Kingston WritersFest releases virtual line-up

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July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments authors, Barbara Bell, Desmond Cole, Helen Humphreys, Jane Urquhart, Joan Thomas, John Stackhouse, Kingston, Kingston WritersFest, local authors, online event, Robyn Doolittle, Shani Mootoo, Thomas Homer-Dixon, virtual event, virtual line up

The virtual line up for the 12th annual WritersFest has been announced. Twenty three events will be held on the Kingston WritersFest Facebook page from Wednesday, Sept. 23 to Monday, Sept. 27, 2020. WritersFest announced in May that the 2020 festival would take place virtually. Artistic Director Barbara Bell announced

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June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 Community Soapbox 0 Comments Black Lives Matter, Black youth, Chief Antje McNeely, Desmond Cole, George Floyd, Indigenous people, Kingston, Kingston Police, Kingston Police data collection project, McBurney Park, people of colour, Queen's University, racial profiling, racism, Stephanie Simpson, Steven Maynard, systemic racism, vigil, William Closs

Editorial note: The following is a submitted op/ed piece by Steven Maynard and does not necessarily reflect the views and beliefs of Kingstonist. This past Tuesday, I joined hundreds of other Kingstonians in McBurney Park for a Black Lives Matter demonstration. The vigil was part of the global outrage over