It’s a weekend for writers and book lovers across Newfoundland and Labrador with the SPARKS Literary Festival on the go.
Set for Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the LSPU Hall, the event will celebrate the region’s literary scene.
Hosted by Memorial University’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of English, SPARKS 2024 will feature a wide range of writers from genres like fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and theatre.
It’s an annual event and author and participant Allison Graves, who moved to the province ten years ago, sees it as a great opportunity to read with the old guard of Newfoundland writing. She says there’s also a lot of other cool stuff going on such as an events table where books are on sale.
Graves says live readings are important. She only wishes they happened more frequently. She says it’s very special to hear someone live read something that is new.