As Ottawa’s VERSeFest marks its sixteenth year, rob mclennan reflects on its importance
VERSeFest arose out of a push to get the city's various poetry reading series – be they slam, stage, or page focused – to collaborate on a single event.
EMWF exec director has ties to foundation with financial interest in AI once set to appear at fest
Jasper Smith, executive director at EMWF, is professionally associated with the Musagetes Foundation.
Eden Mills responds to criticism by dropping workshop featuring “AI author”
The festival organizers thanked the literary community for its feedback, saying they "take it seriously."
Eden Mills Writers’ Festival stirs online anger over including an “AI author” in its lineup
Technology is a tool, it is not a collaborator or a teacher or a creator.
The Toronto International Festival of Authors splits with Harbourfront to become an independent entity
"The challenge of keeping people's attention for eleven days is a lot harder."
Board of the Kingston WritersFest pulls the plug on the sixteen-year-old annual event
Ticket sales accounted for 14% of the festival's revenue in 2024.
Word on the Street announces increase in revenue and donor support in 2023 annual report
This year's festival will run September 28–29.
WOTS mixes things up with newly installed leadership trio
The dates for the 2024 edition of WOTS are September 28–29.
As the Festival of Literary Diversity turns eight, founder Jael Richardson looks back at past successes and forward to possible futures
"Finding ways to improve the experience is my favourite thing about the festival," says Richardson.
Cherie Dimaline, Zoe Whittall, and Catherine Hernandez confirmed to appear at WOTS, with three new genre stages for this year’s festival
This year's festival runs at Queen's Park on May 27 and 28.