Promotional Resources
    for Proactive Canadian Authors
    EVENTS: Festivals
    Festivals
    Canadian Events
    Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival, Banff-Calgary, Alberta

    Canada Book Day
    Word on the Street,
    various cities, September 2003

    The Eden Mills Writers Festival, Eden Mills, Ontario

    Festival International de la Poésie, Trois-Rivières, Quebec

    Festival of Words, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

    International Festival of Authors
    Harbourfront CentreOctober 23rd-November 2nd
    box office: 415-973-4000
    www.readings.org

    NaNoWriMo
    National Novel Writing Month is an international event featuring fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30. Curious? Visit the website.

    Lakefield Literary Festival, Lakefield, Ontario

    Left Color Words Festival
    Sunday, November 3rd 2002
    FREE ADMISSION
    A day of celebration with book readings, launches, author signings, music and mingling..

    Manulife Financial Literary Arts Festival, Victoria, British Columbia

    Ottawa International Writers Festival
    September

    Prince Edward County Authors’ Festival, Picton, Ontario

    Le salon du livre de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec

    Le salon du livre du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec

    Scream in High Park
    July in High Park, Toronto

    SmallPOX
    Annual event in Ottowa which showcases small press

    Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, Sechelt, British Columbia

    The Surrey Writers' Conference

    The Vancouver International Writers (and Readers) Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia

    Vancouver Island Childrens’ Book Festival, Nanaimo, British Columbia

    Winnipeg International Writers Festival, Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Women and Words

    Yukon International Storytelling Festival, Whitehorse, Yukon

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