Our History

Since 2010, the festival has welcomed everyone interested in writing and reading. We would like to thank our previous speakers for making our festival a huge success.

Previous Speakers Include:
Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Patricia Donahue
Susan Buis
Janet Whitehead
Sylvia Taylor
Harold Rhenisch
Deanna Kawatski
Bernice Lever
Karen Hofmann
Lynne Stonier- Newman
Carolyn Swayze
Anthony Dalton
Mark Leiren-Young
Crystal Stranaghan
Jen Sookfong Lee
Garry Gottfriedson
Anne DeGrace
Lois Peterson
Ian Weir
Lorna Crozier
Michael V. Smith
Elizabeth Bachinsky
Ashley Little
Richard Wagamese
Ami McKay
Alix Hawley
Chris Bose
Patrick Blennerhassett
Corinna Chong
Dennis Staginnus
Tariq Hussain
Sam Wiebe
​Kerry Gilbert

Previous Workshops Include:
Pulling out the Plums: Using Research in Fiction
Creating Powerful Scenes
Writing From the Edge
​Journalism and Marketing
Dynamic Characters and Convincing Dialogue
Narrative in Poetry - Narrative in Life
First Line to Last Chord
Narrative Structure: The Bones of a Great Story
Grammar for Clarity
Adventures in Syntax
Crowdfunding your Creative Work
Stories from Self-Publishing