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Our purpose is to strengthen and support a broad reading community by curating and presenting two annual festivals celebrating writers and reading, as well as by acting as a reading resource. To serve those ends, we showcase quality writing, we create forums for conversation, creativity, and learning, and we share our enthusiasm.

Events

  • AfterWords Meets Speaking Crow

    Help us wrap up THIN AIR/Livres en fête 2024 with a poetry celebration and our annual Haiku Death Match! Steve Locke, Angeline Schellenberg, Sue Sorensen + Haiku Death Match ft. Winnipeg Poetry Slam Team This year, our closing event combines our monthly Speaking Crow reading with our annual Haiku Death Match. The event begins with…

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  • Writing Craft with Ariel Gordon

    Up in a Tree: a nature/eco writing workshop Wild turkeys roaming the back alleys. Elms with Dutch elm disease losing their leaves. Coyotes running down the street. What does it mean to slow down and pay attention to the urban ecosystem? What lives in the urban forest with us? This workshop focuses on what it…

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  • Niizhotay Stories with Andrea Currie

    On the eve of the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we once again honour treasured Elder and tireless community-builder Theodore Niizhotay Fontaine with Niizhotay Stories, an annual event which calls on us all to forge a healing path in the spirit of “two hearts.”For this year’s installment, we welcome Andrea Currie back to Winnipeg to celebrate…

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Our Festivals

Thin Air Festival

THIN AIR / LIVRES EN FÊTE is an annual fall celebration of books and writing. Discover some of the most exciting new books, both English and French, from writers across Canada and beyond. Our line-up is eclectic! Event highlights include Niizhotay Stories, Afternoon Book Chats, the Haiku Death Match, La Plume et le pinceau, our evening MainStages, and more. Spend some time with fascinating people, and find your new favourite book! 

Thin Air Kids Festival

THIN AIR KIDS / Livres en fête juniors is the new addition to our programming. In the middle of February, we celebrate I Love to Read Months with three days of readings and book-related activities in English and French, for kids of all ages—and their families. We’re investing in future writers, dreamers, leaders, citizens! 

What’s New

  • THIN AIR / Livres en fête 2024 starts today

    Today is the day we’ve all been waiting for! It’s September 20, and we are thrilled to kick off our much-anticipated 12-day writers festival, a celebration of books and stories, creativity and community! From today through October 1, we invite you to be part an unforgettable journey through the world of words, featuring a diverse lineup of…

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  • THIN AIR Festival / Livres en fête 2024 is just around the corner!

    Wow, THIN AIR / Livres en fête 2024 kicks off next Friday, September 20, ONE WEEK from today! We’re taking care of all the last details now so that our visiting writers will get a taste of true prairie hospitality, and our local writers will have a chance to share their brilliance with all of us.…

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  • SUBMISSIONS CLOSED – Writes of Spring 2024 Call for Submissions!

    Writes of Spring, a poetry initiative of the Winnipeg International Writers Festival led by Winnipeg writer Ariel Gordon in partnership with the Winnipeg Free Press, is just around the corner! This year, Writes of Spring is working with the City of Winnipeg’s Winnipeg 150 theme, “Our shared stories. Our shared future.” Winnipeg 150 marks the…

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