SCHEDULE
Live virtual festival - September 30th - October 4th 2020
Wednesday, Sept. 30th
8:00-9:30 pm AST
Suggested donation $5
CELEBRATING
NOVA GRAPHICA
We’ll celebrate the launch of Nova Graphica: A Graphic Anthology of Nova Scotia from Nova Scotia’s own Conundrum Press.
Thursday Oct. 1st
7:00-7:45 pm AST
Free
THE HOURS THAT REMAIN
Keith Barker in conversation with Colleen Murphy about his Dora-award-winning play The Hours That Remain, an exploration of missing and murdered indigenous women.
Thursday, Oct. 1st
8:00-9:30 pm AST
Suggested donation $5
WRITING INTO AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
Join us to learn how novelists Cory Doctorow, Catherine Hernandez, and Thea Lim engage with the often crisis-laden news of the day. What can we learn from fiction about how to meet a future that feels deeply uncertain?
Friday, Oct. 2nd
10:00-11:30 am AST
$15.00
WORKSHOP: CAROL BRUNEAU
Sticking with It: Persevering with Your Story and Your Practice
Friday, Oct. 2nd
1:00-2:30 pm AST
$15.00
WORKSHOP:
KEITH BARKER
An introduction to Playwriting
Friday, Oct. 2nd
3:30-5:00 pm AST
$15.00
WORKSHOP:
THEA LIM
Worldbuilding is for Everyone
Friday, Oct. 2nd
6:45-8:15 pm AST
Suggested donation $5
POETICALLY SPEAKING
Poets Sue Goyette, shalan joudry, and El Jones in conversation with author and essayist Amanda Jernigan.
Friday, Oct. 2nd
8:30-9:45 pm AST
Suggested donation $5
WHAT WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER
Vivek Shraya and Cicely Belle Blain join Stephanie Domet in conversation about mentorship, writing, representation, and community.
Saturday, Oct. 3rd
10:00-11:30 am AST
$20.00
ADVANCED WORKSHOP:
SUE GOYETTE
Writing into the Unknown: fortifying a curious and imaginative practice
Saturday, Oct. 3rd
1:00-2:00 pm AST
$15.00
WORKSHOP:
JJ STEEVES
Memoirs of the Mundane
Saturday, Oct. 3rd
2:30-4:00 pm AST
$15.00
WORKSHOP:
RANDY BOYAGODA
A truth universally acknowledged: The first page matters
Saturday, Oct. 3rd
8:00-9:30 pm AST
Suggested donation $5
READING DEEPLY
Novelists Shani Mootoo, Michelle Good, and Francesca Ekwuyasi in conversation with writer and journalist Evelyn C. White.
Sunday, Oct. 4th
4:00-5:30 pm AST
$15.00
ROXANE GAY
With the support of the University of King’s College, AfterWords is thrilled to present New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay in conversation with Mary Lynk of CBC Radio’s IDEAS.