Greetings, all! Well, 2016 is drawing to a close. We made it! As we pack everything down in anticipation of next year’s planning, we’re hoping that you might consider a donation to the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Like all non-profit organizations, we are deeply reliant on the generosity of our volunteers and donors. Since the […]
Drum roll please…. We’re delighted that edits and compressions and uploads for the audio recordings of certain events from THIN AIR 2016 are now posted on the site and ready for your enjoyment. Recordings appear on the site pages for individual events (linked below) and can be listened to directly on the site or can […]
We join the family and many friends of Orysia Tracz in sadness at her passing on Thursday. Orysia was an amazing cultural historian of the Ukrainian community here in Winnipeg, and she shared some of the lively recollections from her book, First Star I See Tonight, at Voices from Oodena this past September . She […]
Due to a setback in travel plans, tonight’s Fall Literary Series event at McNally Robinson Booksellers with Matthew B. Crawford has been cancelled.
An Evening with Matthew B. Crawford Saturday Nov 05 2016 7:00 pm, Winnipeg, Grant Park in the Atrium In conversation with Paul G. Doerksen and signing The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction . Co-presented by the Winnipeg International Writers Festival as part of our collaborative Fall Literary Series. […]
The Canada Council today announced the winners of the 2016 Governor General Literary Awards. We’re especially happy for François Gilbert, who picked up the Young People’s Literature – Text (French language) for his YA novel Hare Krishna. François totally charmed us when he visited THIN AIR/Livres en fête last month. And Lazer Ledenhendler won for […]
It is with tremendous pleasure that we bring this year’s THIN AIR festival to a close. Our 20th anniversary was a grand success, with world-reknowned and award-winning writers, a brigade of amazing and absolutely integral volunteers, and of course wonderful audiences. Thank you all for your part in making this year yet another smashing festival! […]
It’s Friday, September 23 and that means that it is officially the first day of THIN AIR 2016! And the first day of our 20th festival! We’re all extremely excited about the phenomenal writers coming to perform, to read, and to share wisdom with us this year. We kick everything off this evening with Opening […]
This weekend, we return to The Forks Market to hold another fundraiser book sale. We’ve been gathering and sorting gently used books donated by our generous supporters, and we’ve set up shop in the sunny South Atrium to bring them all to you. All funds from the sale directly contribute to costs associated with running […]
The start of the festival is fast approaching. As well as our fundraising booksale, tickets and passes for this year’s event will be available this weekend. Beginning Saturday, September 10, 2016 our THIN AIR MainStage Pass ($35) and the brand new THIN AIR SuperPass ($70) will be available at McNally Robinson Booksellers, 1120 Grant ave. […]