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2023 Participants

A Word After A Word After A Word

Wed Oct 11 at 7:30 PM, Langham Court Theatre

Susan Sanford Blades
Author
Joseph Kakwinokanasum
Author
Sonnet L’Abbé
Author
Tim Lilburn
Author
Barbara Pelman Moderator

Advocacy Through Story

Thur Oct 12 at 7:30 PM, Langham Court Theatre

Michelle Poirier Brown
You Might Be Sorry You Read This
Helen Knott
Becoming a Matriarch
Katłįà Lafferty 
The House is Not a Home
Angela Sterritt
Unbroken
Rachel yacaaʔał George
Moderator

These Verses Weren’t Made in a Vacuum: Community and the Muse

Fri Oct 13th 7:30 PM, Langham Court Theatre

Lorna Crozier
After That
Marie Metaphor
Soft Shelters
Renée Sarojini Saklikar
Bramah’s Quest
Zoe Dickinson
Moderator

Dark Woods and Open Water

Sat Oct 14, 7:30 PM, Langham Court Theatre

Jennifer Manuel
The Morning Bell Brings The Broken Hearted
Darrel J McLeod
Darrel J McLeod
A Season in Chezghu’un
Alissa York
Far Cry
Nicholas Bradley
Moderator

In Conversation: Jack Knox with Ian and Will Ferguson

Sun Oct 15, 7:30 PM, Langham Court Theatre

Ian Ferguson
I Only Read Murder
Will Ferguson
I Only Read Murder
Jack Knox
Moderator

Forest to Poet/Tree Walk – 2 Sessions

Sat Oct 14, 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM , W̱MÍYEŦEN Nature Sanctuary (formerly Mary Lake)

Robert Bringhurst
The Ridge
Wanda John-Kehewin
Spells, Wishes and The Talking Dead
Samantha Nock
A Brief Celebration
Russell Thornton
The White Light of Tomorrow
Yvonne Blomer
Curator
Kate Braid
Moderator
Beth Kope
Moderator

An Enchanted Walk Through the Writing of Our Natural Landscapes – 2 Sessions

Sunday Oct 15, 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM, W̱MÍYEŦEN Nature Sanctuary (formerly Mary Lake)

Luanne Armstrong
Going to Ground
Jess Housty
Crushed Wild Mint
Natalie Lang
Remnants
Jennifer Manuel
Moderator

Writing What Who you Know?

1:00 PM – 2:15 PM Online

Michelle Poirier Brown
You Might Be Sorry You Read This
Daniel Allen Cox
Memoirs of a Queer Ex-Jehovah’s Witness
Paul Dhillon
Author
Sandy Ibrahim
Author
Iain Higgins
Moderator

Banned: on Diversity, Censorship and Children’s Books

Saturday Oct 14, 3:30 – 4:45 PM, Online

Christy Jordan Fenton
Fatty Legs
Robin Stevenson
Pride
Kathy Stinson
The Bare Naked Book
Danny Ramadan
Moderator

Diversity and Importance

Sunday October 15, 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM Online

Katłįà Lafferty
This House Is Not a Home
Tyler Pennock
Blood
Drew Hayden Taylor
Chasing Painted Horses
Samantha Beynon
Moderator
Nadya Comeau
Curator
Katrina Philpotts
Curator

Reformation, Resilience, Reconciliation: Where We’ve Been and Where We Are 

Sunday Oct 15, 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM, Online

Jenn Ashton
People Like Frank
Susan Mockler
Fractured
Nikki Reimer
No Town Called We
Meharoona Ghani
Moderator
Christine Schrum
Co-curator

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