Inuvik Writing Workshop
Writing to Kindle (not the ebook kind) Join Victoria author Julie Lawson for an evening of writing activities guaranteed to kindle creativity and spark the flow of ideas. Bring pen, paper and a...
View Article2012 NorthWords Writers Festival
May 31 – June 3, 2012, Yellowknife NT, Canada Finding Home Giller Prize Winning Novelist and co-host of CBC’s Fifth Estate Linden MacIntyre will be a headliner at the seventh annual NorthWords Writers...
View ArticleSeventeen authors selected to contribute to NorthWords/DeBeers Anthology
YELLOWKNIFE (May 22, 2012) – De Beers Canada and NorthWords NWT are proud to announce that works from 17 writers have been selected for inclusion in Coming Home: Stories from the Northwest...
View ArticleNorthWords Prize presented to Body Trade
The 2012 NorthWords Writers Festival is now over and this one was the best yet! But then, we say that every year. A huge thank you goes out to all the authors who participated, the sponsors, the...
View ArticleNew rules for NorthWords Prize
For the three years NorthWords has been awarding the $1000 NorthWords Prize to an exceptional book set in the NWT. Until now, books written by NorthWords board members, staff and their close families...
View ArticleYikes!
A gremlin has got into our website, stealing news of all the great things we’ve done over the past 2+ years: No mention of the amazing festivals we had in 2013 and 2014. Nothing about the many...
View ArticleOne-on-One Mentorship Programme Returns!
CALLING ALL CREATIVE WRITERS After an exciting pilot last fall / winter, NorthWords one-on-one mentorship programme is returning 3rd November! Are you: working on a short story / novel / memoir /...
View ArticleWorkshop and NorthWords AGM – 22 November
There is still time to sign up for Fred Stenson’s workshop ‘Casting a Spell’ at Aurora College, 10 – 2.00 this coming Saturday, 22nd November. Click here for details. This will be followed by the...
View ArticleWorkshop with Sheryl McFarlane
We had a great workshop on Valentine’s Day with children’s author Sheryl McFarlane. Particpants ranged from published writers to absolute beginners and the workshop satisfied all, ranging from...
View ArticleNorthWords Festival 2015, Let’s Celebrate!
NorthWords NWT is very excited to announce the line up for this years festival. We are thrilled to be welcoming for our tenth annual festival; Kathleen Winter, Garry Gottfriedson, Alexander MacLeod,...
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