Volunteers in the heart of the Grand Sudbury Book Fair

The second day of the Grand Sudbury Book fair was marked by the commitment of several volunteers for books and French -speaking reading.

Sonia B. Inkster participates in the book fair as a volunteer for the 5th time.

For her, being a volunteer means offering the authors who take part in the show an support service in order to retain them.

For me, it’s normal to provide good experience to the authors, so that they want to come back, she underlines.

Ms. B. Inkster remembers that an author returned to the show three times.

She also says she remembers the lack of access to French -speaking reading in a minority linguistic situation.

It was before the beginnings of the literary show.

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For her part, Emma M’Bassidjé, participates for the first time in the show as a volunteer. Its role is to serve as a guide for visitors and to work at the reception.

Ms. M’Bassidjé is a newcomer in the region. She hopes to be able to meet and integrate quickly by participating in this type of event.

I like human contact, exchange and I like to discovershe said.

She predicts that the weekend will offer a magnificent show And will also be an opportunity to discover new books.

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Gilbert Lacroix, another volunteer, attended the previous twelve editions of the Book Fair as a participant.

Volunteer for the first time, he now finds himself in the back-scope of the event, thus contributing to the construction of the shelves, the opening of boxes and relations with the public.

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A small gift on one side because by opening the boxes, you can savor and devour each of the bookshe underlines.

The Grand Sudbury book fair continues in place of the arts of downtown Grand Sudbury, until Sunday.

Have the information from Aurore Mbonimpa.