September 28 & 29, 2018
Lunenburg Lit Festival
Jay Malone
Robert MacDonald (aka: Jay Malone) has been a professional actor, comedian and writer for the past 17 years. In that time he has written and appeared on many television shows, specials and festivals in both Canada and the United States having spent seven years in both Toronto and then Los Angeles.
Lezlie Lowe
Lezlie Lowe is a freelance journalist and journalism instructor based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has been recognized for her long-form journalism by the Canadian Association of Journalists and the Atlantic Journalism Awards. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of King's College, where she also teaches in the Journalism department. No Place To Go: How Public Toilets Fail our Private Needs is her first book.
Peter Barss
Peter Barss has written for several North American newspapers and magazines and his photography has illustrated several books including ``A Portrait of Lunenburg County: Photographs and Stories from a Vanished Way of Life `` and `` Older Ways: Traditional Nova Scotian Craftsmen.`` Barss has received a number of awards for both his writing and his photography, and he is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He lives in West Dublin, Nova Scotia.
Genevieve Graham
Genevieve Graham is the bestselling author of ``Tides of Honour``, ``Promises to Keep``, and ``Come From Away``. She is passionate about breathing life into Canadian History — especially those important moments which might be forgotten over time. To do that she writes captivating stories of love and adventure set in Canada, and she always has three new books on the go. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 1986 with a Bachelor of Music in Performance (playing the oboe). While on a ski vacation in Alberta, she met her future husband in a chairlift lineup and subsequently moved to Calgary to be with him. In 2008, they resettled in a quiet seaside village in Nova Scotia with their two beautiful daughters, a little white dog, and a small but contented flock of heritage chickens.
Wilfred Moore
Born in Halifax Wilfred P. Moore, QC is a Canadian lawyer. He was appointed to the Senate on the advice by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on September 26,1996. He represented Nova Scotia in the Senate of Canada from 1996 until his retirement in 2017. ``For The Record`` recounts some of the items brought forward by Mr. Moore doing his time in the Senate.
Timothy Taylor
Timothy Taylor is a Canadian novelist, journalist and creative writing professor. Taylor's first novel Stanley Park was published in 2001. It was an immediate bestseller and a critical success. He's since published a prize-winning collection of short fiction, Silent Cruise, and two further bestselling and critically acclaimed novels, Story House and The Blue Light Project. Taylor's most recent nonfiction title is Foodville. Taylor has also been widely published and recognized for his non-fiction magazine and newspaper work. Taylor has been a contributing editor at Vancouver Magazine and a regular contributor at EnRoute Magazine, Walrus, and Eighteen Bridges. Taylor's latest release ``Rule of Stephens`` came out in February.
2018 Programme
Friday, September 28th
1PM – Kids Event
Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance (LAMP)
7PM – Friday Evening
Lunenburg School of the Arts
Jay Malone
Jonathan Torrens & Jeremy Taggart
Saturday, September 29th
11AM – Literary Walking Tour
Lunenburg Academy
2PM – Non Fiction Authors
Town of Lunenburg Council Chambers, Lunenburg Courthouse
Peter Barss
Wilfred Moore
Lezlie Lowe
7PM – Saturday Evening
Lunenburg School of the Arts
Donna Morrissey
Genevieve Graham
Timothy Taylor
Join us for a magical weekend!
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2018 Tickets
Tickets will be available after September 1st, 2018!
Tickets can be purchased at any South Shore Public Libraries branch as well as Lunenburg Bound and Lexicon Books.
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