![]() ![]() ![]() Tickets: All events except the opening reception are free, although anyone who wants to attend in-person or online must still register at wordsfest.ca. What: Wordsfest: The Literary and Creative Arts Festival, featuring more than 40 authors, writers, poets and entertainers This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. That’s because we were talking about the big questions and people wanted to listen.” It was just an unbelievable explosion of interest during the pandemic, a silver lining in fact. Our audience actually grew by 120 per cent and we’ve been trying to figure how to honour that audience and bring in those who’d still like to engage us, in person or online. “We went into the pandemic as a regional festival and emerged with a national presence. “We’ve been online now for two years and we’ve developed a huge international audience,” said Lambier, noting they’ve added events throughout the year to maintain and build interest. Lambier said the festival has pivoted to become a hybrid with about 90 per cent of the events available online to tap into the growing national and international audience for the festival. More than 40 writers and artists will be featured over the course of the festival, which includes several conversations with authors and poets, expert panels and performances by artists, including London-based Juno nominee Lorraine Klaasen with Frank Ridsdale Nov. ![]()
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