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Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C
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Thu 1 Oct
- 10:30amBeyond the Veil of Things
Mercutio is Kate Heartfield's fifth novel. She has won the Aurora Award three times, and been shortlisted for the World Fantasy, Sunburst, Crawford, Locus, and Ottawa Book awards. She lives in Ottawa.…
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- 10:30 AM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 1:30pmOdds, Ends, and Exile: Essays in Focus
The personal essay possesses an incredible, elastic range, serving as a vital tool to inform, delight, and profoundly change minds. Award-winning writers Richard Kelly Kemick and Jamaluddin Aram…
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- 1:30 PM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 3:30pmInto (and Out of) the Wild
Delve into our complicated relationship with the natural world with acclaimed authors Robert Moor and Andrew Westoll. Moor introduces In Trees, a witty excursion exploring how trees teach us to live…
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- 3:30 PM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 7:00 pmShort Story Showcase
Three masterful storytellers take the festival stage to show exactly how much narrative power, depth, and precision can be packed into the short story form. This marquee event brings together distinct…
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- 7:00 PM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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Fri 2 Oct
- 8:30amStrange Pilgrims
For aspiring Canadian screen or TV writers, Hollywood is the north star. Getting there is a combination of hard work, talent, and luck. Coming back is a whole other thing. Alex Pugsley continues the…
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- 8:30 AM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 10:30amA Fan's Life
What happened to the sports we used to love? And the way we used to love them? Giller Prize-nominee David Macfarlane explores these questions in On Sports, a nostalgic yet sharp look at the games that…
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- 10:30 AM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 1:30pmPoets in a Strange Land
Join acclaimed author Camilla Gibb and former Kingston Poet Laureate Jason Heroux as they discuss their new collections. Blending Gibb's profound anthropological insight with Heroux's signature…
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- 1:30 PM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 1:30pmReading the Continent
Each of the three countries that occupy the place we call North America are uniquely different cultures with their own individual literatures. Join Merilyn Simonds as she explores how three classic…
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- 1:30 PM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 3:30pmReckonings
Experience a powerful evening of storytelling with award-winning authors Tara Gereaux and Wayne Johnston, author of The Colony of Unrequited Dreams. Johnston's new novel, The Novice of Holloway Hall…
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- 3:30 PM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 7:00 pmOur Reconstructions
How do the stories we inherit shape who we become? Kingston WritersFest is thrilled to present, a special evening with literary legends Helen Humphreys and Judith Thompson. Helen Humphreys introduces…
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- 7:00 PM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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Sat 3 Oct
- 8:30amFamiliar Creatures
Authors Dan Werb and Nadja Lubiw-Hazard explore the complex connections between humans and the animal kingdom. Werb, a Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize winner, draws on his background in…
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- 8:30 AM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 10:30amFuture Forces & Quixotic Quests
Glenn Dixon and Mark Medley take to the stage to explore profound human connections in, The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances and Live to See the Day. Meet Scout, the sentient, To Kill a…
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- 10:30 AM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 1:30pmMedia and the Struggle for Objectivity
How can we rebuild trust in an era of record-low media credibility? Award-winning journalist and author Tara Henley addresses this critical breakdown in her timely new work, The Trust Spiral. Henley…
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- 1:30 PM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 1:30pmThe Unremembered Past
Welcome back Marina Nemat as she joins Leslie Shimotakahara on stage to discuss two remarkable works of historical fiction inspired by real-life family stories. Nemat' Mistress of the Persian Boarding…
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- 1:30 PM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 3:30pmModern Myths and Miracles
Kingston WritersFest welcomes award-winning novelists Colin McAdam and Anita Rau Badami to the stage where McAdam will share his latest novel, Daphnis and Chloe, a gritty, modern fable. Narrated by…
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- 3:30 PM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 3:30pmNarrative-Based Medicine
Medical science offers hard data while patients tell stories. Narrative-based medicine (NBM) unites the two. To explore this unique approach to improving patient care, Temerty Medicine (University of…
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- 3:30 PM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 7:00 pmThe Inbetween Leader
Kingston WritersFest is delighted to present former Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh with their new book, The Inbetween Leader: Cultivating Courage and Unity in a Complex…
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- 7:00 PM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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Sun 4 Oct
- 8:30amThe Crisis of Canlit
What happens when a nation loses the infrastructure that sustains its stories? Author and media executive Richard Stursberg addresses this decline in his sweeping new book, Lament for a Literature.…
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- 8:30 AM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 10:30amThe Sting
Join Leslie Bradford-Scott and Kingston's own Adrian Michael Kelly as they dismantle family secrets and personal wreckage. Kelly's Maybe It's Me charts a spectacular breakdown and the grueling process…
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- 10:30 AM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 1:30pmGrease on the Palms
Lifelong eco-activist Maude Barlow takes the stage with journalist, author, and former roughneck Don Gillmor to examine and expose the forces driving our climate crisis. Barlow's Earth for Sale sounds…
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- 1:30 PM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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- 3:30pmTruth Lives in Language
How can literature resist silencing and repression in an increasingly chaotic world? Join award-winning novelist Kim Echlin discussing her new essay collection, Tell Others: Storytelling for a World…
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- 3:30 PM
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- Kingston Marriott - Limestone City Ballroom C, 285 King St E, Kingston
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