Wordstock, Collingwood’s new literary festival, is being held downtown on September 1
0-11 this year with quite a line-up of events planned. All Saturday events are FREE for this inaugural event but note that advance registration is required for some with tickets available online starting July 1st on a first-come, first-served basis.
One of the showcase events of course, is author readings. Three separate sessions featuring nine authors will be held through the day at Trinity United Church with a capacity for 400 people each. They include:
A Morning of History featuring Christine Cowley (Butchers, Bakers and Builders of the Lakers), Catherine Gildiner (AfterThe Falls) and Dorris Heffron (City Wolves). 
An Afternoon Of Mystery will bring national authors to town including former Toronto Star writer Linwood Barclay, the John Cardinal mystery series author, Giles Blunt and, Maureen Jennings, the author of the Murdoch Mysteries.
A Late Afternoon Look at Life features non-fiction writers: John Geiger (The Third Man Factor), Karolyn Smardtz-Frost (I’ve got a Home In Glory Land) and documentary fiction writer, Michael Winter (Death of Donna Whelan).
Each session will be up to 90 minutes long allowing time for each author to read and discuss their current works. There will be time for Q&A’s plus book sales and signings on-site of course. I’d say more but I’m off to read…
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