Hola! Salut! Hello there!

Salut groupe,

Je viens de prendre connaissance de cette demande, l'ambassade canadienne cherche à envoyer des livres canadiens à Cuba. Comme plusieurs de nos amis ont déjà acceptés, j'ai pensé faire une boîte collective, ceux qui désirent envoyer une copie ou 5 (libre à vous aussi de les autographier;0), soyez-les bienvenus.

Je vous invite à venir porter vos livres au
EL RANCHO- Restaurante tout au long de l'automne!

Je vous laisse ici l'information en anglais:

"The CCLA is proud to contribute Canadian published books by Canadian authors to libraries in Cuba -
We need your contribution.

In cooperation with the Canadian Embassy in Cuba the Canada Cuba Literary Alliance is collecting Canadian published books by Canadian authors for the "Canadian Literature Library Initiative".

Poetry, prose, photography and art books are welcome. We are building five collections of Canadian literature that will be donated as permanent collections to five different UNEAC (Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba) offices across Cuba.

These collections will be available to Cubans as a window to past and present Canadian literature. This initiative will serve as a journey beyond borders, a timeless bridge of literary camaraderie between Canada and Cuba.

Donations must be in new or virtually new condition. Donations are welcome from the public as well as from authors and publishers. The ideal donation would be five copies of the same book but we do not have any number restrictions. Single or multiple copies of the same title are welcome.

We hope you will pass the word to library and literary groups, authors, publishers, women auxiliary groups and interested individuals. We anticipate that the first presentation of these books will be made in Havana, Cuba in late 2006.

This is an ongoing initiative. As new books are published please send them at anytime as we will
continue to build the collections. Books will be collected and shipped to Cuba via the Canadian Embassy in Havana, Cuba."

J'espère très sincèrement que nous recueillerons un bon nombre de livres pour envoyer à Cuba, et qui sait, dans un avenir rapproché, serez-vous chers auteurs appelé(e)s à aller y lire vous-même vos oeuvres devant public!

Saludos calurosos,

Élizita xx