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Words is a new festival celebrating all things wordy: books, poetry, song, children's literature, writing for the screen and stage, new media, spoken word performances and much more.

 

7:00am
Opening Night Reception
Museum London
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Opening Night Reception
1:00pm
An Afternoon with Emma Donoghue
Museum London, Lecture Theatre
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An Afternoon with Emma Donoghue
11:00am
Words Festival Presents: Steve Paikin
Museum London, Lecture Theatre
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Words Festival Presents: Steve Paikin

Format: 2016-09-26
Event Venue Date Time
Opening Night Reception Museum London
George Elliott Clarke and Robert Chafe: In Conversation Museum London, Lecture Theatre
Guerrilla Poetry Dundas Street, London
An Afternoon with Emma Donoghue Museum London, Lecture Theatre
The 2016 James Reaney Memorial Lecture with John Beckwith Museum London, Lecture Theatre
Al Purdy Was Here: See the Film, Meet the Director Brian D. Johnson Museum London, Lecture Theatre
Words Festival Presents: Steve Paikin Museum London, Lecture Theatre
Words Presents Douglas Gibson Museum London, Lecture Theatre

Title Sponsor

  • ScotiaMcLeod

Proudly Sponsored by

  • Lerners LLP and Peter Downs
  • Western University
  • Ayerswood Development Corporation

Partner Organizations

  • London Public Library
  • Poetry London
  • Canada Council for the Arts
  • Downtown London
  • Indigenous Services
  • London Arts Council
  • London Free Press

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