Schedule
Satellite Events
Saturday afternoon October 22, 1:00 p.m. |
The Wind in the Willows, Children's Program
Performed by Rag and Bone Theatre, this is the beloved children's book brought to life with puppetry, acting, props, staging, and live music.
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Sunday afternoon October 30, 2:00 p.m. |
IFOA @ Words Aloud
Presented by The Downtown Bookstore in partnership with Words Aloud, this event brings highly-regarded authors to the Grey-Bruce area. This year, Clark Blaise, Wayne Johnston, Madeleine Thien and Meg Wolitzer join us for readings and conversation.
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Saturday Afternoon
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Public Slam Event with The Toronto Slam Team and special guest John GiornoBAM! The Toronto Youth Slam Team performs its high energy magic and special guest John Giorno takes the stage before his feature performance the same evening at the Durham Art Gallery.
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Main Stage
Always our main attraction, this series of three spoken word concerts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday brings in distinguished poets and storytellers from across Canada. As seating is limited, it is advisable to buy tickets early.
- Location: Durham Art Gallery, 251 George Street East, Durham
- Cost: Evening performances: $20 regular, $15 student; Sunday Matinee performances: $15 regular, $5 student; Festival passes available for all main stage concerts and workshops
Workshops
These workshops with our artists have always been a popular feature of the Words Aloud Festival. Suitable for all ages and levels. Capacity is limited, so early registration is advised.
Saturday Morning
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"Seeing into Words" with Anne SimpsonThis is a workshop for all poets who want to explore a deeper kind of seeing. We'll talk about how a poet needs to see in new ways in order to create powerful images. While we won't be looking at poems you've already written, we'll work on exercises to open up particular images and to build up consistent imagery in a poem. We'll also look at how to use imagery to help structure a poem. By sharpening the way we see, we can sharpen the poems we write.
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Saturday Afternoon
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Rhyme Capsules, with James GordonJoin James Gordon for his famous songwriting workshop. He's done over 1000 of these for schools, events and corporations all over the world. In a mere two hours, participants will write a song, as a group, about their experience of Durham and/or the festival. Words and music created co-operatively by all who attend. No skills or experience necessary, just your enthusiasm! The new song will be performed by James and any who wish to join him onstage at the festival on Sunday afternoon!
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Saturday Afternoon
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"Writing as Re-enaction", with Steven HeightonSteven Heighton will introduce the idea of re-enactive writing - essentially the technique that lies at the very heart of poetry (not to mention literary fiction), though it's often overlooked by critics, workshop facilitators, and even poets themselves. Participants will do a writing exercise that involves the technique and then, along with the facilitator, discuss the results.
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Sunday Morning
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"Caress the detail, the divine detail", with Marilyn DumontNot all detail is the same. The power of choice detail can be overlooked. Participants will create and revise poetry through the use of selective detail to evoke and convey palpable character, setting and emotion in their verse.
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