Author Testimonials

Thank you so much for a hugely successful festival and for inviting me to be part of it. I don't need to tell you how much I enjoyed Saturday evening—you could see for yourself at the time! It was an honour to participate, and as every author will tell you—what makes a good festival is a good organizer and organizing committee. Such events take a lot of work, and you and your team had gone beyond all expectations in putting it together. It meant that Alan, Sean, Agnes and I were relaxed and happy to perform and chat.
                                                    ⎯ Charlotte Gray

​J'ai beaucoup apprécié ma participation à votre festival. Quelle occasion pour une belle rencontres! Lors de l'atelier, nos échanges ont été particulièrement intéressants … nous a permis de parler des projets de chacun; j'aime beaucoup.                                                                                                             ⎯ Georges Lafontaine

I delight in attending smaller writers festivals, and this festival was one of the best in which I’ve had the pleasure to participate. I valued the opportunity to meaningfully and personally engage with the audience during a fun and lively evening. As an author who attends many such events, I appreciated the excellent organisation and your warm hospitality. You make it enjoyable and stimulating for the writers who come. Thank you once again.                                                                                                               ⎯ Camilla Gibb
Congratulations on putting together a fantastic event. It was an honour to be a participant. The atmos-phere on Saturday was electric. It was such a privilege to be in the company of people who are pas-sionate about books and ideas. I really enjoyed the conversation with Tasneem and Camilla and want to thank you for giving me that opportunity.
                             ⎯ Adrian Harewood, CBC Host

What a great pleasure to have been hosted so graciously at the Writers’ Festival in Wakefield, La Pêche! The events were wonderfully organized. Energy and enthusiasm could be felt from the first, opening moments. Great audience participation, good gracing of events. It was easy to see that the community was solidly behind this effort. I send thanks to everyone for the hard work behind the scenes and look forward to next year’s Festival.                                                            ⎯ Frances Itani, C.M.

C'est l'un des beaux événements auxquels j'aie eu l'honneur de prendre part. Le potentiel est immense. J’aime beaucoup la concertation, l'activité et la prise de décision; surtout, je crois fermement au Festival de Wakefield La Pêche ! Surtout, la formule d'un Festival dans les deux langues, c'est une formule gagnante. Merci. J'ai découvert et je continue de propager le Festival à un rythme vertigineux. Je suis relativement souvent dans les médias : nous (le Festival) en bénéficierons sans doute. Attachez votre tuque !                                                                  ⎯ Éric Charlebois, President, AAOF

Patron Testimonials


​Between the two of us, John and I covered the whole of the events of the writers festival. It was fabulous and we were blissfully worn out from all the emotions. Congratulations to everybody, please pass it along. Next year we will make sure to bring all our Ottawa friends.                                        ⎯ John and Annick Hardie




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The festival was a tremendous success! Everyone I talked with raved about the events. Kudos to everyone for the Herculean effort - it all came together beautifully.                                                          ⎯ Mary Lou Van Shaik






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