For three days only, from Friday, November 22 to Sunday, November 24, 2024, Yukon Words presents the 2024 Yukon Words Festival. This annual literary festival includes readings, panels and workshops, plus a headliner event and masterclass – this year with internationally renowned, best-selling author and storyteller Richard Van Camp.

A festival for writers and readers!

The Opening Night event on Friday, November 22 will feature Richard Van Camp giving a short reading, plus singer/songwriter Bria Rose, performing and talking about her songwriting process; there will be a cash bar and light appetizers. Van Camp is also the featured headliner on Saturday, November 23 (An evening with Richard Van Camp) and facilitating a Masterclass on Sunday, November 24: Designing Characters And Why We Need Conflict In Our Fiction.

(Photo credits: Richard Van Camp. Photo by William Au.)

Workshops with featured writers include:

• author, theatre artist and broadcaster Emelia Symington-Fedy (The Truth Doesn’t Have to Hurt. A Q&A session and writing workshop about brutal honesty, responsibility and conscience when telling your story);
• poet, playwright and actor Tina Biello (Writing and Sharing Your Story. An interactive workshop that is a mix of writing, discussion, and reading aloud);
• and poet and writer Louie Leyson (Ekphrasis: Ways of Looking at the North. A poetry workshop about practice of writing in response to visual art). Biello and Leyson will also be giving readings at separate events during the Festival.

There will also be free writing workshops for kids (ages 9-12, with Storri Chesson) and youth (ages 13-17, with Claire Ness). See the full schedule and participants below.

About Yukon Words

Yukon Words is a not-for-profit cultural organization with a mission to represent, support and promote Yukon writers, storytellers and word artists at all levels and in all disciplines. They’re also committed to welcoming, building and connecting an inclusive community of readers and audiences; and fostering wide public access to and participation in Yukon writing and storytelling arts and industries in all forms. Read more about them and their history here.

(Photo credits: Yukon Words.)

 

Event details

Hosted by: Yukon Words 

Type of event: literary festival

Schedule: See the full schedule & participants here.

Dates: The Festival runs Friday, November 22 – Sunday, November 24, 2024; please see the Schedule for specific event dates/times.

Times: Please see the Schedule for specific event times/duration.

• Opening Night event on Friday, November 22: 7:00 – 9:00 PM MT
• Saturday, November 23: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM MT
• Sunday, November 24: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM MT

Cost: Some events are free and require registration. Early bird tickets available starting Tuesday, October 15.

• Opening Night on Friday, November 22: By donation (registration required)
• An Evening with Richard Van Camp on Saturday, November 23: C$20.00 Early Bird / C$27.50 General Admission
• Workshops: C$15.00 – $20.00 Early Bird / C$22.50 – $27.50 General Admission
• Masterclass with Richard Van Camp on Sunday, November 24, Designing Characters And Why We Need Conflict In Our Fiction: C$40.00 Early Bird / C$47.50 General Admission

Locations:

• Friday, November 22 Opening Night event: Old Firehall, 1105 Front St., Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 5G4
• Saturday, November 23 & Sunday, November 24 events: Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, 1171 1st Ave., Whitehorse, YT, Y1A 0G9

Booking links for select Festival events:

• Register for Opening Night here.
• Book your tickets for An Evening with Richard Van Camp here.
• Book your tickets for The Truth Doesn’t Have to Hurt workshop with Emelia Symington-Fedy here.
• Book your tickets for the Writing and Sharing Your Story workshop with Tina Biello here.
• Book your tickets for the Ekphrasis: Ways of Looking at the North workshop with Louie Leyson here.
• Book your tickets for the Designing Characters And Why We Need Conflict In Our Fiction masterclass with Richard Van Camp here.

Booking links for other Festival events: Some events are free and require registration; please see their Ticket Information page for other individual registration & ticket links.

Contact Details: Yukon Words, Contact form here, yukonwords.ca

 

Content warning: Please consult the individual events in the schedule.

Accessibility: The Old Fire Hall is a wheelchair accessible building, with free wheelchair parking available on Front Street (opposite side of the Old Fire Hall) and on Main Street. The Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre is wheelchair accessible and has two wheelchairs on site for guests who require extra assistance. If needed, please contact them prior to your visit at 867-456-5322 or info@kdcc.ca – or ask for the chair at their Front Desk.

Refund policy: Please choose your tickets carefully. There will be no exchanges or refunds except in the case of event cancellation.