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How literary festivals shape the world outside of them

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An article by Sabrina Wex | CBC Arts (November 5, 2025)

This article presents an interview with Stephanie Domet, co-executive director of Halifax’s Afterwords Literary Festival et Leslie Hurtig, artistic director of Vancouver Writers Fest.

Read the full article: https://www.cbc.ca/arts/commotion/how-literary-festivals-shape-the-world-outside-of-them-9.6968279

Stephanie Domet

Stephanie Domet is the author of two novels, Homing and Fallsy Downsies, both published by Invisible. She has also co-authored a nonfiction book for intermediate readers titled Amazing Atlantic Canadian Women, published by Nimbus. She is a co-founder and co-executive director of the AfterWords Literary Festival and editor-in-chief of The Dalhousie Review. She teaches creative writing to adults and children from her home in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. She’s probably wearing something she sewed herself.

Stephanie Domet
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