Lakefield LitFest

Today marks the beginning of letter writing week! From Jan. 8-14, people around the globe are encouraged to write a letter and mail it out. Writing a letter can improve your literary abilities and showcase what you accomplished over the past year. #LetterWritingWeek

Kellan MacKenzie won the 2022 junior poetry prize for the Young Writers Contest for their work entitled Old Joy which is now live on our website. Check it out here lakefieldliteraryfestival.com/kellan-mackenz… #YoungWriter #canadianauthor #LakefieldLiteraryFestival #LoveLocal #readingisfun

Co-Winner of the 2022 Senior Fiction Prize for "The Collection of Unsent Letters in the Pocket of James Harbour" by Hailey Cavanagh is live on our website now! Check it out here. lakefieldliteraryfestival.com/hailey-cavanag… #YoungWriter #canadianauthor #LakefieldLiteraryFestival #LoveLocal #Reading

Justin Ehlert is the second winner of the Senior Fiction category for the 2022 Young Writers Contest. Check out the winning entry called On Rocky Shores on our webs at lakefieldliteraryfestival.com/justin-ehlert.… #YoungWriter #canadianauthor #LakefieldLiteraryFestival #LoveLocal #Reading

This year we had TWO winners of the Senior Fiction Category for the Young Writers contest. One Winner was Clementine MacLeod. Her entry Come Pick Me Up. Her entry is now live on our website lakefieldliteraryfestival.com/clementine-mac… #YoungWriter #canadianauthor #LakefieldLiteraryFestival #LoveLocal

Toula Pappas is the winner of the senior non-fiction catagory for the 2022 Young Writers contest. Check out her entry entitled A Blank Canvas on our website! lakefieldliteraryfestival.com/toula-pappas-s… #YoungWriter #CanadianAuthor #LakefieldLiteraryFestival #LoveLocal #Reading

Have you heard? We are hosting a special documentary screening of Margaret Atwood: A Word after a Word after a Word is Power @LakefieldCS Bryan Jones Theatre on Nov. 13 @ 7 pm. This event is a fundraiser for our 2023 festival! Tickets available at the door, cash only $15 #LitFest

We are adding all the 2022 Young Writers Contest Winners to our website! Each week we will feature a different winner from the contest. Junior Non-Fiction winner is live on our website. Check it out below! lakefieldliteraryfestival.com/madeleine-hill… #YoungWriter #LakefieldLiteraryFestival #LoveLocal

We are incredably saddened by the news of Ron Wards passing. Ron was a founding member of the Lakefield Literary Festival and without him, none of what we do today would be possible. Ron had a great sense of community and will be remembered fondly. hendrenfuneralhome.com/tribute/detail…

Remembering Steven Heighton's reading & warm engagement with the audience at our spring 2018 event. RIP

Saddened to learn that Steven Heighton has passed away. A great writer.

And for making it happen this year... #youngwriters

Thanks to Andy Milner and Cynthia Rankin for leading the contest for the past few years!

Catching up to some changes with our Festival...out of an abundance of caution, there will be no Festival in 2022 but we're happy to announce that the Contest for Young Writers is on once again!

#amwriting #youngwriters @PVNCCDSB @kprschools @LakefieldCS @NCC_Ptbo

Young writers! Submit your best poetry, fiction & CNF by May 16th. Full guidelines: lakefieldliteraryfestival.com/contest-rules/

And planning is under way to bring authors to present their work in July 2023

2019 Festival, photo by @LaurieDGraham

Remembering author @MaracleLee with gratitude for her work. Heartfelt condolences to her family and friends. RIP

Excellent pre-election reading from Festival alum and past board member @Johnwboyko in Saturday's @globeandmail google.ca/amp/s/www.theg…