14th annual NorthWords Writers Festival coming to Fort Smith, Hay River and Yellowknife

NorthWords Writers Festival will be held online as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Photo courtesy of northwordsnwt.com)

Posted By: May 23, 2019

Attention writers and those who love to read!

The 14th annual NorthWords Writers Festival is happening from May 30 to June 2 in Fort Smith, Yellowknife and Hay River.

Indigenous writers are well-represented at this year’s festival.

Guest authors include Catherine Lafferty, Antoine Mountain, Dennis Allen and Billy-Ray Belcourt.

According to a news release, activities in Hay River and Fort Smith take place on Friday, May 31.

Events in Yellowknife start Thursday night (May 30) at Javaroma.

The annual gala is to take place at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC) on Friday evening (May 31) starting at 7:30.

It will feature readings by eight outstanding Canadian and Northern writers, throat singing, music by the Andrea Bettger Band and an audio/visual presentation by Pat Braden.

The annual NorthWords Book Prize will also be awarded.

Events will also be held in Yellowknife at the Elks Club, and the Union of Northern Workers (UNW) building downtown.

For more information log on to northwordsnwt.ca

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John McFadden
John has been in the broadcast journalism industry since the 1980s. He has been a reporter in Yellowknife since 2012 and joined CKLB in January of 2018. John covers the crime and court beat as well as reporting on other areas including politics, business, entertainment and sports. He won seven national community newspaper awards while he was a journalist with Northern News Services Limited (NNSL). John worked in Ontario before coming North including stints as a TV sportscaster in Peterborough and senior news writer for CBC and CTV in downtown Toronto.