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Celebrate I Love to Read Month with THIN AIR KIDS and MYRCA
We’re very excited to announce that THIN AIR KIDS/Livres en fête junior is partnering with the Manitoba Young Readers Choice Awards (MYRCA) this year! All of our middle-years English-language books (grades 4-9) are current MYRCA titles, so young readers can find out more about the MYRCA books they’re reading on our make-your-own-adventure website, thinairkids.ca.…
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Manitowapow Award / Prix Manitowapow
Submissions open Monday, November 21st and close Monday, January 20, 2023. Presented every two years to two Indigenous writers or oral performers who demonstrate excellence in writing, storytelling or spoken word and who also actively support Indigenous verbal arts in Manitoba. Call for Nominations – Manitowapow Award PDF Sponsor: The Centre for Creative Writing and Oral…
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Thank you for coming to THIN AIR 2022 / Livres en fête 2022!
THIN AIR 2022 / Livres en fête 2022 is now over, thank you all who attended and made this year one for the books! Stay tuned for our Writing Craft workshop series, some off-season events at McNally’s, and our monthly Speaking Crow open-mic poetry nights!
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THIN AIR 2022 / Livres en fête is here!
3…2…1… BLASTOFF. It’s here! Welcome to THIN AIR 2022 / Livres en fête! Head on over to www.thinairfestival.ca now and explore over 50 featured writers and their books, video content, events, and more all at your own pace on your own time. *** 3…2…1… PARTEZ ! 🚀 C’est parti ! Bienvenue à THIN AIR…
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THIN AIR 2022 is just around the corner!
We may have been quiet recently, but that’s only because our little team is busy building another special festival! THIN AIR 2022 will be a hybrid festival again this fall, with a handful of in-person events, a bigger handful of online events, and a unique festival website packed with terrific video content from our featured…
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Poste contractuel
POSTE CONTRACTUEL : COORDONNATEUR/COORDONNATRICE Poste contractuel, coordonnateur.trice.PDF Le Festival international des écrivain.e.s de Winnipeg, établi en 1997, est une organisation à but non-lucratif dynamique qui croit au pouvoir rassembleur des livres, des idées et des communautés. Nous sommes les hôtes de deux festivals – THIN AIR à l’automne et THIN AIR KIDS/Livres en fête en…
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Writes of Spring Launch 2022 Video & Spread
On April 23rd, the Winnipeg Free Press published poetry by Manitoba writers for National Poetry Month for the 7th edition of Writes of Spring. This year, we celebrated the launch at McNally Robinson Booksellers with hosts Ariel Gordon and Duncan Mercredi with featured readings on the theme of “intimacy” by the 2022 Writes of Spring…
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Writes of Spring Call for Submissions – CLOSED
Writes of Spring SUBMISSIONS CLOSED For the 7th year in a row, the Winnipeg Free Press will be publishing poetry by Manitoba writers for National Poetry Month in partnership with the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. As always, we’ll be taking a page from the League of Canadian Poets, which means that this year’s theme will…
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THIN AIR KIDS Festival is Now Open!
THIN AIR KIDS is now open! THIN AIR KIDS celebrates the best Canadian writing for kids of all ages! Visit https://thinairkids.ca/ now! THIN AIR KIDS célèbre l’excellence dans l’écriture canadienne pour les enfants de tous âges ! Visitez https://thinairkids.ca/ !