How Did I Get Here? Reading Your Work in Public with Yvette Nolan

Part of People, Place and Voice! Join Yvette Nolan to build confidence, sharpen your skills, and learn to read your work in public.

People, Place and Voice: Three Authors, Three Workshops, Readings and a Party!

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.

How Did I Get Here? Reading Your Work in Public

With Yvette Nolan

Does the thought of reading in public make you anxious?

Do you suffer from bouts of Imposter Syndrome?

Are you not quite sure what to read, how to launch, when to quit?

And now there’s a microphone four inches from your mouth and people looking at you.

Whether a seasoned pro or complete rookie, come and learn a few tricks and pick up some skills that will help you leave ‘em wanting more.

Event Details

Date: Saturday, November 21, 2026

Time: 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Location: Kwänlin Dün Cultural Centre, Multipurpose Room, Whitehorse

Tickets: $15

About Yvette Nolan

Yvette Nolan (Algonquin) is a playwright, librettist, director and dramaturg. Her plays include The Unplugging, Annie Mae’s Movement, The Birds, The Art of War, Jordan and The Diviners (with Vern Thiessen). Directing credits include Indians on Vacation (Against the Grain), Women of the Fur Trade (Globe Theatre & Stratford Festival). Upcoming: Empire of Wild (Canadian Opera Company), Raised by Women (Canadian Stage) and Almighty Voice and His Wife (Stratford Festival). From 2003-2011, she served as Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts. Her book, Medicine Shows, about Indigenous performance in Canada, was published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2015, and Performing Indigeneity (co-edited with Ric Knowles) in 2016.

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.