I’m Right and You’re an Idiot by James Hoggan Come and listen to James Hoggan, a PR expert and David Suzuki Foundation Chairperson, talk about ...
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Well, ‘mania’ may be a touch melodramatic, but hey, literary license should be OK at a readers and writers festival, don’t you think? Denman’s literary ...
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Workshop with Sheri-D Wilson, Spoken Word Artist from Calgary Festival 2018 brings the unparalleled opportunity to see, hear and work with the self-described “Mama of ...
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Congratulations to Sheri D Wilson, Calgary’s New Poet Laureate! See Sheri D this July during the Readers & Writers festival, July 19-22.  There will be ...
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Are You A Writer? Here’s a quiz for Denman Festival attendees:  if you answer “Yes” to at least one of the questions, I have a ...
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Are We Screwed? A Millennial Perspective to Climate Change Geoff Dembicki reports for The Tyee. His work also appears in Vice, Foreign Policy and the New ...
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Registration for Denman Festival opens May 1st As well as being International Workers’ Day, May 1st is the first day to register for the Denman ...
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A new feature at the 2018 Festival will be a “Book Club” session.  For the first time, we will ask one of our authors –  Emily St John ...
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Devotees of the Readers and Writers Festival will remember Sarah Dunant from the 2009 festival.  The noted British author of thrillers and historical fiction is ...
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The Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival has an intriguing line-up of authors for 2018.  Our island’s annual literary event has been attracting book lovers ...
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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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