Once a year, in beautiful Unama’ki (Cape Breton), writers and readers come together & experience the magic power of stories to connect us & create community
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27 Jan 2025
Join us at our 2025 online Annual General Meeting, at 6:30 p.m. AT, on Monday, February 10. DM us, call 902.224.5231 or email info[at]cabottrailwritersfestival[dot]com to sign up to receive the Zoom link!
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9 Jan 2025
The Cabot Trail Writers Festival Society will host our 2025 Annual General Meeting on Zoom on Monday, February 10, at 6:30 p.m. Atlantic Time.
If you’d like to receive the Zoom link to attend, please DM us or comment on this post, or email info@cabottrailwritersfestival.com.
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28 Oct 2024
As October draws to a close and wintry weather sets in, we find ourselves dreaming of the warm, wonderful weekend we spent together earlier this month, and feeling such gratitude to all the authors, audience members, volunteers, and funders who make the festival possible…
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16 Aug 2024
Such a special event coming up at the Inverness County Centre for the Arts this Sunday, Aug. 18 at 3:30 p.m.!
Part-time Inverness County resident Helen Tworkov will shareher memoir, Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America. We hope to see you there!
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13 Aug 2024
It's time!!!! We've released the 2024 Cabot Trail Writers Festival schedule and tickets!
You can now view the full festival schedule (Oct.4-6) on our website. To book tickets, click the link below or call us at 902.224.5231...
tinyurl.com/2024CabotTrailWr…
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9 Aug 2024
Local writer Andrea Currie will be joining our lineup to share her stunning first book, Finding Otipemisiwak: The People Who Own Themselves, which will be released just in time for the festival. We can't wait... Click the link to read more about Andrea!
tinyurl.com/andreacurrie
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6 Aug 2024
Attendees of our Zoom panel with the nominees for Best Atlantic-Published Book already know Anne Koval is the author of "Mary Pratt: A Love Affair with Vision" (which won the award!). We're so pleased Anne will attend our festival! Click to read more: tinyurl.com/annekoval
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31 Jul 2024
We're thrilled that local artist Sig Burwash will be part of our festival lineup, sharing their debut graphic novel Vera Bushwack (which was just selected as a New York Times Editors’ Choice recommendation this month!). Follow the link to learn more! tinyurl.com/sigburwash
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24 Jul 2024
We're delighted to announce another fantastic author in our 2024 lineup: Jesse Thistle, author of the poetry collection Scars & Stars (who has family ties to Cape Breton, as readers of his memoir From the Ashes will know). Click the link to read more ... tinyurl.com/jessethistle
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15 Jul 2024
We are SO looking forward to hosting Nova Scotian novelist @charcarr1 at the festival this year to share her stunning new book "We Rip the World Apart" (you may also have read "Hold My Girl," which Charlene released last year to great acclaim).
tinyurl.com/CTWFcharlenecarr
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12 Jul 2024
Readers! Poets! Invernessers! Check out this magnificent-sounding event coming up at 2 p.m. on July 17 at the Inverness County Centre for the Arts with Pulitzer-nominated poet-playwright Cornelius Eady... Not to be missed!
invernessarts.com/all-upcomi…
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9 Jul 2024
Next in our 2024 lineup: David Chariandy, award-winning author of 3 books, including "I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You" and "Brother." David was scheduled to attend our hurricane-cancelled 2022 festival, and we’re so excited to welcome him at last to CTWF! tinyurl.com/davidchariandy
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4 Jul 2024
We're thrilled to announce the first author in our 2024 lineup today!
Ann-Marie MacDonald is the internationally bestselling author of numerous plays and 4 novels—including Fall on Your Knees and, most recently, Fayne.
Please follow the link to read more: tinyurl.com/ann-mariemacdona…
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27 Jun 2024
1/4 Over the coming days and weeks we'll be announcing the MAGNIFICENT lineup for the 16th annual Cabot Trail Writers Festival (Oct.4-6, 2024). And today, we're delighted to share the commissioned artwork that will be featured in this year's festival marketing.
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27 Jun 2024
3/4 She writes, "Inspired by the Cape Breton landscape, I was drawn to the idea of streams coming together from various places, both literally and figuratively. Like people gathering on the island for the festival.
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27 Jun 2024
4/4 "Or stories emerging from different springs, floating together, opening into something new."
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24 May 2024
The Cabot Trail Writers Festival is thrilled to join the Atlantic Book Awards Festival in co-presenting this free Zoom event on May 31. Featuring Morgan Murray in conversation with Ting Ting Chen, Anne Koval, Carol Bruneau and Lesley Crewe. Register here: tinyurl.com/BestPublishedBoo…
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3 May 2024
Hurry, hurry! There are still spots left (including no-questions-asked fee-waived tickets) in this two-part fiction workshop with @HaalaBeeba this weekend... So book today and join us for an amazing on-line writing and learning experience!
eventbrite.ca/e/an-introduct…
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20 Feb 2024
Beginning this Sunday, February 25, at 6:30 p.m. AT,
Habiba Diallo will lead participants in exploring the art and practice of keeping a journal. The four workshop sessions will be hosted on-line, twice a week for two weeks, on Sundays and Thursdays...
tinyurl.com/habibadiallowork…
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