SCHEDULE
All Panels, Readings and Events listed below are free, open to the public and do not require registration, unless a link is listed. There are no festival passes this year! Free events besides opening night and youth/children’s workshops do require registration! To learn more about ticketed and registraion-required events, please check out out ticket information page!
Friday night opening – November 22
7:00-9:00PM
Old Firehall, 1105 Front Street, Whitehorse, YT
Admission by donation – REGISTRATION REQUIRED HERE
Our opening event will feature Richard Van Camp with a short teaser reading and Bria Rose with her guitar, playing tunes and talking about her songwriting process. The evening will be hosted by John Firth, Yukon’s Story Laureate. We’ll have a cash bar and offer light appetizers.
Saturday - November 23
Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, 1171 1st Ave, Whitehorse, YT
9AM – Coffee, Tea and light breakfast
9:30 – Event opening and Welcome
10:00 - 10:50 – Reading with Tina Biello
11:00-11:55 - New Indigenous Theatre Readings with Colin Wolf, Isabelle James-Walker, Jedrek Dendys & Tyra Ashauntie
10:00 -12:00 – FREE Children’s Workshop with Storri Chesson (Ages 9-12) – REGISTER HERE
12:00-12:30 – Brown Bag Lunch - REGISTER HERE
12:40-2:15 – Panel – The Business of Writing – Led by Megan Cole with panelists Emelia Symington-Fedy and Keith Halliday.
1:00 - 3:00 - Workshop with Louie Leyson- Ekphrasis: Ways of Looking at the North – GET TICKETS HERE
2:30 –4:00 – Panel – Writing the North – Led by Eva Holland with panelists Miche Genest and Christine Genier.
4:10-6:10 – Writing and Sharing Your Story – with Tina Biello – GET TICKETS HERE
7:30-9:00 An evening with Richard Van Camp – GET TICKETS HERE
Sunday– November 24
Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, 1171 1st Ave, Whitehorse, YT
9:00 – Coffee, tea and light breakfast
9:15-11:15 – Masterclass with Richard Van Camp –Designing Characters And Why We Need Conflict In Our Fiction – GET TICKETS HERE
10-12:00 – Workshop with Emelia Symington-Fedy – The Truth Doesn’t Have to Hurt– GET TICKETS HERE
11:30-12:20 – Words for a Win Contest Winner reading, hosted by Joanna Lilley. The winner will be announced at the start of this event, with the three finalists in attendance - Linda Leon, Telek Rogan and Jaime Mellott.
12:30-1:00 – Brown Bag Lunch - REGISTER HERE
1:00 - 3:00 – FREE Youth Workshop with Claire Ness (Ages 13-17) – REGISTER HERE
1:15-2:15 – Kluane People Speak Strong -With Dr. Alyce Johnson and Mary-Jane Johnson, who will tell the story of the creation of the recent publication, Kluane People Speak Strong.
2:30-3:20 – Reading with Louie Leyson
3:30-4:00 – Closing with John Firth, Yukon’s Story Laureate, Jacqueline Bedard and Fiona McGlynn.