Cargill: North America's First Book Town
Cargill, a Bruce County village of a few hundred, has joined the International Organisation of Book Towns — the first designated book town in the Americas.
by Kevin McKague
Originally published in The Owen Sounder magazine
The idea came, as the best ideas often do, from a conversation with a fellow book lover. A couple of years ago, Maryann Thomas — owner of The Ginger Press and publisher of the Owen Sounder — mentioned something I’d never heard of: book towns.
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