Posted: Jan 26, 2021 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: January 26
William Ping has moved from audience member to host for the 2021 edition of the Sparks Literary Festival. He says in times of isolation, literature remains a great way to connect with others.(Submitted by the Ping family)
Poet Mary Dalton has described the Sparks Literary Festival as a word spree.
It is just that a spell of unrestrained literature of all kinds being shared with any who care to listen. The St. John s festival founded by Dalton, a retired professor of English at Memorial University, is now an annual gathering of writers from here and abroad, engaged in readings and discussions of their work.