Ottawa Writers Festival's 20th edition puts spotlight on Indigenous authors, progressive issues

Twenty years ago, when the very first Ottawa International Writers Festival was held at the National Arts Centre, Algonquin elder William Commanda welcomed eventgoers to unceded Algonquin territory.
“We did the right thing way back when,” says Sean Wilson, the festival’s artistic director. This year’s fall festival, which consists of 20 events from Oct. 19 to 24, will bring the event “full circle,” he adds, when it gives special prominence to Indigenous w