The 2021 Elephant Mountain Literary Festival

Online, and unforgettable!

Wednesday, July 7              

Keynote: Writing in a Dangerous Time

7:00 p.m.

Cheryl Foggo

Co-sponsored by the Nelson Public Library

Registration required; by donation

Thursday, July 8
         

Blue Pencil Sessions 1

9:00 a.m. – noon  

Jenna Butler and Anne DeGrace

Registration required; critique and consultation: fees apply

Craft talk: Writing for Kids and Teens   

5:00 p.m.             

Richard Van Camp

Registration required; by donation

Celebrating Local

7:00 p.m.             

Pat Henman, Shayna Jones, Rayya Liebich, Zaynab Mohammed

Host: Anna Purcell

Registration required; by donation

Friday, July 9

Blue Pencil sessions 2

9:00 a.m. – noon  

Jenna Butler and Anne DeGrace

Registration required; critique and consultation: fees apply

EMLF Alumni Reading
Three of the fabulous authors who were at the very first Festival!

7:00 p.m.             

Fred Wah, Lisa Moore, and John Vaillant                   

with Marsha Lederman, Globe and Mail western arts correspondent

Registration required; by donation

Saturday, July 10

Workshops part 1

9:00 a.m. – noon  

Poetry (Carla Funk), Playwriting (Clem Martini), Nature Writing (Jenna Butler), Graphic Novels (Sami Alwani)

Registration required; fees apply

Panel Discussion: Publishers Panel

2:00 p.m.             

Matt Bowes (NeWest Press), Vici Johnstone (Caitlin Press), Andrew Steeves (Gaspereau Press), Andy Brown (Conundrum Press)

Registration required; by donation

Panel discussion: Writing in a Dangerous Time

3:00 p.m.             

Panelists TBA

Registration required; by donation

Panel discussion: Making Comics in a Dangerous Time

4 p.m.             

Sami Alwani, Zoe Maeve, Sherwin Tjia

Registration required; by donation

All-Star Reading

7 p.m.             

Jenna Butler, Carla Funk, Richard Van Camp, and Clem Martini

with Sheryl McKay, host of CBC Radio’s NXNW

Registration required; by donation

Sunday, July 11

Workshops part 2

9:00 a.m. – noon  

Poetry (Carla Funk), Playwriting (Clem Martini), Nature Writing (Jenna Butler), Graphic Novels (Sami Alwani)

Registration required; fees apply

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Richard Carver Award & Workshop Participants

2:00 p.m.

Presentation of 2021 Carver Award for Emerging Writers

Workshop participants reading

Free of charge