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. Whether in novels or non-fiction books, the urge to change the world, or a part of it, has always been an element of the creative process.
And at this year’s Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival, we will have three ardent advocates of social and political change: Donald Gutstein, Bob Bossin and Lee Maracle.
Gutstein is a professor at Simon Fraser and has been an activist since early on in his career. Over thirty years ago, he wrote a book about abusive corporate urban development in Vancouver, called “Vancouver Ltd.” and last year, several books later, he published a masterful critique of Stephen Harper and his government, “Harperism”.
Bossin, self-described as “the old folksinger”, now living on GabriolaIsland, but
Lucky me, I get to facilitate a conversation with these three dynamic writers and activists at this year’s Festival. One of the main stage events, we are calling it “Agents Provocateurs” and it will take place on Friday, July 17.
For Denman and Comox Valley activists — of which there are many! — this is a must-attend event.
April 2015
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