Noww LitFest 2022

Join us at NOWW's 24th annual LitFest in Thunder Bay on May 13th and 14th to celebrate our Northern Ontario writing community.

Our special guest this year is the New York Times Bestseller and book club favourite, Cathy Marie Buchanan. Her most recent novel, Daughter of Black Lake, was chosen as Best Fiction for Fall by Entertainment Weekly and Parade magazine. Her previous novel, The Painted Girls, was a New York Times bestseller, a #1 national bestseller in Canada, and was named the best book of the year by NPR, Good Housekeeping and Goodreads. Her debut novel, The Day the Falls Stood Still, was a New York Times bestseller, a Barnes and Noble Recommends selection and a Canada Reads Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade. Her work has been translated into nine languages. Buchanan holds a BSc (Honours Biochemistry) and an MBA from Western University.

Friday, May 13, 2022
Reading and QandA with Cathy Marie Buchanan
4:00 pm at the Definitely Superior Art Gallery
115 Cumberland Street North, Thunder Bay
Free. Open to the Public

Friday, May 13, 2022
LitFest Gala
Prince Arthur Hotel
17 North Cumberland Street, Thunder Bay
6:00 pm Meet and Greet
6:30 pm Gala Dinner
7:00 pm Keynote with Cathy Marie Buchanan
7:30 pm Awards Ceremony
8:30 pm mingle
Tickets are $50

Saturday, May 14, 2022
Workshop with Cathy Marie Buchanan
The Craft of Writing Historical Fiction
10:00 am-Noon at the Prince Arthur Hotel
17 North Cumberland Street, Thunder Bay
Tickets are $10,
$40 for non-members (includes a one-year NOWW membership)

Prices:
LitFest Gala: CAD 50.00,
The Craft of Writing Historical Fiction (members): CAD 10.00,
The Craft of Writing Historical Fiction (non-members): CAD 40.00

Artists / Speakers: Cathy Marie Buchanan

Category: Arts | Books and Literature