19, 2018

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