Writing Place: An Exploration with Kate Harris

Part of People, Place and Voice! Join Kate Harris for a writing workshop exploring how place and setting bring stories to life.

Join Yukon Words on Saturday, November 21, for a full day of literary events at the Kwänlin Dün Cultural Centre! Featuring Canadian authors Wayne Grady, Kate Harris, and Yvette Nolan, the day includes three writing workshops followed by an evening of readings, conversation, and celebration.

Writing Place: An Exploration

With Kate Harris

Is place a backdrop in writing? A protagonist in itself? A setting for action and agency, or a source of them? In this workshop, through close readings and exercises, we’ll explore how paying attention to the physical and imaginative dimensions of place can bring any genre of writing more alive.

Event Details

Date: Saturday, November 21, 2026

Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Location: Kwänlin Dün Cultural Centre, Multipurpose Room, Whitehorse

Tickets: $15

About Kate Harris

Kate Harris is the author of Lands of Lost Borders, which won the RBC Taylor Prize, the Boardman Tasker Prize, and the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, among others, and was translated into several languages. Her writing has also appeared in Granta, Outside, The Walrus, and The Georgia Review, with notable mentions in The Best American Essays and The Best American Travel Writing.

Her second book, Falling to Earth, will be published in the summer of 2027. A former Rhodes scholar with a background in biology, geology, and the history and philosophy of science, Kate lives off the grid in Atlin, British Columbia.

Find Kate at kateharris.ca

Thank You to Our Supporters

Many thanks to our generous sponsors Air North and Northern Vision Development, and to our funder, the Government of Yukon’s Yukon Arts Fund.

Special thanks to Mac’s Fireweed for book sales and Ramshackle Theatre for bar service.