Join Canada's longest running summer gathering of Canadian writers and readers, featuring established literary stars and exciting, new voices... with opportunities for writers and readers to mingle amidst Rockwood's heritage gardens.
NOTE: Regardless of how you purchase tickets, you will need to pick up paper tickets printed by the Festival of the Written Arts. Tickets will be ready for pick-up on Wednesday, June 20. We will also hold them for pick-up until you arrive at the Festival in August. Please call the office to make special arrangements to have your tickets mailed.
Ticket Prices:
| Festival Pass (Events 1-21) | $275.00 |
| Day Pass — Friday or Saturday | $ 95.00 |
| Day Pass — Sunday | $ 85.00 |
| Individual Events (each) | $ 16.00 |
| Pebbles Restaurant Salmon Dinner (Sunday) | $ 28.00 |
Schedule
| 1 | Thursday, August 16 | 8:00 pm | Carol Off | |
| 2 | Friday, August 17 | 9:00 am | Jennifer Robson | |
| 3 | Friday, August 17 | 10:30 am | Sheena Kamal | |
| 4 | Friday, August 17 | 1:00 pm | John MacLachlan Gray | |
| 5 | Friday, August 17 | 2:30 pm | Kim Thúy | |
| 6 | Friday, August 17 | 4:00 pm | Mark Winston and Renee Saklikar | |
| 7 | Friday, August 17 | 7:00 pm | Katherena Vermette | |
| 8 | Friday, August 17 | 8:30 pm | Linden MacIntyre | |
| 9 | Saturday, August 18 | 9:00 am | Starlight by Richard Wagamese | |
| 10 | Saturday, August 18 | 10:30 am | Firestorm: Edward Struzik and Aaron Williams | |
| 11 | Saturday, August 18 | 1:00 pm | Carys Cragg in conversation with Andreas Schroeder | |
| 12 | Saturday, August 18 | 2:30 pm | Ausma Zehanat Khan | |
| 13 | Saturday, August 18 | 4:00 pm | Refugium: Poems for the Pacific | |
| 14 | Saturday, August 18 | 7:00 pm | Michael Redhill | |
| 15 | Saturday, August 18 | 8:30 pm | Deborah Campbell | |
| 16 | Sunday, August 19 | 9:00 am | Clem Martini and Olivier Martini | |
| 17 | Sunday, August 19 | 10:30 am | Kim Fu | |
| 18 | Sunday, August 19 | 1:00 pm | David Chariandy | |
| 19 | Sunday, August 19 | 2:30 pm | New Voices | |
| 20 | Sunday, August 19 | 4:00 pm | Charles Demers | |
| 21 | Sunday, August 19 | 7:30 pm | Tom Wilson |