September 30–October 2, 2011
Warm community. Stunning views.
Award-winning authors and exciting musicians.
Unparalleled access in intimate settings.
You won't want to miss the…
Cabot Trail Writers Festival… at North River
This fall, come to North River on the spectacular Cabot Trail in
Cape Breton. Join 2010 Scotiabank Giller prize winner
Johanna Skibsrud,
2010 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize nominee
Alexander MacLeod,
and 2010 Poet Laureate of Halifax
Shauntay Grant,
along with jazz quartet
The Synchronics
and singer/songwriter
Angelo Spinazzola,
in a weekend of events designed to let readers and writers
personally engage with some of their favourite artists.
A fascinating Friday-night opening gala on September 30
will showcase the work of iron sculptor
Gordon Kennedy,
pairing his large-scale pieces with poems inspired by the
sculpture, commissioned by the Festival, and written and
read by Shauntay Grant.
