Sunday September 22, 2013 11am - 5pm.
Halifax Waterfront, around the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
A great time was had by all on the Tall Ship Silva Book Club Cruise last year. You can view photos here.
2012 Programming
NEW - Cooks and Books Stage - Sackville Landing
Presented by Keith's, Hosted by Jessi Gillis, Highland Drive Storehouse
Foodies of Halifax have their own special place at The Word On The Street.
Cooks & Books will pop up in Sackville Landing on Sunday Sept. 23rd from 11:00 to 5:00.
Ted Reader - Beerlicious - The Art of Grillin' and Chillin' 11:30 - 12:30
Michael Howell - Atlantic Seafood 12:30 - 1:30
Craig Flinn - Fresh and Local, Fresh and Frugal 1:30 - 2:30
Liz Feltham - Soups & Chowders 2:30 - 3:30
Ted Reader - Beerlicious - The Art of Grillin' and Chillin' 3:30 - 4:30
The Wonderful Words Marquee - On the North Museum Wharf
Hosted by Douglas Gibson and Valerie Compton
11:00 Festival Opening with 35th Atlantic Writing Competition and Writers' Federation of NS
12:00 Ami McKay - The Virgin Cure
1:00 Marina Endicott - The Little Shadows
3:00 David Adams Richards - Facing the Hunter
3:30 Lauren B. Davis - Our Daily Bread
4:30 Donna Morrissey - The Deception of Livvy Higgs
Remarkable Reads with halifax magazine - On the South Museum Wharf
Hosted by Trevor Adams
11:00: AJB Johnston - Thomas: A Secret Life
11:30 Lesleyanne Ryan - Braco
12:00 Elaine McCluskey - Valery the Great & Binnie Brennan - A Certain Grace
1:00 Jim Williams - Rock Reject
1:30 Dan Vyleta - The Quiet Twin
2:00 Tom Gallant - The Lord God Bird
2:30Lesley Crewe - Kin
3:00 Steven Laffoley - Shadowboxing & Francis Mitchell - Huskies in Pursuit of Excellence
4:00 Shauntay Grant - Spoken Word Artist
What's the Story with CBC - Beside the Wave
11:00 CBC Story Time Introduction
11:30 David Weale - Doors in the Air
12:00 Jessica Scott Kerrin - Lower the Trap
12:30 Philip Roy - Blood Brothers in Louisbourg
1:00 CBC-TD Kids Book Club with Don Connolly - Susan Hughes - Off To Class
2:00 Kathleen Martin - Kamakwie: Finding Peace, Love & Injustice in Sierra Leone
2:30 Don Aker - Running on Empty & Lesley Choyce - Breaking Point
3:00 Discussions about writing for boys
3:30 Jamie Fitzpatrick - You Could Believe in Nothing, Daphne Greer - Maxed Out
4:00 Writing hockey for adults and youth - hockey, emotion and the right language - how do you score a hattrick?
Vibrant Voices Stage - In The Program Room Inside the Museum
Hosted by Marlo McKay
11:00 Denise Batten - Emily - Song of a Newfoundland Life
11:30 Lisa Harrington - Live to Tell
12:00 Karen Forrest - Angels of the Maritimes V.2 & Darryl Walsh - Legends and Monsters of Atlantic Canada
Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean they aren't out there. Find out more from these authors.
1:00 Cynthia D'Entremont - Oak Island Revenge, Gary Blackwood - The Imposter, Allison Maher - Time Flies When You Are Chasing Spies
Mystery writing - How do they make it happen?
2:00 Barbara DeLory - Three Centuries of Public Art in HRM
2:30 Alice Walsh - A Long Way from Home
3:00 Lorri Neilsen Glenn - Threading Light: Explorations in Loss and Poetry
3:30 Theresa Meuse - The Mi'kmaq Anthology
An Open Book - Discussions & More - The Museum Courtyard
Hosted by Jim Meek
11:00 Jaime Forsythe - Sympathy Loophole & Peter Sanger - John Stokes' Horse
12:00 Scott Fotheringham - The Rest is Silence
12:30 Wayne Johnston - A World Elsewhere
1:30 Literacy Celebration - David Adams Richards talks about his life with books
2:00 Literacy Celebration - Paws to Read, First Book, Halifax Humanities 101
2:30 Frances Jewel Dickson - Destination White Point
3:00 The Coast presents......
4:00 Steve Vernon - Maritime Murder: Deadly Crimes from the Buried Past
Theodore Tugboat Storytime - Beside the Cable Wharf
Registration is now closed.
11:00 - 11:30 Bridgette & Donna Morissey - Cross Katie Kross
12:00 - 12:30 Starr Dobson - My Goat Gertrude
1:00- 1:30 Erin Arsenault - Gus the Tortoise Takes a Walk
2:00 - 2:30 Tyne Brown - Driftwood Dragons and other seaside poems
HMCS Sackville Stage
Hosted by Carsten Knox
1:30 Pam Callow - Tattooed
2:00 John Boileau - Halifax and Titanic
2:30 Brian Whitehouse - A Sense of the Sea
The Acadia Stage
Hosted by Jon Tattrie
2:30 Mike Parker - Ghost Islands of NS
Pitch the Publisher - Inside the Marketplace
Presented by The Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association
11:00 - 12:30 Children/YA
12:45 - 2:15 Fiction
2:30 - 4:00 Non-fiction
Denise will appear on the Vibrant Voices Stage at 11:00am reading from her book - Emily Song of a Newfoundland Life
Emily is a story written in verse and based on the life of the author’s maternal grandmother, Emily Nolan, who was born in rural Newfoundland in 1900. Denise Batten tells the story of Emily's colourful life, which reflects the lives of so many courageous Newfoundland women of her time. The verses have been put to music, so the story of Emily can be sung – much like a traditional Irish ballad or story song. Readers will also enjoy the photos of original hand-hooked rugs designed specifically for the project by Kaaren Batten, a gifted Ontario artist.
Denise Batten is a Newfoundland writer, singer, and storyteller who recently returned after spending twenty years away from the province. Childhood memories and a deep connection to home and family have been strong sources of inspiration for her creative work. She teaches Intermediate English and French at Laval High School, Placentia.
