The 2012 Eden Mills Writers’ Festival here returns for its 24th year on Sept. 16.
This year’s line-up brings authors in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, young adult, and children’s literature to the village for an afternoon of outdoor readings from noon to 6pm.
The confirmed roster includes Carmen Aguirre, George Elliott Clarke, Doug Gibson in conversation with Alistair MacLeod, Richard Gwyn, Ian Hamilton, Michele Landsberg, Linden MacIntyre, Amy McKay, Michael Ondaatje, Linda Spalding, Eva Stachniak, Andrew Westoll, Nora Young, and many others. A full list can be found at www.edenmillswritersfestival.ca.
The festival will present three French fiction writers Louise Desjardin, Eric Dupont and Kim Thuy along with translator Sheila Fischman. It will also present Waubgeshig Rice, Garry Thomas Morse and Rene Meshake, all of Aboriginal descent.
Young adult and children’s authors include Karen Bass, Jill Bryant, Susan Glickman, Monica Kulling, Evan Munday, Ted Staunton, Teresa Toten, and more.
“I am so pleased with how our author list has evolved this year: from legends of CanLit to new and exciting voices and everything in between,” said festival artistic director Kim Lang. “Order of Canada recipients, Giller, Griffin and Governor General winners and the 2012 CBC Canada Reads winner will all be arriving, raring to read in Eden Mills this Sept. 16.”
The festival features four outdoor reading sites along the banks of the Eramosa River. The village will also feature a children’s area, an outdoor food court of local artisans, a separate licensed patio, and a main street transformed to showcase publishers, booksellers, and other friends of the arts.
For the full lineup or to sign up for monthly Newsletters, visit www.edenmillswritersfestival.ca.
