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BookFest Windsor author appointed Writer-in-Residence

Congratulations to Scott Chantler on his appointment as Writer-in-Residence at the Department of English, University of Windsor. Read more: Scott Chantler Windsorite.ca. And here: Scott Chantler...

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Jean Foster Award 2015

The second annual Jean Foster Award writing contest is now open! Email submissions to jeanfosteraward@bookfestwindsor.com  

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BookFest Windsor 2015 IFOA Author announced

BookFest Windsor is delighted to announce that Terry Fallis, twice a winner of the Stephen Leacock medal will be our International Festival of Authors Lit on Tour guest this year. Terry will be in...

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BookFest Windsor 2015 Poster

Download our poster here – share with your friends! Thanks to Dean Corriveau Designs.

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BookFest Windsor 2015 is launched!

Thanks to all who joined us for our media launch. We’re looking forward to bringing these great authors to Windsor! ourwindsor.ca The Hub Windsor-Essex Snapd Windsor Windsor Square The Windsor Star

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Bootleggers’ Breakfast!

Don’t miss out on this great event! Space is limited.

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Media Launch with Snapd

Thanks, Snapd for sharing these photos. You can get #bfw15 tickets from  snapdwindsor.com https://windsor.snapd.com/event/874498#/

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Congratulations to Biblioasis!

@biblioasis from here in Windsor was given an in-depth profile in the Globe and Mail this weekend. Congratulations to them. Biblioasis authors coming to #bfw include Scotiabank Giller prize long-listed...

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It’s official! BookFest Windsor 2015 Proclamation

Many thanks to Mayor Drew Dilkens, and City Council for this Proclamation. BookFest Windsor strives to bring great literature to and from Windsor, as well as promote downtown arts, business, and culture.

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Lawrence Hill comes to Windsor as part of #bfw15

Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes, shares his new book The Illegal with CBC’s Bob Steele, Wednesday, November 18 at 7:00 pm. Capitol Theatre Windsor Read more about Lawrence Hill here. Buy...

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Lawrence Hill closes #bfw15 with a full house!

BookFest Windsor was thrilled to host best-selling author and all-around gentleman, Lawrence Hill on November 18 at the Capitol Theatre Windsor. Thanks to the Windsor Star and to CBC Windsor for this...

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Literary Windsor mourns the death of Judith Fitzgerald

We were looking forward to the visit of our friend and former University of Windsor Writer-in-Residence, Judith Fitzgerald to BookFest Windsor 2015. Sadly, she had a fall, and wasn’t able to come....

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BFW15 – thankful for all of our volunteers and sponsors

Happy New Year! On behalf of the BookFest Windsor planning committee, I’d like to offer a huge thanks to our volunteers, supporters and authors who helped to bring a successful 14th year of BookFest...

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George Elliott Clarke named to Parliamentary Laureate

Author George Elliott Clarke has been a popular presenter at BookFest Windsor on several occasions. We are thrilled that he has been named as Parliamentary Laureate. A deserved honour for a great...

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BookFest Windsor 2016 hosts the Canadian launch of A Fluid Frontier

BookFest Windsor 2016 hosts the Canadian launch of A Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland (WINDSOR, ON) — Literary Arts Windsor and the...

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Literary Arts Windsor Annual General Meeting – Notice

Notice for the Annual Meeting of Members Date:         Tuesday, May 3, 2016 Time :        7:00 p.m. Location:  Nancy Johns’ Gallery & Framing 4755 Wyandotte St. East, Windsor, Ontario  ON   N8Y 1H8...

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BookFest Windsor Student Writing Contest 2016

There’s still time to enter our Student Writing Contest! Winners receive prizes, and share the stage with a published author to read their work at BookFest Windsor 2016 Poetry, prose – Elementary to...

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BookFest Windsor at Cultural Summit

BookFest Windsor, a grateful recipient of three Arts, Culture, and Heritage Fund grants from the City of Windsor, is part of the conversation at the 2016 Cultural Summit Wednesday, August 17, 2016 5:30...

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Jean Foster Award – enter now!

Age categories extended – deadline is Sept 23 – teachers, parents, grandparents – get your young writers going!  

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BFW16 welcomes two Giller shortlisted authors and one translator

Congratulations to Catherine Leroux, translator Lazer Lederhendler, and Windsor’s Biblioasis on being shortlisted for Canada’s most prestigious literary fiction award, The Scotiabank Giller Prize. The...

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