Kingston WritersFest to go virtual for 2020

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments Barbara Bell, coronavirus, COVID-19, festival to take place online, Kingston WritersFest, literature, Lulie Leclerc, master classes, online, pandemic, Stay-at-home orders, virtual festival

Kingston WritersFest will not be taking place physically this September due to the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, according to an announcement

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A look at the Kingston WritersFest

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments Abena Beloved Green, Allison Chicholm, authors, book reading, books, community writers, Cyrena Fiel, Damian Tarnopolsky, Dave Meslin, Eric Friesen, Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront, kingston events, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL), Kingston WritersFest, Lee Airton, Lee Maracle, literature, Luna Ferguson, M.G. Vassanji, Robert Lewis, Viva Voce

It’s a good weekend to be a book lover (or a book writer) in Kingston, as the annual Kingston WritersFest

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Kingston WritersFest presents Charles Frazier in Conversation

November 6, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Charles Frazier, civil unrest, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate White House, Eric Friesen, historical novel, history, Jefferson Davis, Kingston, Kingston WritersFest, Kingstonist, novel, racial tension, racism, slavery, the US, Trump, Varina, Varina Davis

Twenty years after he released the best-selling historical novel Cold Mountain, writer Charles Frazier released Varina earlier this year –

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Former PM Jean Chretien to spend an evening with Kingston WritersFest

October 24, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments An Evening with Jean Chretien, Jean Chretien, Jim Munson, Kingston, Kingston WritersFest, Kingstonist, My Stories My Times

It’s been 25 years since Jean Chrétien became prime minister of Canada, and 15 years since he resigned. A lot

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Kingston’s Literary History: When Hemingway came to town

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Bill Gowsell 0 Comments 1923 prison escape, Bill Gowsell, Ernest Hemingway, history, Kingston, Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston WritersFest, literature, reporting, Toronto Star

For ten years, Kingston WritersFest has brought noted authors to town to discuss their work and read from their latest

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#ygkChallenge: Read Your Heart Out at Kingston WritersFest

September 28, 2017February 9, 2018 Harvey Kirkpatrick 0 Comments Kingston WritersFest, ygkChallenge

The #ygkchallenge is an ongoing series where we dare you to be different, resolve to be better, and or do

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Guide to Kingston WritersFest 2017

September 26, 2017 Danielle Lennon 0 Comments downtown Kingston, Kingston WritersFest

Kingston Writersfest is back this weekend in its 11th year of celebrating the power of the written word. This year’s

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Six Questions for Ray Argyle

September 22, 2017April 14, 2018 Harvey Kirkpatrick Kingston WritersFest, literature

Ray Argyle is the author of five biographies, a book of Canadian political history and a novel set in Victorian

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Top Five Things to See and Do in September 2017

September 1, 2017January 7, 2018 Harvey Kirkpatrick 0 Comments Kingston Memorial Centre, Kingston Multicultural Arts Festival, Kingston WritersFest, Partners in Mission Food Bank, The Kingston Symphony, Top Five Things to See and Do

September is upon us, and that means two things. First, the kids are back on the bus and headed back

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Guide to Kingston WritersFest 2016

September 23, 2016July 27, 2017 Danielle Lennon 0 Comments Kingston WritersFest, literature

Kingston Writersfest is back next weekend in its 10th year of celebrating the power of the written word. This year’s

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Six Questions for Lorna Lutz

September 20, 2016June 18, 2017 Harvey Kirkpatrick 0 Comments Kingston WritersFest, literature, volunteer

Lorna Lutz is a semi-retired professional who, as they say has “fire in her bones.” She is a longstanding volunteer

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Top Five Things to See and Do in September 2016

September 2, 2016January 7, 2018 Danielle Lennon 0 Comments Kingston Memorial Centre, Kingston Multicultural Arts Festival, Kingston WritersFest, The Kingston Symphony, Top Five Things to See and Do

Whether the idea of September makes you cringe or cheer, the month that brings us school, students and pumpkin spice

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