november 4-6: the fifth annual wild writers festival, hosted by the new quarterly, kicks off on friday night. we've included a few highlights below and the full program is available here.

friday night at 7pm: guy gavriel kay and rosemary sullivan in conversation with craig norris in the CIGI auditorium.

saturday all day: a variety of workshops hosted by authors on everything from poetry, fantasy, detective, art of literary research and so much more. read details here

sunday: literary brunch at rhapsody barrel bar with authors madeleine thien, alissa york and michael helm

tickets: many of the saturday workshops at the balsillie school are free. find tickets to the entire weekend or to individual events here