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Since 1990, The Word On The Street has proudly hosted some of the finest talent in Canadian literature. Our next festival is shaping up to be another great one. Check out some of the authors, storytellers, and performers who have been involved in the festival over the years.
Award-winning essayist, poet, fictionist, Red Seal chef, and food writer dee Hobsbawn-Smith lives west of Saskatoon. She’s published ten books, served as Saskatchewan’s 10th Poet Laureate, and as Saskatoon Public Library’s 35th Writer in Residence. Called an educator “blessed with whimsy and precision,” she’s taught thousands of adults and kids to cook or write. Most recently, Among the Untamed received Saskatchewan Book Awards’ 2024 Poetry Award. Bread & Water: essays won Saskatchewan Book Awards’ 2022 Nonfiction Award, and Taste Canada’s Gold Medal for Culinary Narratives; it’s also Saskatchewan Library Association’s 2025 One Book One Province selection. Her novel Danceland Diary was shortlisted for the 2023 Sask Book Awards Fiction Award, and was a shortlisted finalist for the Glengarry Book Prize. She loves running, gardening, period dramas, and yoga, and hopes to learn how to play her guitar before she turns eighty.