The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild and the University of Saskatchewan’s MFA in Writing Program are pleased to present Writing North 15: Coming Home.
This year’s festival will be held January 24-25, 2025. All events are open to the public, free of charge, and all are welcome. We encourage attendees to wear a mask while at the festival (with the exception of eating and drinking). Please visit our accessibility at Writing North webpage for more information about our location, parking and accessibility measures.
Our 2025 festival will be held in-person at St Andrew’s College (1121 College Dr) in Saskatoon with some events livestreamed and recorded. All events will be held in the Main Lounge at St Andrew’s College in Saskatoon with livestreamed events via Zoom and on our YouTube channel for 30 days post-festival.
Register free for our livestreamed events via Zoom here:
- Feature Talk: “Further Migrations: How Ancestral Family Rumours Become Fiction” with Jane Urquhart: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kcx_K3WNQOW3EZ2KtljSSQ
- “Life Lanes: the Complexities of Home and Home-Making” Panel Discussion: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bkPf54zUTF2nN0b0bx7r1A
No registration or RSVP necessary for in-person events.
Book Table:
We will be operating a book table during the festival to sell presenter books. Open during festival hours on Friday evening and Saturday (cash and credit).
Schedule
Friday, January 24 |
Time |
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Feature Talk: “Further Migrations: How Ancestral Family Rumours Become Fiction” with Jane Urquhart with a reception to followBook Table open |
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (in person & livestreamed) |
Saturday, January 25 |
Time |
|---|---|
Doors openBook Table opens |
9:30 am |
Poetry Interactive Talk“Homing In: Memory, Place, and Eco-Poetics: An Interactive Talk” with Sarah Ens |
10:00 am - 11:30 am (in person) |
Break – lunch on your ownBook Table reopens at 1:00 pm |
11:30 am - 1:00 pm |
Prose Interactive Talk“Ethical Remembering: On Writing Memoir”: An Interactive Talk with Lisa Bird-Wilson |
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm (in person) |
Panel Discussion“Life Lanes: the Complexities of Home and Home-Making: A Panel Discussion” with Jane Urquhart, Lisa Bird-Wilson, Sarah Ens, and host Rachel Laverdiere |
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm (in person & livestreamed) |
Thank you to our festival sponsors:
