Growing Room: A Feminist Literary Festival
Room magazine’s inaugural literary festival marks both International Women’s Day (March 8) and the publication of "Making Room: Forty Years of Room Magazine", an anthology of writing by Canadian women and genderqueer writers from the 1975 - 2016.
RUNS March 8, 11 & 12
The festival features more than 40 writers and artists in more than 20 events. Among the line-up are acclaimed writers Amber Dawn, Evelyn Lau, Lorna Crozier, Audrey Thomas, Jen Sookfong Lee, Hiromi Goto, Betsy Warlan, and Rachel Hartman, sharing the stage with a host of other established and up-and-coming names.
March 8
A celebration at The Fox Cabaret
March 11 & 12
Panels and readings will cover topics such as community building (“Writing in (the) Community”), feminist humour (“Funny Feminists”), writing about pregnancy (“Character Development”) and more. Low-cost writing workshops with veteran writers such as Ontario-based Marianne Apostolides or Kwantlen Polytechnic’s Jen Currin will help aspiring writers gain valuable skills.
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