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2020 Festival Events
Date:
All Dates: Oct 19-25
Monday, Oct 19
Tuesday, Oct 20
Wednesday, Oct 21
Thursday, Oct 22
Friday, Oct 23
Saturday, Oct 24
Sunday, Oct 25
Genre:
All
Youth
Sunday, Oct 25
7:30pm
Commanding Hope: A Closing Night Address from Thomas Homer-Dixon
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Sunday, Oct 25
5:30pm
No Putting Them Down: Riveting Crime Fiction
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Joe Ide
Sheena Kamal
Attica Locke
Sunday, Oct 25
3:00pm
The Afternoon Tea
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Caroline Adderson
Francesca Ekwuyasi
Will Ferguson
Michelle Good
Kevin Spenst
Jack Wang
Sunday, Oct 25
1:00pm
Sex & Vanity: Kevin Kwan in Conversation with Doretta Lau
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Kevin Kwan
Sunday, Oct 25
11:00am
The Interviews
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Seth Klein
Shaena Lambert
Amin Maalouf
Saturday, Oct 24
8:00pm
The Literary Cabaret
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Billy-Ray Belcourt
Jillian Christmas
Charles Demers
Aislinn Hunter
Saturday, Oct 24
6:00pm
Thomas King in Conversation with Waubgeshig Rice
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Thomas King
Saturday, Oct 24
2:00pm
Marilynne Robinson in Conversation with Ian Williams
Details
Podcast
Authors
Marilynne Robinson
Ian Williams
Saturday, Oct 24
10:30am
Ian Rankin in Conversation with Linwood Barclay
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Ian Rankin
Friday, Oct 23
8:00pm
High School with Tegan and Sara
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Tegan Quin
Sara Quin
Friday, Oct 23
3:00pm
Poets on Memoir
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Billy-Ray Belcourt
Lorna Crozier
Steven Heighton
Aislinn Hunter
Friday, Oct 23
1:00pm
Fairytales and Legends
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Katherine Fawcett
Amanda Leduc
Kawai Strong Washburn
Friday, Oct 23
10:30am
Finding Community
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Eternity Martis
David A. Robertson
Thursday, Oct 22
8:00pm
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Details
Podcast
Authors
John Freeman
Mieko Kawakami
Daniel Mendelsohn
Valzhyna Mort
Thursday, Oct 22
8:00pm
The Poetry Bash
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Cicely Belle Blain
Natalie Diaz
John Freeman
Patrick Friesen
Noor Naga
Ian Williams
Thursday, Oct 22
6:00pm
Night Class: Brief Craft Lessons from UBC Creative Writing
Details
Live on Zoom
Thursday, Oct 22
2:00pm
YOUTH! Word!
Details
Live on YouTube
Grades: 8-12 and Adults
Authors
Nasra Adem
Jillian Christmas
Truth Is …
Lishai Peel
Thursday, Oct 22
11:00am
YOUTH! Yorick and Bones: A Morning with Jeremy and Hermione Tankard
Details
Live on YouTube
Grades: 3-6
Authors
Jeremy Tankard
Hermione Tankard
Wednesday, Oct 21
8:00pm
Magdalena: Wade Davis in Conversation with Ian Gill
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Wade Davis
Wednesday, Oct 21
6:00pm
The Bright Side: On Writing in America Today
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Megha Majumdar
Kawai Strong Washburn
Charles Yu
Wednesday, Oct 21
2:00pm
YOUTH! I Didn’t Do What You Told Me
Details
Live on YouTube
Grades: 8-12
Authors
A.S. King
Sybil Lamb
David A. Robertson
Wednesday, Oct 21
11:00am
YOUTH! Hatch & Bloom: A Morning with Kenneth Oppel
Details
Live on YouTube
Grades: 5-8
Authors
Kenneth Oppel
Tuesday, Oct 20
7:30pm
A Recipe for Anything
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
andrea bennett
Cicely Belle Blain
Jillian Christmas
Ivan Coyote
Lorna Crozier
Tuesday, Oct 20
6:00pm
Wit For The End of Times: Jenny Offill in Conversation with Marsha Lederman
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Jenny Offill
Tuesday, Oct 20
2:00pm
YOUTH! The Barren Grounds: An Afternoon with David A. Robertson
Details
Live on YouTube
Grades: 5 and Adults
Authors
David A. Robertson
Tuesday, Oct 20
11:00am
YOUTH! Fatty Legs: On Courage and Bravery
Details
Live on YouTube
Grades: 3-6
Authors
Christy Jordan-Fenton
Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton
Monday, Oct 19
8:00pm
Care Of: A Keynote with Guest Curator Ivan Coyote
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Ivan Coyote
Monday, Oct 19
6:00pm
Writing is What I Do: Walter Mosley in Conversation with Jael Richardson
Details
Live on Zoom
Authors
Walter Mosley
Monday, Oct 19
2:00pm
YOUTH! Hope Matters: An Afternoon with Elin Kelsey
Details
Live on YouTube
Grades: 8-12
Authors
Elin Kelsey
Monday, Oct 19
11:00am
YOUTH! This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: A Morning with Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Details
Live on YouTube
Grades: 6-9
Authors
Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Monday, Oct 19
9:00am
YOUTH! What We’ll Build: A Morning with Oliver Jeffers
Details
YouTube
Grades: 4-12 and Adults
Authors
Oliver Jeffers
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