2023 Program
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Friday, October 27 - CIGI Auditorium
7PM to 9PM
Opening Showcase: Urgent Care Required & Sangria Speakeasy
with Alicia Elliott, Vincent Lam, and Vinh Nguyen
Price: $20.00
Learn MoreOpening Showcase: Urgent Care Required (Remote)
with Alicia Elliott, Vincent Lam, and Vinh Nguyen
Price: $15.00
Learn MoreSaturday, October 28 - The Balsillie School of International Affairs
9:30AM to 10:50AM
The Nuts and Bolts of Getting Published
with Jen Albert, Lisa Alward, Jamaluddin Aram, Emmy Nordstrom-Higdon, and Pamela Mulloy
Price: $12.00
Learn MoreA Deadly Invitation: Amy Stuart’s Latest Thriller
with Amy Stuart & David Worsley
Price: $12.00
Learn More11:10AM to 12:30PM
Poetry for Non Poets: A Writing Workshop in Creativity and Risk-taking
with Ronna Bloom
Price: $24.00
Learn MoreFrom Flood to Lake: Finding your Narrative Edge in Memoir Writing
with Kyo Maclear
Price: $24.00
Learn MoreThe Long and Short of It: Exploring Fiction Debuts
with Lisa Alward, Paola Ferrante, Jamaluddin Aram, and Carrie Snyder
Price: $12.00
Learn More12:30PM to 1:30PM
1:30PM to 2:50PM
Altered Realities: Magic Realism and Horror Stories
with Lindsay Wong, Zalika Reid Benta, and Lara El Mekkawi
Price: $12.00
Learn MorePoetry as Essential for Wellbeing
with Hollay Ghadery, Anita Lahey, Ronna Bloom, Erin Noteboom, and Tanis MacDonald.
Price: $12.00
Learn More1:30PM to 4:30PM
3:10PM to 4:30PM
Awakening the Fire Monster: The Making of a Graphic Novel
with Anita Lahey, Pauline Conley, and Lamees Al Ethari
Price: $12.00
Learn MoreFragments of Life: On Memoir and Y-Dang Troeung’s Landbridge
with David Chariandy, Madeleine Thien, Christopher Patterson, and Thy Phu
Price: $12.00
Learn MoreSunday, October 29 - Federation Hall
10AM to 12PM
The Literary Brunch
with Helen Knott, Kyo Maclear, Elizabeth Ruth and Alysia Kolentsis
Price: $45.00
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