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7:30 pm – 10:30 pm 9:00 am – 9:30 am 1. PQ’s People Mix it Up! 35. Roslyn Rutabaga 9:00 am – 10:30 am Thursday, September 23 36. Novel Architecture with Lisa Moore at a glance 10:00 am – 10:45 am 9:00 am – 10:00 am 37. Travels with my Family 2. In Pursuit of Global Justice Festival Onstage Writers Studio 38. Breakfast at the Exit Cafe Launch FREE 3. Your Backyard, 2050 Grand Theatre Onstage Free Events 11:00 am – 12:00 noon 9:00 am – 10:30 am 39. Fantastic Fiction 4. Words Out Loud with Lara Bozabalian Food & Book Lovers Event 40. Married, with Manuscripts 10:30 am – 11:30 am 5. Starting Young 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Friday, September 24 41. Found Fiction with Michael Winter 6. In and Out of the Nest 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm 11:00 am – 12:00 noon 9:00 am – 10:00 am 42. Author! Author! 7. BookMark: Bronwen Wallace 20. The Secret Lives of Birds 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 11:30 am – 1:00 pm 10:30 am – 12:00 noon 43. Paul Quarrington Life in Music LitDoc screening FREE 9. Book Lovers’ Lunch Chez Piggy 21. Past Perfect 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm 22. Penprick of Conscience 44. Tales from the Rock 8. Paul Quarrington Life in Music LitDoc screening FREE 23. Poetry Beyond the Page with Jill Battson 45. Poets: Stage vs. Page 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 10. Cops & Authors 24. Funny Guys 46. The Age of Persuasion Davies Hall, St. Lawrence College 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm 25. Gold Diggers 5:00pm – 6:00pm 11. In Search of Memory 47. In the Wake of the Flood 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm LitDoc screening: Book Tour FREE 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm 26. Whose Story Is It? with 12. Writing the Teenage Mind with Cordelia Strube 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm 48. Saturday Night SpeakEasy 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm 27. The Madman & the Butcher 13. Writing the Real 28. Literary Mysteries 14. The Shape of Memory with Judy Fong Bates Sunday, September 26 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm 29. Reading Pictures with Marie-Louise Gay 11:00 am – 1:00 pm 15. Battle of the Books FREE 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm 49. Cook Not Mad Sunday Brunch 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm 30. The Cello Suites Holiday Inn Waterfront Gardens 16. Book Promotion for Luddites with Sandra Gulland 31. Worlds in Collision 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm All events unless otherwise indicated take place at the Holiday Inn 17. Graphics Plus: The Story of Kenk 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm Kingston Waterfront, 6th Floor. Ellis Auditorium Queen’s University 32. Putting Words in Their Mouth with Deborah Kimmett indicates Youth Project events suitable for high-school students 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm and adults. 18. Hooked: A Theatrical Performance 33. International Marquee Grand Theatre For full ticket and event details, go to www.kingstonwritersfest.ca 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm 10:30 pm – midnight 19. The Leadership Debate 34. Vox Performa For full event listings, see reverse. For author profiles see page 4. reader discounts events events

Onstage Events consist of readings and discussion. Books, Bed, and Breakfast Getaways You’ll be able to ask questions, offer comments, Writers Studio event for high-school students only. 9. Book Lovers’ Lunch tale. A Writers Studio master class. and, later, speak to the writers as they sign copies Thursday, September 23, 9:00 – 10:30 am The Dewey Divas offer a lively sneak preview of Thursday, September 23, 3:30 - 5:00 pm Come hear the writers you love to read, then curl up with their books in a lovely room in one of of their books. Events are listed in the order Kingston’s landmark hotels or inns. of appearance. great book club picks. Price includes lunch at Chez 5. Starting Young Piggy Restaurant. Cash bar. Note: restaurant is not 15. Kingston Reads : Battle of Invite your friends, your family, your bookclub! 1. PQ’s People Mix It Up! Karen Connelly’s memoir Burmese wheelchair accessible. Order tickets by September 10. the Books Paul Quarrington was a storyteller Lessons takes us through a country Thursday, September 23, 11:30 - 1:00 pm Defenders attempt to win over the The Rosemount Inn offers festival-goers a room with specially designed spa treaments. in every medium he could get his caught in the grip of a fierce mili- audience to their choice in the wildly The Tymparon Inn offers the quiet of the countryside just a quick drive from the festival site. hands on – novels, short stories, tary regime. In conversation with 10. Cops & Authors popular Kingston Reads competition. plays, screenplays, songs. Opening Merilyn Simonds. A Youth Project event for high- Peter Robinson and Louise Penny With last year’s winner, Helen Humphreys. Hosted by Stay at the Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront and be at the heart of the literary action. night brings together the writers, musicians, actors, school students and adults. Thursday, September bring two of Canada’s favourite sleuths Eric Friesen. Thursday, September 23, 6:00 - 7:30 pm Check out these WritersFest getaway packages and more at stayinkingston.ca and filmmakers who knew him and have their 23, 10:30 - 11:30 am to Kingston —Inspector Banks and own stories to tell about his writing life. Join Nino Chief Inspector Gamache—in brand 16. Book Promotion for Luddites Ricci, , Kim Moritsugu, Stuart Ross, 6. In and Out of the Nest new mystery novels hot off the press. Hosted by Eric Sandra Gulland shows you a Steven Heighton, , Cordelia Strube, Jim Novelist Cordelia Strube and Friesen. Thursday, September 23, 1:30 - 3:00 pm simple way to build your on-line WritersFest Downtown Discount Garrard, and the Porkbelly Futures for an evening memoirist Iain Reid take aim at following with a minimum of time Reader’s Note of stories in all their glorious forms. Wednesday, the family and the nature of home 11. In Search of Memory and effort. A Writers Studio master September 22, 7:30 - 10:30 pm in works that speak to all ages. Judy Fong Bates travels to China class. Thursday, September 23, 6:00 - 7:30 pm Get $10 off purchases of $50 or more at participating downtown retailers Moderated by Barbara Bell. A Youth Project event to discover her family story and and restaurants! 2. In Pursuit of Global Justice for high-school students and adults. Thursday, uncovers secrets that inspired 17. Graphics Plus: The Deborah Ellis’s new novel for teen September 23, 10:30 - 11:30 am her memoir, The Year of Finding Story of Kenk Present a WritersFest Downtown Discount Reader’s Note and receive $10 off when you shop readers, No Safe Place, lays bare the Memory. In conversation with Susan Olding. KENK: A Graphic Portrait at selected downtown stores, listed below. lives of young modern-day migrants. 7. 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Your Backyard, 2050 will be honoured with the unveiling of a Project get inside your character to create Thursday, September 23, 7:00 - 8:15 pm an usher when you attend Kingston WrtiersFest events. Environmentalist and science Bookmark plaque at the corner of Clergy and Prin- authentic dialogue, gesture, and writer Wayne Grady paints a grim cess at 12:30 pm. Moderated by Carolyn Smart. vision. A Writers Studio master class. Thursday, 18. Hooked: A Theatrical Performance future for Kingston in the face of Thursday, September 23, 11:00 am - 12:00 noon September 23, 1:30 - 3:00 pm A festival onstage performance of Participating Businesses unchecked climate change and Carolyn Smart’s collection of poems Olden Green Serves You Right! Wayfarer Books species invasion. He asks, Is there anything we can 8. Paul Quarrington: Life in Music 13. Writing the Real about obsessed women. With Gemini do to change the picture? A Youth Project event LitDoc Screening What does it take for a writer to tackle Award-winning actress Nicky The Church Bookroom What’ll I Wear Felicity & Fritz for high-school students and adults. Thursday, In this film, recorded in the months the hard edge of reality in a nonfiction Guadagni. Thursday, September 23, 8:00 - 9:30 pm Le Chien Noir Bistro The Amber Room Send in the Clowns September 23, 9:00 - 10:00 am before he succumbed to lung cancer, work? Join Dave Bidini, Wayne Grady, Olivea Restaurant Brian’s Record Option Atomica Gourmet Pizza & Paul Quarrington gives a rare and and Iain Reid in conversation with 19. The Leadership Debate Runners’ Choice Windmills Wine Bar 4. Words Out Loud insightful glimpse into the inner workings of an Larry Scanlan. Thursday, September 23, 3:30 - 5:00 pm Join political biographers Lawrence Performance poems find their roots artist. Thursday, September 23, Novel Idea The Raging Bull Martin (Harperland: The Challenge in medieval ballads as well as 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm FREE EVENT 14. The Shape of Memory to Democracy), Richard Gwyn (The contemporary rap, hip–hop, dub, and Judy Fong Bates shares her writing Man Who Made Us: John A. Mac- slam. Join Lara Bozabalian, spoken- experience and her own process for donald, 1815–1867) and Conservative insider Hugh word artist and published poet, as she guides young drawing the fragments of memory Segal in lively debate under the gavel of Charlotte writers from the page to the stage. A Youth Project together into a powerfully moving Gray. Thursday, September 23, 8:00 - 9:30 pm 17 Kingston WritersFest Kingston WritersFest 18 Kingston WritersFest 19