Write Out Loud 2026-2027 takes the stage at Swift Current’s Lyric Theatre
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The Write Out Loud season commences September 16 at the Swift Current Lyric Theatre. Admission is $10. Doors open at 6:30. Each evening also features a musical performance.
September 16 – Iryn Tushabe – a Ugandan-Canadian writer and independent journalist, currently the Regina Public Library Writer in Residence. The protagonist in her award-winning novel, “Everything is Fine Here” (2025; House of Anansi Press), learns her beloved sister is gay in a country with anti-homosexual legislation.
October 15 – Don Macdonald – A bonus presentation! Don is a journalist who grew up in Manitoba and now lives in Montreal. His second novel, The Faithful (2026; Linda Leith Publishing) is about the murder of a Hutterite man. It deals with the Hutterite reality in rural Canada in a serious and respectful way while telling a compelling mystery story.
October 21 – K.D. Kulpa – Regina author and podcaster of horror, paranormal, and dark fiction. In addition to her “ParaGhoul Paranormal” podcast, she’s published numerous short stories and two novels - “Coma” (2024; Pete’s Press) and “Unearthed” (2025; Self-Published).
November 18 – Jeanette Lynes – author, poet, and professor who directs the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Saskatchewan. She’s published 7 books of poetry and her most recent of 4 novels, “Paper Birds” (2025; Harper Avenue Publishing), has been long-listed for the Toronto Book Awards (along with Margaret Atwood!). This novel is a story of women codebreakers in Canada during WWII.
February 17 – Local Writers – participants to be announced.
March 17 – Cort Dogniez – retired teacher, administrator, consultant from Saskatoon. “Road to La Prairie Ronde” (2020; Gabriel Dumont Institute) is a coming-of-age story that imagines the journey of his ancestor, Frederick Dumont, relative of Gabriel Dumont. “Growing up Metis: Stories of Resiliency” (2024; Gabriel Dumont Institute) imagines the young lives of his grandmother and great-grandmother through fiction.
April 15 – Peace Akintade – an African-Canadian interdisciplinary poet and playwright who, until recently, served as the Eleventh Saskatchewan Poet Laureate. She weaves together poetry, dance, performance art, theology, and theatre. “The Goat’s Tongue” (2026; Metatron Press) marries poetry, Nigerian folklore, and postcolonial themes of silence and isolation.
May 19 – Yann Martel – (to be confirmed) wrote the Man-Booker Prize-winning “Life of Pi” that sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and was made into an Academy Award winning movie. His recent novel “Son of Nobody” (2026; Knopf Canada) is described in “The Guardian” as a story where “an epic poem about the Trojan War is merged with the domestic heartbreak of the scholar who discovers it.”