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This year’s festival features five Canadian writers from diverse genres and backgrounds to talk about writing in Western Canada.

Writing North 10: Turn West

A free two-day festival for Saskatoon’s community of writers and anyone interested in books.

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A free two-day festival for Saskatoon’s community of writers and anyone interested in books.

Friday, Jan. 24 and Saturday, Jan. 25
St. Andrew’s College, 1121 College Dr.

Presenters: Louise Halfe, Tim Lilburn, Casey Plett, Candace Savage and Paul Seesequasis

Free and open to the public; no registration required

Details and program: https://www.skwriter.com/home/894

Info: 306-966-1268 

Writing North is organized by the University of Saskatchewan’s MFA in Writing Program and Department of English in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild. Funding is gratefully acknowledged from the Canada Council for the Arts, SaskCulture and Saskatchewan Lotteries, and the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of English, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Office of the Vice-Dean Indigenous.


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