North Shore Readers and Writers Festival
November 4 – 11, 2021
The North Shore Readers and Writers Festival is a biennial event that locates, celebrates, and fosters the literary arts and engagement with the written word.
In 2021 the Festival will become a Fantastic NonFest! Meaning, while we are not planning programming for large, in-person gatherings just yet, we have crafted two educational tracks for writers of all levels to learn from seasoned, published Minnesota authors. We anticipate hosting classes in person.
CLASSES
Classes are 2 – 4 days in length and follow either a poetry or a hybrid track. Participants can opt to follow one of the two specific tracks or select from either track to build out their NonFest experience.
Poetry Track
Joyce Sutphen | Memory and Poetry
Sun Yung Shin | Poetry and History (Virtual Class)
Hybrid Track
Diane Wilson | Telling True Stories: Memoir to Novel
Kathryn Savage | Elements of Creative Nonfiction and Memoir
To register for classes, click on the button below or contact us at info@grandmaraisartcolony.org
AUTHOR READINGS
We will be hosting a small number of author readings at Studio 21 on November 5 and 8 according to the schedule listed below. Each 30-minute reading will be ticketed separately, or a full pass for each night can be purchased for a small discount. Space will be limited. Please register for the readings in advance by clicking the button below or contact us at 218-387-2737 or info@grandmaraisartcolony.org
5:00 PM | Kathryn Savage
6:00 PM | Moheb Soliman
6:30 PM | Diane Wilson
5:00 PM | Scott Carpenter
5:30 PM | Joyce Sutphen
See What Our Full 2019 Festival Looked Like…
“It was an incredible experience. We met so many warm, down-to-earth people. The 2021 festival is already on our calendar.”
“The North Shore Readers and Writers Festival is one of my favorite events in our area. It’s stimulating, fun, challenging and educational. My goodness—what avid reader or writer could pass that up?”
