Wakefield Writers Festival des ecrivains La Peche
  • HOME/ACCUEIL
  • EVENTS 2023
    • In Their Own Words >
      • Bios
  • Gallery/Galerie
    • 2022 >
      • Une soirée intime 2022
    • 2021 >
      • Viral Songs
      • Home is a Beautiful Word
      • Des mots à l'apéro
      • Tête-à-Tête
      • In Conversation
    • 2019 >
      • Des mots à l'apéro
      • Literary Pub sCrawl / Tournée littéraire des cafés
      • Authors Brunch / Brunch des auteurs
      • Tête-à-Tête
      • In/En Conversation
      • Powerful Voices / Des voix puissantes
    • About Us >
      • Vision & Mandate
      • Relevance of the Festival
      • Past Festivals
      • Testimonials
    • À propos de nous >
      • Vision et mission
      • Pertinence du festival
      • Éditions antérieures

Wakefield Writers Fête

Picture

Featuring Remarkable and Diverse Canadian Authors and Artists

Enjoy FREE Live Streams From Anywhere

October 26-31, 2021

The 2021 Writers Fête presents remarkable and diverse Canadian authors and artists who share their compelling stories through books, music, theatre, and of course, conversation. 

​​​WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27
7:00 pm

Viral Songs

Picture
MORE INFO

Enjoy two of Canada's best singer-songwriters in an intimate setting featuring ​Lynn Miles, Maria Dunn, ​and host Julien Dionne


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28
7:00 pm

Home is a Beautiful Word

Picture
MORE INFO

A special adaptation of the award winning play on homelessness in Canada featuring ​Joel Bernbaum, Kaite Burkholder Harris, and host Leah Cogan.
A co-production with Theatre Wakefield


VENDREDI, 29 OCTOBRE 
19h00
​

Des mots à l'apéro

Picture
MORE INFO

Une dramaturge, un écrivain et un poète réfléchiront sur la santé et la transformation de la littérature, du papier au virtuel. ​Michel Jean, Rodney Saint-Éloi, Mishka Lavigne
​Animé par
 Julie Huard


 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30
7:00 pm


Tête-à-Tête

Picture
MORE INFO

Reflections on ways to heal the damaged earth and break the tightening grip of the climate crisis featuring Diana Beresford-Kroeger, Seth Klein (live from Vancouver),
and host Adrian Harewood.


 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31
2:00 pm


In Conversation

Picture
MORE INFO

​Empowering stories from women who fought and won featuring Samra Zafar, ​Dr. Lynn Gehl (live from Toronto), and host Lucy van Oldenbarneveld.


Live Streamed from Beautiful Wakefield and Chelsea, Quebec

Picture

Land Acknowledgement
We welcome guests on the ancient territory of the Algonquin people, who for over 200 years
have received all of us as their guests. Together, we recognize that we gather on land
that is unceded Algonquin territory. We acknowledge this with respectful thanks,
​advocacy and action towards reparation and reconciliation.

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
  • HOME/ACCUEIL
  • EVENTS 2023
    • In Their Own Words >
      • Bios
  • Gallery/Galerie
    • 2022 >
      • Une soirée intime 2022
    • 2021 >
      • Viral Songs
      • Home is a Beautiful Word
      • Des mots à l'apéro
      • Tête-à-Tête
      • In Conversation
    • 2019 >
      • Des mots à l'apéro
      • Literary Pub sCrawl / Tournée littéraire des cafés
      • Authors Brunch / Brunch des auteurs
      • Tête-à-Tête
      • In/En Conversation
      • Powerful Voices / Des voix puissantes
    • About Us >
      • Vision & Mandate
      • Relevance of the Festival
      • Past Festivals
      • Testimonials
    • À propos de nous >
      • Vision et mission
      • Pertinence du festival
      • Éditions antérieures