Words Alive Literary Festival is the Perfect Fall Outing for Your Bookclub

Sharon, ON – The Words Alive Literary Festival is back at the Sharon Temple on Sunday, September 21st. This family friendly event is a celebration of Canada’s rich literary heritage and provides a showcase for authors, storytellers, poets, and musicians.

The diverse festival line-up ranges from the non-fiction of Karolyn Smartz Frost writing about the Underground Railroad, to the paranormal worlds of Kelley Armstrong. Step back in time with Maureen Jennings’ Detective Murdock. Listen to the critically acclaimed and first time authors Anthony De Sa and Beverly Stone.

This is a great opportunity for you and your book club members to attend readings and then make fall and winter reading selections. We have created a handy summary chart of the authors appearing at the festival, to assist you.

Words Alive is one day of author readings, workshops for aspiring authors, contests, poetry, music and storytelling. It takes place at the historic Sharon Temple in East Gwillimbury on Sunday, September 21. The Sharon Temple is located just 40 minutes north of Toronto. Admission is $4, though children under 16 are free. Parking is also free. For more on the festival, visit http://www.wordsalive.ca

It’s a literary festival like no other.

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Posted September 2nd, 2008 in General