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Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 6

Street Festival Sunday starts earlier this year — 10:00 AM (not noon)!

Swipe for the full schedule: panels, readings, workshops, food & vendors. We’ll be rolling from 10:00–5:00 — come early and make a day of it.

🎟️ Get your Sunday pass now: emwf.ca

#EMWF2025 #EdenMills #DiscoverOntario

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 5

A debut poet and a seasoned storyteller sit down to explore joy, grief, queerness, and community through their bold, tender new works. Join Matthew J. Trafford and Chiedza Pasipanodya for a conversation on stories that refuse easy answers. Sept 7th at the Street Festival Sunday at emwf.ca

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 5

SOLD OUT! 🌿
Stories Beyond the Machine: A Community Circle has reached capacity — thank you for filling the circle with such care.

Still looking to write with us tonight? A few spots remain for Eden Mills After Dark: Writing Romantasy with #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Shalini Abeysekara

🎟️ 🔗

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Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Courage to Care 💚 Guelph School of Environmental Sciences Set
Sunday, Sept 7 · Join Maria Reva , Kate Neville, and Farah Ghafoor as together, they ask: what does it mean to love a world that feels out of control, and how might that love be the thing that saves it? Hosted by Madhur Anand emwf.ca

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Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our street festival is right around the corner! Before you head to Eden Mills, here’s your festival packing list 👇

A folding lawn chair or blanket/ground cover
An umbrella (just in case)
Cash — cell service in the village can be spotty
A reusable water bottle
An inquisitive mind 🧠✨

#EMWF2025

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Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 5

Speculative fiction cracks the world open and lets us step into another. Join Daniel Sarah Karasik (Disobedience), Coltrane Seesequasis (The Threads of Time), and Terese Mason Pierre (As the Earth Dreams) this Sunday, Sept 7 · 1:00PM · Street Festival Sunday
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#EMWF2025 #SpecFic #SciFi

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Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you to our sponsors 📚🌿

The Eden Mills Writers’ Festival would not be possible without the deep-rooted support of our community and partners. From funding literary programming to keeping our events accessible and our village vibrant, your generosity allows us to dream big and gather widely.

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Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 4

🌿✨ Story Is a State of Mind: A Whole-Mind Writing Workshop
Sept 7th, Street Festival Sunday
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What if writing could feel as natural as breathing? Acclaimed author and writing coach Sarah Selecky invites you to reconnect with your creative curiosity in this immersive workshop.

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 4

From Guelph’s own literary ground comes a chorus of voices that refuse to be contained.
Stories That Won’t Stay Still, Co-Presented with Vocamus Press. Sept 7th. Ft. Kasia Jaronczyk, Adam Lindsay Honsinger, Zane Koss, and ex-Guelphite, Joanna Cockerline. Hosted by Jeremy Luke Hill. emwf.ca

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 4

Poetry is personal, political, and perpetually in motion. Four distinctive voices reflect on land, motherhood, identity, ancestry, and the unexpected. Ft. Terese Mason Pierre, Lisa Baird, Melinda Burns, and D.A. Lockhart. Sept 7 · Sunday Street Festival · emwf.ca

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 3

Remembering the Body ✨
Sept 7 at the Street Festival Sunday
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What happens when the body refuses to follow the script?

This conversation brings together writers whose work challenges traditional narratives of health, femininity, and form. With Ardra Shephard, Em Wright, and Kate Gies.

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 3

History’s margins hold some of its most powerful stories. In this conversation, three acclaimed storytellers resurrect forgotten lives with lyricism, research, and fierce imagination. With Linden MacIntyre, Robert Hough, and Christine Estima. Hosted by Katherine Ashenburg. Sept 7 · emwf.ca

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 3

🌿 The River is an Ever-Turning Page 🌿
A self-guided writing workshop at the Eramosa River & Forest of Cedars.

Attune your senses to water, trees, and place — cultivating ecological awareness and letting the land shape your words.

Part of #EMWF2025 — learn more at emwf.ca

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 2

Join us for “Life Has a Funny Way…”, where three authors share how their tangled, unexpected lives became unforgettable fiction: Liann Zhang (Julie Chan is Dead), Maria Reva (Endling), Farah Ghafoor (Shadow Price). Hosted by Antonio Michael Downing, CBC’s The Next Chapter. Sept 7 emwf.ca

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 2

The 2025 EMWF festival map is live — and with it, a few exciting updates for your day in Eden Mills: The Cedars (a shady rest and workshop area tucked beneath the trees), The Village Loom (our new children’s craft & activity zone) and the new location for the Children’s Stage. More at emwf.ca !

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Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 2

Fangs. Magic. Lust. Longing. Power plays.

Welcome to Romantasy — where steamy romance meets fantasy world-building. Join authors Shalini Abeysekara, A.J. Vrana, and M.K. Lobb for a genre-deep dive into what makes a good romantasy… so hot.

Hosted by Sidrah, Bookstagrammer
Sunday, Sept 7 emwf.ca

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 2

Murder. Mayhem. Influencers. Aunties.

Four authors redefining the genre: Uzma Jalaluddin, Liann Zhang, Bianca Marais, and Shari Lapena. They’ll talk craft, suspense, plotting the perfect crime, and what keeps us turning pages well past bedtime. Sunday, Sept 7 Street Festival with EMWF.
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Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 1

📣 We’re opening the gates early this year!

The Eden Mills Street Festival now starts at 10:00 AM on Sunday, Sept 7.
What else is new?
→ More workshops and panels
→ New stages tucked into unexpected corners
→ A whole-day literary adventure in the heart of the village

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Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 1

Short stories are tiny powerhouses.

Join Pratap Reddy, Damian Tarnopolsky, and Catherine Bush as they explore how they stretch the limits of the short form. Hosted by author Greg Rhyno, this is a morning of sharp insights and beautiful storytelling.

Sun, Sept 7
10:30 AM
Eden Mills, ON
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Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 1

Our festival shuttle is FREE and HOURLY all day — so swing by for a set or settle in till sunset. It even drops you closer than parking: right at the East Gate, beside a main stage. 🚌✨

Plan your day using the schedule on our website • Tickets: emwf.ca

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 1

Something strange is happening in small-town Ontario…

Join us as we launch Aliens on the Moon with literary legend Thomas King, in conversation with David A. Robertson. Expect sly wit, political teeth, and the kind of storytelling that only King can deliver. Sunday, Sept 7

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#EMWF2025

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Aug 31

Street Festival Sunday starts earlier this year — 10:00 AM (not noon)!

Swipe for the full schedule: panels, readings, workshops, food & vendors. We’ll be rolling from 10:00–5:00 — come early and make a day of it.

🎟️ Get your Sunday pass now: emwf.ca

#EMWF2025 #EdenMills #DiscoverOntario

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Aug 31

Democracy is not a finished story.

Join Andrew Coyne, David A. Robertson, Mark Bourrie, Ariel Sim, and Karin Wells as they ask: Whose democracy is it? Since when? And who gets to decide?

Sunday, Sept 7
1:30–3:00 PM
Downtown Eden Mills
Panel Discussion
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#EMWF2025 #CanadianPolitics

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Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Aug 31

Festival week is here — Schedule (1/2)!

Swipe for the day-by-day lineup: Launch Party, free library programming, and online & in-person writing workshops to spark your craft.

🎟️ Tickets are on sale now: emwf.ca
🗓️ Full schedule on our website!

#EMWF2025 #OpenAirOpenBookOpenMind #DiscoverOntario

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Aug 31

Sun Sept 7 Street Festival · 10:30AM
MISSED CONNECTIONS
A luminous panel on loneliness, longing & the work of reaching across.

Featuring:
Ian Williams
Madhur Anand
Souvankham Thammavongsa

Three of the most thoughtful writers in the country, gathered for a morning of truth-telling and tenderness.

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