As Canada’s largest independent literary celebration, the Ottawa International Writers Festival promotes and contends that a love of reading and learning should be nurtured throughout our lives and that literacy is a birthright. Whether offering writing workshops to the homeless, hosting a Nobel Laureate, organizing biannual literary celebrations or bringing authors into area schools, the goal is the same: to create an environment that activates creativity and encourages the love of reading, learning and self-expression.
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