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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Wallflowers is a debut collection of 17 virtuosic short stories from a 27-year-old Canadian. Eliza Robertson, who was born in Canada but now lives in ...
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Donald Gutstein is a SFU adjunct professor in the School of Communication and co-director of NewsWatch Canada, a media-monitoring project. He taught in the areas ...
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Moderator Jo-Ann Roberts of CBC Radio fame is joined by distinguished poet and novelist Aislinn Hunter, rising literary star Eliza Robertson and sparkling young slam ...
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Vancouver poet Renee Saklikar is a lawyer who did advocacy work for families of the Air India tragedy, then later turned to writing to express ...
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Siling Zhang – Slam Poetry performance and “Poetic Tangents” workshop Coming to us from Vancouver’s Slam Poetry competitions, Siling Zhang will bring her dynamic and ...
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The father renowned Canadian folk singer Bob Bossin knew while growing up in Toronto in the 1950s was a quiet, conservative booking agent.  The father ...
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Aislinn Hunter, one of the authors coming to the Readers and Writers Festival in July, has been named the winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction ...
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Stewart Goodings From Charles Dickens to George Orwell to James Baldwin to Naomi Klein, writers have been including social and political messages in their prose ...
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Annette Reinhart Once again, we have an amazing group of Canadian authors who will be coming to Denman Island to share work that ranges from ...
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**The Denman Island Readers & Writers Festival wishes to express sincere condolences concerning the tragic news of the death of Zaccheus Jackson.  Many people in ...
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Over the past twelve years, many writers have come to the Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival, and we continue to take an interest in ...
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Debbie Frketich looks forward to Sunday July 19th On the last day of the 2014 festival I will be among the first in my seat ...
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Stewart Goodings recalls his experience as a past participant in a Writer in Residence workshop, and introduces this year’s Writer in Residence – Steven Price ...
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by Annette Reinhart Another outstanding group of Canadian writers will be coming to Denman Island for our 2014 Readers & Writers Festival. Don’t be surprised ...
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by Helen Mason This year our Festival bookworm, Miss-Spelled – Jori Phillips – created a unique dress from the pages of a thesaurus.  As a writer ...
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by Stewart Goodings with photos by Annette Reinhart Denman’s annual treat for book lovers and aspiring writers, held July 18-21 provided a score of literary ...
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