Excellent pre-election reading from Festival alum and past board member John Boyko in Saturday's The Globe and Mail google.ca/amp/s/www.theg…

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

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

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…

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

Have you heard? We are hosting a special documentary screening of Margaret Atwood: A Word after a Word after a Word is Power Lakefield College 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

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

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

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

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

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

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