Writers at Woody Point Festival
A four-day literary festival set in the tiny heritage village on the shores of Bonne Bay within Gros Morne National Park, bringing celebrated Canadian and international writers together for readings, poetry, and storytelling under some of the most dramatic scenery in Eastern Canada.
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