Author Deryn Collier will be in attendance for this year's Festival of Words
The Festival of Words will kick off Thursday in Moose Jaw. The festival brings many different writers of different genres together to showcase the talent of writers from across Canada.
Deryn Collier will be one of the authors at the festival, and she explains why she became a writer.
"I read a Nancy Drew book, I put the book down and said 'that's what I want' I wanted to provide that experience of floating away with a book. I wanted to provide that experience of mystery with the reader."
The four day festival gives readers the chance to see, hear and ask questions to their favorite authors, and Collier says that she loves to gain opinions from other writers.
"I'm always willing to ask authors questions (on the panels). I love the opportunity to connect with other authors and I do with some of them with questions because I want to know what everyone else is up to."
She says she'll be at many different events during the festival.
"I've got 5 different events, the first one is Thursday night at the Readception, I haven't been to that before, but I hear there are plenty of readings. I'm looking forward to tantalizing the audience with that event so that they'll want to come to the rest of them."
The 19th annual Festival of Words runs from July 16th to the 19th.