A total of eleven events happening at the McConnell Library in Sydney, the Wilfred Oram Library in North Sydney, the Glace Bay Library and the Baddeck Library make up the Cape Breton Regional Library’s Turning Leaves Library Festival which will run from Tuesday, October 19th until Saturday, October 30th. Presentations and readings from playwrights, novelists, non-fiction authors, editors, illustrators, journalists and storytellers promise edification and entertainment for audiences of varying ages and interests.
Tuesday October 19
1:00 pm McConnell Library, Sydney
Frank Macdonald, author and former editor, Inverness Oran – Seniors Cafe Presentation on A Forest for Calum
7:00 pm McConnell Library, Sydney
Bev Brett (playwright), Don Domanski (poet), Richard MacKinnon (author), Donna Troicuk (author) with MC Ken Chisholm – Opening Panel – Cape Breton Writers
Wednesday October 20
7:30 pm Wilfred Oram Library, North Sydney
Mark Oakley, comic and graphic novel author/illustrator
Friday October 22
7:30 pm McConnell Library, Sydney (all ages)
Steve Vernon, author and storyteller
Saturday October 23
2:00 pm Glace Bay Library (ages 7 and up)
Steve Vernon, author and storyteller
Tuesday October 26
7:00 pm McConnell Library, Sydney
Linden MacIntyre, award-winning author and journalist – Presentation on The Bishop’s Man
Wednesday October 27
6:30 pm Glace Bay Library
Sheree Fitch, award-winning author– PJ Story time (family)
7:00 pm Baddeck Community Centre (Fire Hall)
Linden MacIntyre, award-winning author and journalist – Presentation on The Bishop’s Man
Thursday October 28
10:00 am Wilfred Oram Library, North Sydney
Sheree Fitch, award-winning author Special Story time (family)
Friday October 29
6:30 pm Baddeck Library, Baddeck
Nancy Wilcox Richards, author and teacher – PJ Story time (family)
Saturday October 30
11:00 am McConnell Library, Sydney
Nancy Wilcox Richards, author and teacher – Special Saturday Story time (family)
