July 16 - 18, 2010
The Lakefield Literary Festival celebrates its rich literary heritage each July on the weekend closest to Margaret Laurence’s birthday, and showcases many current Canadian authors. The festival was created to celebrate the work of Catharine Parr Traill, Susanna Moodie and Margaret Laurence, among others, all of whom lived and wrote in Lakefield.
In the News...
Ebook is Launched!
date posted: July 18, 2009
The Lakefield Literary Festival is proud to launch its ebook, The Young Writers at the Lakefield Literary Festival Contest Winners 1998-2008. The ebook celebrates ten years of amazing fiction and non-fiction stories written by some of the best young writers from local high schools. The ebook is an anthology of all the winning stories of the last ten years, 74 stories in all.
Kids Colouring Contest
date posted: June 18, 2009
In honour of children's writers Bill Slavin and Sheree Fitch, appearing at the Children's Tent on Saturday, July 18, the Festival is holding a Dog and Dragon Beauty Contest. Kids 12 and under are invited to put their imaginations to work and to draw us a great picture of a dog or dragon all done up for a beauty contest. You could even win a prize! Entries are due by July 11 and can be dropped off at HappenStance Book and Yarns or any branch of the Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield Library. Download the entry form here . Rules.
Tickets are Going Fast!
date posted: June 14, 2009
Tickets for Saturday Dinner and the Saturday evening readings are sold out. However you can add your name to a waiting list if tickets become available. There are plenty of tickets left for Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. Only a handful remain for Sunday afternoon. For more information on where to purchase tickets, click here.