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Every year, we bring some of Canada's best authors to Saskatoon for a free festival to celebrate books and reading!

04/20/2026

We’re back at work, planning this year’s festival…keep your eyes on this space.

12/24/2025

💛 THANK YOU, SASKATOON! 💛 What an incredible day at The Word On The Street Saskatoon. Our hearts are full.

To our sponsors SK Arts & Canadian Heritage, partners, booksellers, publishers, and community supporters — thank you for believing in the power of literacy, stories, and gathering together around Canadian voices. Your support makes this festival possible. The Refinery was the perfect setting, and the staff were absolutely amazing to work with, thank you!

To our volunteers — you are the backbone of Word On The Street. From early setup to last load-out, welcoming guests, supporting authors, and keeping everything running smoothly — we truly could not do this without you.

To our authors, moderators, board directors, Mane Productions, Davika Hoop dance performer, and Elder Debbie Ironbow — thank you for sharing your words, your wisdom, and your time with our community.

And to everyone who attended, listened, asked questions, bought books, and filled the space with curiosity and care — thank you for showing up and making the day so special.

📸 Photos by LeClaire Media — thank you for capturing the energy and magic of the day so beautifully. To see info and details about WOTS, check out our digital program!

WOTS 2026 DIGITAL PROGRAM : https://assets.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:637eb545-353d-4ed0-9cef-57e459852eb8?view=published

✨ This festival is about community, creativity, literacy and connection — and today reminded us exactly why it matters.

See you in 2026! 📚🎉

11/15/2025

The Word on the Street is happening now until 5pm at The Refinery!

Come and join our authors, volunteers, exhibitors and other book lovers for author readings, book signing, Q&A’s and more!

Check out our digital program for all things Word on the Street!

PROGRAM 👉 https://online.fliphtml5.com/xmqyj/gomt/ =1

11/15/2025

📚✨ IT’S ALL HAPPENING TODAY, SASKATOON! ✨📚
The Word On The Street Saskatoon 2025 Festival is officially HERE — and we cannot wait to celebrate books, stories, creativity, and community with you!

Join us all day at The Refinery for:
🎤 Live author readings
📖 Book launches & conversations
🖋️ Signing sessions
🎭 Performances
📚 Local booksellers & publishers
❤️ A full day of literary magic!

We kick things off at 10:30 AM with our Opening Ceremonies, featuring Elder Debbie Ironbow and a stunning hoop dancing performance by Davika Ironbow — and then the stages come alive with some of the best voices in Canadian literature.

Come for one session or stay all day — the festival is FREE, welcoming, and made for everyone who loves stories.

✨ Grab your coffee, bring your friends, and head down to The Refinery.
✨ Let’s fill the day with creativity, connection, and the joy of reading!
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See you soon — it’s time to celebrate! 🎉📚

11/14/2025

Our digital program is LIVE! See what's happening tomorrow, meet our authors, come down to have a book signed, and so much more!

PROGRAM HERE --> bit.ly: bit.ly/2025wotsyxe

11/14/2025

MEET OUR AUTHORS! Reading this Saturday, November 15th at The Refinery, Saskatoon!

Betty Ternier Daniels lives with her husband and two cats on a farm in northwest Saskatchewan. When she retired from teaching as a sessional instructor in the University of Saskatchewan English department, she wrote her first novel. Grounds for Murder was published by ECW Press in September 2024 and was shortlisted for the Saskatchewan Book Award for Fiction. The novel is set on a farm very much like the author’s and features a 60-year-old widow who refuses to sell her land. When a realtor is killed by someone who mistakes her for the protagonist, Jeannie must track down the person who wants her land so badly that they are willing to kill for it. Betty is working on her second novel, A Clear-Cut Case.

Discover our other authors here --> https://thewordonthestreet.ca/saskatoon/festival/schedule/

11/14/2025

MEET OUR AUTHORS! Reading this Saturday, November 15th at The Refinery, Saskatoon!

Trevor Herriot is a naturalist and the author of several award-winning books, including Grass, Sky, Song and the national bestseller River in a Dry Land, both of which were short-listed for the Governor General’s Award for Non-fiction. His eighth book, a novel entitled The Economy of Sparrows was awarded the 2024 Glengarry Book Award. He is also a recipient of the Kloppenberg Award for Literary Merit and the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. His essays and articles have appeared in The Globe & Mail, The Narwhal, Brick, Border Crossings, Canadian Geographic, and several anthologies.

Discover our other authors here --> https://thewordonthestreet.ca/saskatoon/festival/schedule/

11/14/2025

MEET OUR AUTHORS! Reading this Saturday, November 15th at The Refinery, Saskatoon!

Tea Gerbeza (she/her) is the author of How I Bend Into More (Palimpsest Press, 2025). She is a neuroqueer disabled writer and multimedia artist with a very loud laugh. Tea has an MFA in Writing from the University of Saskatchewan and an MA in English & Creative Writing from the University of Regina. She creates in oskana kâ-asastêki in Treaty 4 territory (Regina, SK) and is one of four pain poets. Find out more on teagerbeza.com.

Discover our other authors here --> https://thewordonthestreet.ca/saskatoon/festival/schedule/

11/14/2025

MEET OUR AUTHORS! Reading this Saturday, November 15th at The Refinery, Saskatoon!

Marina Endicott’s Good to a Fault was a finalist for the Giller Prize and CBC’s Canada Reads,and won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. The Little Shadows was short-listed for the Governor General’s award and long-listed for the Giller Prize, as was Close to Hugh; The Difference won the Edmonton and Dartmouth Fiction Prizes. The Observer won the City of Saskatoon Book Award and was Saskatchewan Book of the Year for 2023.

Discover our other authors here --> https://thewordonthestreet.ca/saskatoon/festival/schedule/

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