WRITING NORTH 16: Things are not as they seem

Writing North:
Things Are Not As They Seem

January 23-24, 2026
St. Andrew’s College
USask

Featured speakers include:

~ Waubgeshig Rice (author of Moon of the Crusted Snow)
~ Emily Riddle (author of The Big Melt)
~ MFA in Writing graduate Tonia Laird (author of Seventhblade)

Check out the detailed schedule here.

About
Writing North is an annual two-day writers’ festival for the community — at the University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon, and across central and northern Saskatchewan — of aspiring writers and anyone interested in writers and books. It features panel discussions, a keynote reading, and seminars on writing forms such as fiction, poetry, spoken-word, playwriting, and non-fiction prose.

This project is a collaboration between the university's MFA in Writing, Department of English, and College of Arts and Science, together with the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild. All these partners see Writing North as the perfect opportunity for building bridges between the campus and the wider community.