Hasan Namir Hasan Namir has written a debut novel about being queer and Muslim set in 2003 war-torn Iraq.  One of the Globe 100 Best ...
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Written by Del Phillips So …. you want to write some poetry or a story?  Have you secretly wanted to learn how to polish up ...
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Written by Del Phillips Songwriting may seem like an easy thing to master. We all hum and sing and make up lyrics but making a ...
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Still two chances left to hear Eco-Journalist/Activist Andrew Nikiforuk! Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning investigative journalist who has been writing about the oil and gas industry, ...
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Lively, unrehearsed, and not to be missed – Main Stage events at the Readers and Writers Festival, July 13-16. Each year, the organizing committee chooses ...
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Carleigh Baker Denman Island is set to welcome Carleigh Baker, an award-winning writer of Cree-Métis/Icelandic descent. Carleigh writes book reviews for the Globe and Mail with ...
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Stewart Goodings Don’t delay!  Registration for workshops at Denman Island’s annual Readers and Writers Festival July 13 – 16 is now open.  Here are this ...
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Stewart Goodings Diana Jones, of Victoria, one of the Readers and Writers Festival “Writing Week” alumni, has just had her first novel, “The Bearer’s Burden” ...
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Des Kennedy The untimely death of Ojibwa author Richard Wagamese brought particular sadness to those of us close to the Denman Island Readers & Writers ...
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Stewart Goodings As a glass half-full kind of guy, I’d prefer to talk about the delights of helping to run the Denman Island Readers and ...
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Well-known Vancouver author, Caroline Adderson will lead the one week intensive writing workshop known as The Writing Week at the 2017 Denman Island Readers and ...
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For Festival attendees who write or want to write, there will be five opportunities at this year’s Festival to get some intensive advice from published authors. Steven Price, ...
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Denman Island, get ready to host another group of extraordinary Canadian authors in 2016 during our annual summer festival.  Expect top quality writing and information ...
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Nationally acclaimed author Wayne Grady will be on Denman Island February 28 in the Back Hall to read from his intriguing novel, “Emancipation Day” which ...
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At the 2015 Festival, visiting author Aislinn Hunter generously used her Festival honorarium to sponsor a poetry contest for the best poem on the subject ...
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Congratulations to Anakana Schofield who has been named one of the finalists for the prestigious $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her book, Martin John. Read ...
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 The Books Matter Prize …… win $500 in books by writing a poem about the planet / the environment / the earth or animals in ...
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Des Kennedy moderates a panel discussion on “Place” with Michael Crummey, Fred Stenson, Lee Maracle and Renee Saklikar On Sunday morning, July 19, the concluding ...
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Lee Maracle Canadian first nations poet and author, Lee Maracle, from Toronto will be joining the list of renowned authors at this year’s festival.  She ...
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 Saturday, July 18 at 7:30 pm “No sensible man engages unprepared in a fencing match of words with a woman”, proclaims 20th century writer, Wilkie ...
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