Upcoming Events
August 07, 2008
August 08, 2008
Wolfe Island Music Festival
The 10th Annual Wolfe Island Music Festival
The Festival will be held Aug 8th and 9th 2008
On Friday Aug 8th 2008
The Town Hall Hootenanny Returns! 8:30pm start
featuring Carolyn Mark, Jenny Whiteley, Joey Wright, Luther Wright and friends
The Abrams Brothers will be opening up the festivities.
Flying V Productions showcase at The General Wolfe Hotel 10:30pm
(this is a new event) Featuring The Handsome Furs!! with special guests local heroes Magic Jordan
Saturday Aug. 9th, Main Stage at the Marysville Baseball diamond 1pm start
Wintersleep, Cadence Weapon, Land of Talk, Jason Collett, Plants and Animals,
Tony Scherr, The Acorn, The D’urbervilles, Music Maul, P.S. I love you!
A community festival, proceeds go to the Wolfe Island Community Center.
Tickets for the Friday August 8th, Hootenanny show: $20
Tickets for Flying V Productions showcase at The General Wolfe Hotel $15.00
Tickets for Saturday August 9th: $30.00
Get Tickets Starting June 1st
For More Information:
Festivals on the St. Lawrence
Tel: (613) 544-5400 x 1359
Email: WIMF@stlawrencefestivals.com
Festival Coordinator — Sarah McDermott
Artistic Director — Virginia Clark, Flying V Productions
August 09, 2008
Scene of the Crime Festival
The Wolfe Island 6th Annual
Scene of the Crime Festival
will be held
Saturday, August 9th
Canada’s top mystery writers and readers’ unite on the island, where Canada’s first crime writer Grant Allen was born and raised, for a full day of programs, panels, the ever-popular short story contest and a brand new writing workshop.
The Grant Allen Award will be presented to New York Times bestselling author Joy Fielding, a native of Toronto. Filled with complex, three-dimensional characters, novels such as See Jane Run, Don’t Cry Now, The Deep End, The Other Woman, Mad River Road and her latest, Heartstopper have been a real inspiration to Canadian crime writers. Joy’s website is: www.joyfielding.com.
Visiting Authors include:
Linwood Barclay is a staff columnist for the Toronto Star. He’s had seven books published to date. Check out his website: www.linwoodbarcley.com
Mary Jane Maffini is a lapsed librarian, and the award-winning author of the Camilla MacPhee mystery series, the Fiona Silk mysteries, and the Charlotte Adams mysteries. Check her out on her website: www.maryjanemaffini.ca
JCuban born José Latour, immigrated to Canada in the fall of 2004. and now lives in Toronto. José’s newest book Comrades in Miami will be out in February, 2008. His website: www.joselatourauthor.com
Torontonian Louise Penny, was a journalist and radio host with the CBC before turning her hand to crime. Her books include Still Life, Dead Cold, The Cruelest Month. Check her website: www.louisepenny.com
For information go to: www.sceneofthecrime.ca
For information regarding costs/registration, or email info@sceneofthecrime.ca