Words: The Creative & Literary Arts Festival

Words 2021 features emerging and established writers from London, Canada, and beyond, showcasing new works and provocative ideas to spark debate and ignite the imagination. Their multidisciplinary programming offers a spectrum of artistic forms that cater to a diverse audience, including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, children’s literature, new media, spoken word performance, graphic novels, storytelling, and much more. Events are FREE and will take place online.


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Words 2021 features emerging and established writers from London, Canada, and beyond, showcasing new works and provocative ideas to spark debate and ignite the imagination.

Their multidisciplinary programming offers a spectrum of artistic forms that cater to a diverse audience, including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, children’s literature, new media, spoken word performance, graphic novels, storytelling, and much more. The festival will also feature a range of activities for audience members to immerse themselves in the process of creativity, such as lectures, performances, public interviews and debates, workshops, and readings.

All events are FREE, and include conversations with authors Jesse Wente and Tomson Highway, as well as a History of Canadian Comics. Please visit their website for the full lineup of online events.

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