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SUMMARY:Wakefield Writers Fête: "Truth in Our Time"
DESCRIPTION:Ninth annual festival of authors\, books and readers. \n2023 program includes:\nMay 24 – In Conversation with Ann-Marie MacDonald and Elizabeth Hay hosted by Lucy van Oldenbarneveld\nMay 25 – ​In Their Own Words: An Evening of Verbatim Theatre with Joel Bernbaum\, Yvette Nolan\, Theatre Wakefield\nMay 26 – ​Low Down Community Newspaper 50th Anniversary Party\nMay 27 – ​Tête à Tête with Tomson Highway and Friends hosted by Adrian Harewood\nMay 28 – Steven Heighton Remembered 
URL:https://canadianauthors.org/national/event/wakefield-writers-fete-truth-in-our-time/
LOCATION:38 ch de la Vallée de Wakefield\, QC\, Wakefield\, J0X3G0
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Writing Tough Topics for Young Readers
DESCRIPTION:Join 2023 Hackmatack award nominees Laura Best (The Family Way\, Nimbus Publishing\, 2021)\, Edeet Ravel (A Boy is Not a Ghost\, Groundwood Books\, 2021)\, and Valerie Sherrard (Birdspell\, Cormorant Books\, 2021) for a discussion on writing difficult topics for middle grade readers. \nIn conversation with Stephanie Domet (AfterWords Literary Festival)\, the authors will explain how their novels tackle difficult issues such as war\, racism\, historical traumas\, mental health\, and strained family relationships. The discussion will offer advice on how to approach tough topics with sensitivity and forethought\, craft an age-appropriate narrative\, and navigate the publishing process. \n*7:30PM Atlantic* \nPresented by the Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award\, in partnership with the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia 
URL:https://canadianauthors.org/national/event/writing-tough-topics-for-young-readers/
LOCATION:Harbour front library--Nanaimo (Vancouver Island regional Library)\, Nanaimo\, 90 Commercial St\, Nanaimo BC V9R 5G4
CATEGORIES:Children's Books,Presentation,Reading
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