Stories of Health

Stories of Health and Illness in #LdnOnt invites members of the public, campus & community to join us to experience the stories of people living with illness.

[Josh Lambier @JoshuaLambier]

Bald eagle taking flight over the Thames Valley Parkway in North London, Ontario.

I got a great snap just before sunset as it was going for a snack. #LdnOnt

[Words Fest @WordsLDN]

Join us to explore how the art world can navigate North American free trade during a time of trade war. #LdnOnt

@WesternU's Sarah EK Smith will join Ruth Skinner & Judith Rodger to talk about Canadian culture, the arts, and free trade.

🎟️ Register free: https://t.co/6zr6I6JmJQ

[Words Fest @WordsLDN]

Gabrielle Drolet stopped by - with Pidgey! - to talk about Look Ma, No Hands, her debut memoir about chronic pain, accessibility & young adulthood. Gabrielle is also an alumna of @WesternU & @uwogazette!

Our visit is now available on YouTube! #ldnont
➡️ https://t.co/r5xmu1JsIz

[Words Fest @WordsLDN]

Join us for a webinar with acclaimed essayist and cartoonist Gabrielle Drolet to talk about her new book, Look Ma, No Hands, a debut memoir about chronic pain, accessibility, and young adulthood.

Registration is free to all!
➡️ https://t.co/Tp1IzQPH25

[Words Fest @WordsLDN]

Join us for a webinar with award-winning author John Little to talk about The Donnellys, his tour-de-force history of Southwestern Ontario's most famous true crime!

We'll dive into Souwesto's greatest folktale for St. Patrick's Day.☘️

Register free ➡️ https://t.co/It6tvTICmy

[Words Fest @WordsLDN]

Join us for a webinar with award-winning novelist & journalist Omar El Akkad to talk about his debut nonfiction, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.

Registration free or by donation ➡️ https://t.co/s6TkfjPxb8

[Words Fest @WordsLDN]

Words is thrilled to present a webinar with acclaimed artist Anita Kunz, who has done cover art for The New Yorker, Rolling Stone & Time.

We'll explore Original Sisters, Anita's portraits of extraordinary women who changed the world!

Register free ➡️ https://t.co/h3LiJXYFEF

[Words Fest @WordsLDN]

Happy holidays from the Words Festival!

[Josh Lambier @JoshuaLambier]

To all of this talk of Canada as the 51st state, I respond with Greg Curnoe's iconic series of paintings of America, where he created maps of North America that eliminate the United States and stitch Canada together with Mexico.

Sadly more relevant now than ever. #ldnont

[Words Fest @WordsLDN]

Our warm thanks to all who joined us at @tapcreativityon for our screening of Shane Belcourt's documentary based on the memoir of Tom Wilson, hosted by Josh Lambier. #LdnOnt

We had a full house for a compelling evening!

Make sure to visit TAP to see Tom's brilliant exhibition.

[Josh Lambier @JoshuaLambier]

So sorry to hear the news of the passing of Dan Smoke, a transformative educator, activist, journalist & broadcaster who dedicated his life to uplifting the voices of Indigenous peoples.

My condolences to Mary Lou, his family, friends, and relations. He'll be missed by all.

[Josh Lambier @JoshuaLambier]

Re-reading Richard Rorty's Massey Lectures (1997), Achieving Our Country, I was struck by how accurate his predictions were for the future of the Left & the rise of Right-wing populism, 27 years before today's #ElectionDay in the US.

(I've struck 2 words on the second image).

[London Music Office 🇨🇦 @LDNMusicOffice]

This Friday!! 🎙️Celebrate #LdnOnt's 3 year #UNESCO #CityofMusic designation at Words & Music! 🎉An inspiring evening as we hear stories behind the songs and enjoy live performances!
🎟️FREE REGISTRATION: https://t.co/S1hxY2OI8a

[Words Fest @WordsLDN]

Do you love live music? Want to learn more about the art of songwriting?

Join us for Words & Music, a celebration of Canada's first UNESCO #CityofMusic, featuring Saveria, Tara Dunphy, King Cruff, John Fellner & Sara Rubino. #LdnOnt

Register free ➡️ https://t.co/kvJ7Kcg2ix

[Words Fest @WordsLDN]

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for the James Reaney Memorial Lecture with Jeff Culbert @jeff_culbert at @londonlibrary!

It was a full house for an afternoon packed with songs, poems, good conversation, and community!

[Josh Lambier @JoshuaLambier]

The Walz-Vance debate really exposes just how much is at stake in the Republican war on "experts."

Their populism is rooted in a profound and unsettling distrust of institutions and expertise.

#VPDebate2024

[Words Fest @WordsLDN]

Anyone in London, Ontario with a view to the north should check out the stunning summer lightning hovering in an isolated part of the sky over the city.

This is a view beside University Hospital at #WesternU.

It's mesmerizing to watch right now. #LdnOnt #onstorm

[Josh Lambier @JoshuaLambier]

Full house for @ThePairsMusic at TAP Centre for Creativity @tapcreativityon!

Gorgeous performance, fab conversation.

[Words Fest @WordsLDN]

Join us for a visit with Montreal painter Etienne Zack to explore his current exhibition at @GibsonGallery, "Mind Pictures."

Zack merges traditional materials, text, language and photo transfers to paint the process of his thinking.

Registration free ➡️ https://t.co/nOjtDe1Rt1

[Words Fest @WordsLDN]

The Words Team was very saddened to learn of the passing of Alice Munro, whose Nobel Prize win was a spark for us to create London, Ontario's first literary & creative arts festival.

Alice Munro, Nobel Laureate and Master of the Short Story, Dies at 92 https://t.co/SfeZ4G8oB0