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📚Canada's Original Nonfiction Festival. Bringing nonfiction to life October 2024 #LitFestYEG
Edmonton, Alberta
Joined July 2010
“We want to notice our window of capacity versus what we’re pushing ourselves through,” @farzanadoctor says, discussing her book, 52 Weeks to a Sweeter Life. #LitFest2024
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“No such thing as age appropriate when it comes to fashion. It’s about “spirit appropriate.” ~ @Jeanne_Beker talking about her fashion memoir Art on My Sleeve.
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RT @DaniParadis: So amazing to get to spend time with @TanyaTalaga at @LitFestYEG And her inscription 😭 But her book
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RT @adi_onita: Edmonton! If you're looking for something fun to do on Sunday afternoon, The Polyglot (@PolyglotMag) will be launching our l…
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“If you’re a First Nations person, you’re at the mercy of whoever wrote it down,” Tanya says, describing the challenge of working through historical records. @TanyaTalaga #LitFest2024
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“I continue to be fascinated about the worlds our mothers inhabited, and their mothers, and their mothers.” –@TanyaTalaga #LitFest2024
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“I didn’t know what to leave in or what to take out … whatever your editor says goes!” @mminelle jokes about her memoir. #LitFest2024
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“I was funny before I was traumatized, and I wanted to bring that onto the page,” says Danny Ramadan, on writing about his experiences as a Syrian refugee. #LitFest2024
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“My favourite question was, ‘Does your family find you strange? Well, of course they do!’” –@DeborahKimmett during Books with Buzz Cabaret this evening #LitFest2024
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“It smells salty and warm like blood, or pennies held in a palm.” –@kategblack, reading from her book Big Mall, in a section about the bronze whale in West Edmonton Mall #LitFest2024
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@GregorCraigie Some bright spots: Squamish First Nation and other First Nations are building thousands of units of (more) affordable housing in Vancouver area. Other regions are also following suit. “But we need more, more and more.”
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RT @strollofpoets: The next Haven is on October 21 . . . so get your weekly dose of literary wonder this week at @LitFestYEG instead! Ticke…
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RT @NeWestPress: It's time for #LitFest2024! This year's festival is full of exciting new voices & iconic writers. Best of all, there's som…
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RT @NeWestPress: @LitFestYEG First up is @colenowicki at #BooksWithBuzzCabaret TOMORROW at 7:00 pm! Discover four of the year's most buzzed…
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RT @NeWestPress: @LitFestYEG @colenowicki FRIDAY at 6:00 pm find @@ObjectsLos at #MemoirHour! This panel focuses on life after loss and fea…
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RT @NeWestPress: @LitFestYEG @colenowicki SATURDAY at 4:00 pm, find #MeaghanHackinen for a #TravelWritingPlanel that features some of the m…
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