BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//BLACK CANADIAN CREATORS - ECPv6.16.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://blackcanadiancreators.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for BLACK CANADIAN CREATORS REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260829T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260829T235959 DTSTAMP:20260628T013512Z CREATED:20260628T013500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260628T013512Z UID:6943-1787961600-1788047999@blackcanadiancreators.ca SUMMARY:Canadian Black Literary Festival 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Canadian Black Literary Festival is a uniquely conceived celebration of African-Canadian literature of all genres that takes place in Ajax on the last weekend in August before Labour Day weekend every year. \n#CBLF2026 is a one-day exposition of Black literary artistry\, creativity\, and performance hosted in partnership at two of Ajax’s most important public facilities: the McLean Community Centre and the St. Francis Centre for Community\, Arts\, & Culture. The theme of the festival is Voices of Freedom. \nJoin us for literary showcases\, workshops\, and a book fair that helps to position Durham Region at the centre of Black literature in Canada. Ticket sales begin on Canada Day and book fair vendor registration is open. \nCBLF is historic: it’s the first-ever Black-led\, Black-serving\, literature-only\, multi-genre\, annual festival amplifying Afrodescendent literary voices in Canadian history. \nFollow us on Instagram and Facebook: @cdnblacklitfest URL:https://blackcanadiancreators.ca/event/canadian-black-literary-festival-2026/ LOCATION:McLean Community Centre\, Ajax\, 95 Magill Drive\, Ajax\, Ontario\, L1T 4M5\, Canada CATEGORIES:Ajax, ON,Ontario ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://blackcanadiancreators.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CBLF2026-Flyer-Template-No-Logos.png ORGANIZER;CN="AfriCANthology Canada":MAILTO:cdnblacklitfest@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR