Schedule & Passes
DISCLAIMER:
Due to the evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a possibility to see changes in events and the line-up leading up to the Festival. All schedules and Festival information will list the last day updated so please make sure to stay up to date.
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Masking is encouraged at all Festival Events
Last updated: April 19, 2023
Online Events
We are proud to continue to bring you online events as we welcome back in-person sessions. The in-person events in the Mae Wilson Theatre and the Art Museum Theatre will be live-streamed. You will still be able to ask questions as our moderators and introducers will be monitoring the chat.
Festival Passes
Full Pass
Get entry into all events except workshops and Trivia Night.
Cost: $200
Friday Pass
Contains entry into 4 Readings and the Friday Feature.
Cost: $45 ($55 Value)
Student Pass
Get entry into all events except workshops and Trivia Night.
Cost: $65
Saturday Pass
Contains entry into 4 Readings, the Saturday Feature and Evening Entertainment.
Cost: $85 ($115 Value)
Flex Pass
The Flex Pass offers entry to all events through a punch card with each punch worth $5.
Cost: $110 ($125 in punches)
Online Pass
Provides access to all livestreamed events
Cost: $20
*Links to online events will be emailed to you shortly after signing up for an Online Pass.
2024 Festival Schedule
*Indicates a Live Streamed Event
Thursday, July 18th
Outlining Novels with Premee Mohamed
9:00 AM | 3 HR | Taylor Room MJPL
$35 - Registration Required
If you don't plan your novels, you're missing out! How to outline longform work in a way that doesn't kill your excitement to write!
Sponsored by Saskatchewan Writers' Guild
Reading for Writers Workshop with Johnny D. Trinh
9:00 AM | 3 HR | North Studio MJCC
$35 - Registration Required
This workshop is a great opportunity for writers of all genres to improve their public reading and performance skills. Johnny will offer all participants a range of tools, exercises, and questions to consider how they can present authentically while maintaining audience engagement.
Requirements:
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All bodies and abilities are welcome, we will do our utmost to provide adaptations within our ability, please let us know in advance if possible
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Come with a piece of writing up to 2 minutes worth - ideally your own, but for the sake of this workshop, anything is fine.
Sponsored by Saskatchewan Writers' Guild | Venue Sponsored by Moose Jaw Cultural Centre
Bardic Inspiration: An RPG-Inspired Writing Playshop with Victoria Koops
9:00 AM | 2 HR | South Room MJPL
Free - Registration Required
Join young adult author and self-proclaimed geek, Victoria Koops, for a role playing game inspired playshop (like a workshop, but more fun) for young adventurers! Using elements familiar to both gamers and bards writers, such as character creation, backstory, and even some actual role-play, teens will develop their storytelling skills, both in game and "on-the-page" in real life! No prior experience points needed to enjoy this playshop, just bring some pencils, paper, and any other props that give you bardic inspiration!
Sponsored by SSCF and Rotary Club of Moose Jaw
Storytime for Little Ones with Candace Savage
10:00 AM | 1 HR | Front Lawn MJPL
Join us for stories in the sun!
Sponsored by SaskTel
Thematic Approach to Sci-Fi with Robert Sawyer
1:00 PM | 3 HR | South Room MJPL
$35 - Registration Required
A discussion of how to come up with and develop a high concept for your own science- fiction by finding the theme that will give rise to your plot and characters, and enthrall your audience.
Sponsored by Saskatchewan Writers' Guild
Cafe Daughter
6:00 PM | 1:45 HR | Mae Wilson Theatre MJCC
$13 - Included in Full Pass
Half-Chinese, half-Cree Yvette Wong struggles to find her place in a small Saskatchewan community in the 1960s. She embraces her Cree identity after she befriends Maggie Wolf and pursues her dream of going to medical school.
Saskatchewan Writers' Guild Reception
9:30 PM | 1 HR | MJCC Lobby
Free
Appetizers provided by SWG
Friday, July 19th
Reading Sessions
Note: All sessions are reading sessions and $10 per session unless otherwise stated. All sessions are included in the full pass. Each session is 50 minutes long.
9:00 AM
Art Museum Theatre*
Timothy Taylor and Naomi Hansen
South Room
Robert J. Sawyer and Alice Major
Taylor Room
Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio and Jael Richardson
Reading Room
Victoria Koops and Candace Savage
1:00 PM
Art Museum Theatre*
David A. Robertson and Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio
South Room
Philipp Schott and Waubgeshig Rice
Taylor Room
Abdulsalam Abo Al Shamat and katherena vermette
Reading Room
Andrea Olive and Holly Hogan
10:10 AM
Art Museum Theatre*
Cara-Lyn Morgan and Tara Sidhoo-Fraser
South Room
Hyland Session featuring Sid Marty and dee Hobsbawn-Smith
Free | Sponsored by Arts in Motion
Taylor Room
Jes Battis and Philipp Schott
Reading Room
Vivian Darroch-Lozowski and Sheri-D Wilson
2:10 PM
Art Museum Theatre*
Alice Major and Sid Marty
South Room
Premee Mohamed and Robert J. Sawyer
Taylor Room
Joan Thomas and Timothy Taylor
Reading Room
Zalika Reid-Benta and Vivian Darroch-Lozowski
Online*
Teen Read Out
Special Events
Let's Get Political*
4:00 PM | 1HR | Mae Wilson Theatre MJCC
$17 - Included in Full Pass and Friday Pass
A discussion on what happens when books become political with David A. Robertson, katherena vermette, and S. Bear Bergman. Moderated by Jael Richardson.
Trivia Night
6:00 PM | 2 HR | Bobby's Place
$35
Fish and Chip Dinner with literary trivia. Doors open at 5:30PM.
Spoken Word Showcase*
8:00 PM | 1.5 HR | Mae Wilson Theatre MJCC
Entry By Donation
Shayna Stock, Johnny D. Trinh, and Abdulsalam Abo Al Shamat. Hosted by Cat Abenstein
Saturday, July 20th
Reading Sessions
Note: All sessions are reading sessions and $10 per session unless otherwise stated. All sessions are included in the full pass. Each session is 50 minutes long.
9:00 AM
Art Museum Theatre*
Dramatic Reading: Sheri-D Wilson
South Room
Waubgeshig Rice and Holly Hogan
Taylor Room
Naomi Hansen and Joan Thomas
dee Hobsbawn-Smith and Jes Battis
Reading Room
Art Gallery*
Johnny D. Trinh and Tara Sidhoo-Fraser
10:10 AM
Art Museum Theatre*
Dramatic Reading: Sheri-D Wilson
South Room
S. Bear Bergman and Victoria Koops
Taylor Room
katherena vermette and Cara-Lyn Morgan
Reading Room
Zalika Reid-Benta and Premee Mohamed
1:00 PM
Art Museum Theatre*
Sask Book Awards Session Featuring dee Hobsbawn-Smith, Tim Blackett and Adam Pottle
South Room
S. Bear Bergman and Naomi Hansen
Taylor Room
Andrea Olive and Sid Marty
Reading Room
Holly Hogan and Tara Sidhoo-Fraser
2:10 PM
Art Museum Theatre*
Philipp Schott and Joan Thomas
South Room
Alice Major and David A. Robertson
Taylor Room
Cara-Lyn Morgan and Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio
Reading Room
Timothy Taylor and Shayna Stock
Special Events
Interview with Robert J. Sawyer*
4:00 PM | 1HR | Mae Wilson Theatre MJCC
$17 - Included in Full Pass and Saturday Pass
A discussion with the acclaimed Sci-Fi writer on his works, turning a book into a TV series, and more. Moderated by Ed Willett.
Book Launch with Penumbra Press
5:00 PM | 1 HR | MJCC Lobby
Free
Featuring TBA
An Evening with Brent Butt
8:00 PM | 2 HR | Mae Wilson Theatre MJCC
$60 - Included in Full Pass and Saturday Pass
Live comedy set followed by an interview with Brent on writing and his new thriller, Huge. Moderated by Rob Carnie.
Only the Interview will be livestreamed. The live comedy set will not be livestreamed.
Sunday, July 21st
Breakfast & Panels
$35 - Included in Full Pass | Moose Jaw Events Centre
Breakfast
9:00 AM | 1 HR
Catered breakfast with coffee, juice and tea.
Climate Protection on Home Soil*
10:00 AM | 50 MIN
How do we protect our natural grasslands? Panel with Lorne Scott, Andrea Olive, Premee Mohamed, and Ian Hnatowich.
Moderated by Candace Savage
Fantastical Writings*
11:10 AM | 50 MIN
Panel talking all things fantasy with Zalika Reid-Benton, Jes Battis, and Victoria Koops. Moderated by Jael Richardson.