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January 6 2024 - Holly Hogan and Michael Crummey Readings

January 6 2024 – Holly Hogan and Michael Crummey Readings

Top Newfoundland authors coming to Denman Island by Stewart Goodings January 6, 2-4pm Two of Newfoundland’s most respected writers will be on Denman Island January 6: Michael Crummey, author of ...
Festival 2023 memories

Festival 2023 memories

by Stewart Goodings While they are still fresh, my memories of the 2023 version of the Denman Festival…from the opening by our Island Raconteur Des Kennedy to the closing panel ...
Abraxas Anniversary Event with Edward Slingerland

Abraxas Anniversary Event with Edward Slingerland

PLEASE JOIN US for an early Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival three-part special event on Saturday, May 20 in honour of the 30th anniversary of Abraxas, Denman Island’s independent ...

The Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival is small and intimate. The Festival brings together an invited group of talented Canadian authors with readers and aspiring writers for two and a half days of literary adventures.
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