Write NOWW LitFest 2019
​ with guest author Deborah Ellis

May 10-11, 2019​

Join us for two days of literary celebrations that include a reading and conversation with author Deborah Ellis, a writing workshop and a gala event featuring the announcement of the NOWW annual writing contest winning entries. 

An evening with Deborah Ellis
Reading and Conversation

Deborah Ellis will be in conversation with Cathy Alex of CBC Radio discussing her international bestseller The Breadwinner as well as social action through writing. She will read from her latest book Sit, followed by an opportunity for questions from the audience.  For more about the reading, please click here.
Date: Friday May 10, 2019
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Thunder Bay Art Gallery
​Cost: No Cost
Registration: Not required
NOWW gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts through The Writers' Union of Canada.
With thanks to the
​Thunder Bay Art Gallery
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Workshop

Writing for the Young Reader
​with Deborah Ellis
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The workshop will look at how to shape stories, how to bring the larger world into the smaller world of the child, and how to keep the child's point of view at the centre of the story. While approaching technique specific to writing for the younger audience, writers of all genres can benefit from this workshop. For more information and to register click here

Date: Saturday May 11, 2019
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 noon
​Location: Mary J.L. Black Library
Cost: $10 for NOWW members, $40 for non-members (includes a one year NOWW membership)
Registration: Required
Registration is now open. CLICK HERE to be redirected to the Workshop page for more information. .
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Gala Event & Awards

 Join us at the beautiful Thunder Bay Art Gallery for a gala evening celebrating writing excellence in Northwestern Ontario! The night's festivities will begin with a meet and mingle hour with cash bar (Sleeping Giant Brewery beer and wine), complimentary hors d'oeuvres, and the musical accompaniment of Masoud Manzouri playing the Tar and Maryam Amini playing the Kamancheh. This will be followed by a formal program announcing the winning entries from the 21st Annual NOWW Writing Contest, the presentation of the  Kouhi and Phillips Awards, a keynote address from our guest author, Deborah Ellis, and the staging of one of the 10 x 10 Showcase plays.
Date: Saturday May 11, 2019
Time:  7:00 pm - Meet and mingle
            8:00 pm - 9:30 program 
Location: Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Cost: $25
(If you would like to attend this event and the cost is prohibitive please contact NOWW administration at admin@nowwwriters.ca to apply for a subsidy.)
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Masoud Manzouri on the Tar and Maryam Amini on the Kamancheh will be providing musical accompaniment at the 2019 LitFest.

About Deborah...

Deborah Ellis is an  award-winning author, a feminist and a peace activist. She penned the international bestseller The Breadwinner, which debuted at TIFF in 2017 as a feature film produced by Angelina Jolie, as well over 30 challenging and beautiful works of fiction and non-fiction about children all over the world.  Among the many awards she has won are the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, Sweden’s Peter Pan Prize, and the Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work. She has been named to the Order of Canada.
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