2020 Festival Events

Date:

Monday, Oct 19

9:00am

YOUTH! What We’ll Build: A Morning with Oliver Jeffers

YouTube

Grades: 4-12 and Adults

Authors

Oliver Jeffers

Monday, Oct 19

11:00am

YOUTH! This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes: A Morning with Tanya Lloyd Kyi

Live on YouTube

Grades: 6-9

Authors

Tanya Lloyd Kyi

Monday, Oct 19

2:00pm

YOUTH! Hope Matters: An Afternoon with Elin Kelsey

Live on YouTube

Grades: 8-12

Authors

Elin Kelsey

Monday, Oct 19

6:00pm

Writing is What I Do: Walter Mosley in Conversation with Jael Richardson

Live on Zoom

Authors

Walter Mosley

Monday, Oct 19

8:00pm

Care Of: A Keynote with Guest Curator Ivan Coyote

Live on Zoom

Authors

Ivan Coyote

Tuesday, Oct 20

11:00am

YOUTH! Fatty Legs: On Courage and Bravery

Live on YouTube

Grades: 3-6

Authors

Christy Jordan-Fenton

Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton

Tuesday, Oct 20

2:00pm

YOUTH! The Barren Grounds: An Afternoon with David A. Robertson

Live on YouTube

Grades: 5 and Adults

Authors

David A. Robertson

Tuesday, Oct 20

6:00pm

Wit For The End of Times: Jenny Offill in Conversation with Marsha Lederman

Live on Zoom

Authors

Jenny Offill

Tuesday, Oct 20

7:30pm

A Recipe for Anything

Live on Zoom

Authors

andrea bennett

Cicely Belle Blain

Jillian Christmas

Ivan Coyote

Lorna Crozier

Wednesday, Oct 21

11:00am

YOUTH! Hatch & Bloom: A Morning with Kenneth Oppel

Live on YouTube

Grades: 5-8

Authors

Kenneth Oppel

Wednesday, Oct 21

2:00pm

YOUTH! I Didn’t Do What You Told Me

Live on YouTube

Grades: 8-12

Authors

A.S. King

Sybil Lamb

David A. Robertson

Wednesday, Oct 21

6:00pm

The Bright Side: On Writing in America Today

Live on Zoom

Authors

Megha Majumdar

Kawai Strong Washburn

Charles Yu

Wednesday, Oct 21

8:00pm

Magdalena: Wade Davis in Conversation with Ian Gill

Live on Zoom

Authors

Wade Davis

Thursday, Oct 22

11:00am

YOUTH! Yorick and Bones: A Morning with Jeremy and Hermione Tankard

Live on YouTube

Grades: 3-6

Authors

Jeremy Tankard

Hermione Tankard

Thursday, Oct 22

2:00pm

YOUTH! Word!

Live on YouTube

Grades: 8-12 and Adults

Authors

Nasra Adem

Jillian Christmas

Truth Is …

Lishai Peel

Thursday, Oct 22

6:00pm

Night Class: Brief Craft Lessons from UBC Creative Writing

Live on Zoom

Thursday, Oct 22

8:00pm

The Poetry Bash

Live on Zoom

Authors

Cicely Belle Blain

Natalie Diaz

John Freeman

Patrick Friesen

Noor Naga

Ian Williams

Thursday, Oct 22

8:00pm

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

Podcast

Authors

John Freeman

Mieko Kawakami

Daniel Mendelsohn

Valzhyna Mort

Friday, Oct 23

10:30am

Finding Community

Live on Zoom

Authors

Eternity Martis

David A. Robertson

Friday, Oct 23

1:00pm

Fairytales and Legends

Live on Zoom

Authors

Katherine Fawcett

Amanda Leduc

Kawai Strong Washburn

Friday, Oct 23

3:00pm

Poets on Memoir

Live on Zoom

Authors

Billy-Ray Belcourt

Lorna Crozier

Steven Heighton

Aislinn Hunter

Friday, Oct 23

8:00pm

High School with Tegan and Sara

Live on Zoom

Authors

Tegan Quin

Sara Quin

Saturday, Oct 24

10:30am

Ian Rankin in Conversation with Linwood Barclay

Live on Zoom

Authors

Ian Rankin

Saturday, Oct 24

2:00pm

Marilynne Robinson in Conversation with Ian Williams

Podcast

Authors

Marilynne Robinson

Ian Williams

Saturday, Oct 24

6:00pm

Thomas King in Conversation with Waubgeshig Rice

Live on Zoom

Authors

Thomas King

Saturday, Oct 24

8:00pm

The Literary Cabaret

Live on Zoom

Authors

Billy-Ray Belcourt

Jillian Christmas

Charles Demers

Aislinn Hunter

Sunday, Oct 25

11:00am

The Interviews

Live on Zoom

Authors

Seth Klein

Shaena Lambert

Amin Maalouf

Sunday, Oct 25

1:00pm

Sex & Vanity: Kevin Kwan in Conversation with Doretta Lau

Live on Zoom

Authors

Kevin Kwan

Sunday, Oct 25

3:00pm

The Afternoon Tea

Live on Zoom

Authors

Caroline Adderson

Francesca Ekwuyasi

Will Ferguson

Michelle Good

Kevin Spenst

Jack Wang

Sunday, Oct 25

5:30pm

No Putting Them Down: Riveting Crime Fiction

Live on Zoom

Authors

Joe Ide

Sheena Kamal

Attica Locke

Sunday, Oct 25

7:30pm

Commanding Hope: A Closing Night Address from Thomas Homer-Dixon

Live on Zoom

Authors

Thomas Homer-Dixon