Events for October 3, 2020
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10:00 am
The Festival of Literary Diversity Kids Bookfest: Doodle With Me [6+]
The FOLD Kids Bookfest includes a fantastic array of events featuring a diverse array of authors and illustrators who’ve created books for young people (ages 0-18). In addition to events centred around children and young people, the festival includes opportunities for adult writers of children’s literature to take part in pitch sessions and to develop…
Find out more »Afterwords Literary Festival: Advanced Workshop with Sue Goyette
Writing into the Unknown: fortifying a curious and imaginative practice with Sue Goyette The AfterWords Literary Festival was co-founded by Ryan Turner and Stephanie Domet, and in the fall of 2019, AfterWords held its inaugural edition. In 2020, due to Covid-19, the festival will host live events online between September 30th and October 4th. AfterWords is primarily interested in…
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The Festival of Literary Diversity Kids Bookfest: Not So Different [Ages 6+]
The FOLD Kids Bookfest includes a fantastic array of events featuring a diverse array of authors and illustrators who’ve created books for young people (ages 0-18). In addition to events centred around children and young people, the festival includes opportunities for adult writers of children’s literature to take part in pitch sessions and to develop…
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Afterwords Literary Festival: Workshop with JJ Steeves
Memoirs of the Mundane with JJ Steeves The AfterWords Literary Festival was co-founded by Ryan Turner and Stephanie Domet, and in the fall of 2019, AfterWords held its inaugural edition. In 2020, due to Covid-19, the festival will host live events online between September 30th and October 4th. AfterWords is primarily interested in presenting (and being in the…
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The Festival of Literary Diversity Kids Bookfest: Writing Workshop for Young Writers [Ages 12-18]
The FOLD Kids Bookfest includes a fantastic array of events featuring a diverse array of authors and illustrators who’ve created books for young people (ages 0-18). In addition to events centred around children and young people, the festival includes opportunities for adult writers of children’s literature to take part in pitch sessions and to develop…
Find out more »The Festival of Literary Diversity Kids Bookfest: Writing KidLit Workshop [For Adults]
The FOLD Kids Bookfest includes a fantastic array of events featuring a diverse array of authors and illustrators who’ve created books for young people (ages 0-18). In addition to events centred around children and young people, the festival includes opportunities for adult writers of children’s literature to take part in pitch sessions and to develop…
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Afterwords Literary Festival: Workshop with Randy Boyagoda
A truth universally acknowledged: The first page matters with Randy Boyagoda The AfterWords Literary Festival was co-founded by Ryan Turner and Stephanie Domet, and in the fall of 2019, AfterWords held its inaugural edition. In 2020, due to Covid-19, the festival will host live events online between September 30th and October 4th. AfterWords is primarily interested in presenting…
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Victoria Festival of Authors: Truth, Trauma, Beauty, Beast
With Amanda Leduc, Michael Prior and Jesse Thistle Join a conversation and reading with three writers whose work in essay, poetry, and narrative freshly inhabit the world of memoir. In Disfigured, Amanda Leduc illuminates the connections between fairy tales and disability as she explores her relationship to her…
Find out more »The Festival of Literary Diversity Kids Bookfest: The Big Birthday Bash [Ages 4+]
The FOLD Kids Bookfest includes a fantastic array of events featuring a diverse array of authors and illustrators who’ve created books for young people (ages 0-18). In addition to events centred around children and young people, the festival includes opportunities for adult writers of children’s literature to take part in pitch sessions and to develop…
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The Festival of Literary Diversity Kids Bookfest: This Really Happened – True-to-Life Stories for Young Readers [Ages 12+]
The FOLD Kids Bookfest includes a fantastic array of events featuring a diverse array of authors and illustrators who’ve created books for young people (ages 0-18). In addition to events centred around children and young people, the festival includes opportunities for adult writers of children’s literature to take part in pitch sessions and to develop…
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Victoria Festival of Authors: Simply Unbelievable – Fresh Fiction for Unfathomable Times
With Zsuzsi Gartner, Catherine Hernandez, Mallory Tater and Doreen Vanderstoop In the midst of unprecedented global uncertainty, what each of us believes—about ourselves and about the systems of power we live within—can have direct and dire consequences on the way the world moves. Join these four novelists whose work…
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Afterwords Literary Festival: Reading Deeply
Novelists Shani Mootoo, Michelle Good, and Francesca Ekwuyasi in conversation with writer and journalist Evelyn C. White. The AfterWords Literary Festival was co-founded by Ryan Turner and Stephanie Domet, and in the fall of 2019, AfterWords held its inaugural edition. In 2020, due to Covid-19, the festival will host live events online between September 30th and October 4th. AfterWords…
Find out more »The Festival of Literary Diversity Kids Bookfest: One Earth – Youth Rally for the Planet [All Ages]
The FOLD Kids Bookfest includes a fantastic array of events featuring a diverse array of authors and illustrators who’ve created books for young people (ages 0-18). In addition to events centred around children and young people, the festival includes opportunities for adult writers of children’s literature to take part in pitch sessions and to develop…
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Victoria Festival of Authors: Writing in a Time of Slow Disaster
With Jenna Butler, Jessica Johns, Joanna Lilley and Shaena Lambert This panel discussion brings together four authors who, through a variety of approaches and topics, are exploring what it means to be writing in our present time of social upheaval and global climate disaster. Personal stories are interwoven…
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