Zora Neale Hurston, A Literary Life
By Michelle Potter “It was the time for sitting on porches beside the road. It was the time to hear things and talk.” – Their…
Tag: Literary Festivals
50 Shades of Escape: Literary Trips To Heat Up Your February
by Marisela Navarro. I have always considered reading fiction to “escape” an active pursuit, not a passive release. It feels like you’re forgetting yourself, disappearing…
Festival Season Preview: The Hay Festival Returns to Kells
by G.J. Schear Kells. The very name suggests books. One of the most famous in the world, The Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript of…
Emirates Airline Festival: A Literary Oasis Amid the Dazzle of Dubai
By Ann Kirkland It has been a long and brutal winter in Toronto. So, when I was invited to the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature…
WordFest, Wharton and a Weekend in the Berkshires
by Amanda Festa Although the heat does not seem to be going anywhere anytime soon, as Labor Day inches its way closer, it is…