BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vancouver Writers Fest - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Vancouver Writers Fest X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Vancouver Writers Fest REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211023T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211023T103000 DTSTAMP:20260624T153739 CREATED:20210907T183346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210924T174719Z UID:10000130-1634985000-1634985000@writersfest.bc.ca SUMMARY:with/holding: Chantal Gibson in Conversation with Lawrence Hill DESCRIPTION:Award-winning Vancouver poet Chantal Gibson joins the Vancouver Writers Fest stage once more to discuss\, in an interview with Lawrence Hill\, her latest new poetry collection with/holding: a collection of genre-blurring poems that examines the representation and reproduction of Blackness across communication media and popular culture. Gibson lives a fascinating life as an award-winning teacher at Simon Fraser University\, a successful visual artist whose art has been exhibited at museums and galleries across Canada and the United States\, and as a poet who has landed with a splash on the Canadian literary scene. Her first collection\, How She Read meditates on Blackness\, womanhood\, denial\, and freedom. She explores these themes and more in this morning’s illuminating conversation. \nCurated by Guest Curator Lawrence Hill.  \n\nPresented in partnership with UBC Library. URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/with-holding-chantal-gibson-in-conversation-with-lawrence-hill LOCATION:Revue Stage CATEGORIES:Theatre END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T200000 DTSTAMP:20260624T153739 CREATED:20210907T053716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211022T233801Z UID:10000128-1634932800-1634932800@writersfest.bc.ca SUMMARY:The Poetry Bash With Bertrand Bickersteth\, Molly Cross-Blanchard\, Joseph Dandurand\, Chantal Gibson\, Billeh Nickerson\, and Rob Taylor DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT\nUpdate: This event will no longer feature ASL interpretation. \nWe say it year after year: The Poetry Bash is a long-time audience favourite for a reason. There’s a reverence in the air\, and a sense of possibility met with hilarity\, collective gasps and cathartic insights. And now it’s back on stage\, for an atmospheric evening to kickstart the weekend. Hosted by poet and award-winning author Aislinn Hunter\, the lineup includes some of the most talked-about poets in Canada today. Spend the evening with Bertrand Bickersteth\, whose collection The Response of Weeds is a CBC Poetry Book of the Year; Métis writer and Room Magazine editor Molly Cross-Blanchard whose Exhibitionist is a 2021 favourite; prolific poet and Kwantlen First Nations member\, Joseph Dandurand (Sh:lam); artist\, poet\, and writer Chantal Gibson (with/holding); Poetry Bash favourite and writer\, poet\, and producer Billeh Nickerson (Duct-Taped Roses); and poet and critic Rob Taylor\, who launches his fourth collection\, Strangers.  \n\n\n\n\nHosted by Aislinn Hunter. \n\n\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with KPU Creative Writing. URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/the-poetry-bash-with-bertrand-bickersteth-molly-cross-blanchard-joseph-dandurand-chantal-gibson-billeh-nickerson-and-rob-taylor LOCATION:Performance Works CATEGORIES:Theatre END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T200000 DTSTAMP:20260624T153739 CREATED:20210907T053429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T213911Z UID:10000127-1634932800-1634932800@writersfest.bc.ca SUMMARY:Journeys For Home: One-to-One with Kamal Al-Solaylee and Marcello Di Cintio DESCRIPTION:Our headlines underscore the geopolitical forces that shape these tumultuous times\, but too infrequently do we hear from voices whose lives and homes are impacted by such pressures. Two exceptional journalists and authors share such stories—and discuss their motivation to seek them out. Kamal Al-Solaylee’s Return: Why We Go Back to Where We Come From includes conversations with dozens of people like himself who have chosen to—or long to—return to their homelands. Driven\, by Marcello Di Cintio\, shares conversations with taxi drivers\, their backgrounds ranging from the Iraqi National Guard\, to the Westboro Baptist Church\, to an arranged marriage that left one woman stranded in a foreign country with nothing but a suitcase. There are thousands of unknown stories around us. By hearing them\, we see the world in a new light. \n\nPresented in partnership with SFU Library. URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/journeys-for-home-one-to-one-with-kamal-al-solaylee-and-marcello-di-cintio LOCATION:Revue Stage CATEGORIES:Theatre END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T180000 DTSTAMP:20260624T153739 CREATED:20210907T052851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T213807Z UID:10000125-1634925600-1634925600@writersfest.bc.ca SUMMARY:Ring: André Alexis in Conversation with Mark Medley DESCRIPTION:No matter the depth of feeling for our beloved\, there is always a moment (or a few) when we’d like to change something about them. Right? Scotiabank Giller Prize and Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize winner\, André Alexis\, probes love\, romance\, and the past in his latest novel\, Ring\, in which a woman in love is gifted a ring that will allow her to change three things about her partner. Following on the heels of Pastoral\, Fifteen Dogs\, The Hidden Keys\, and Days by Moonlight\, it completes Alexis’ Quincunx: five genre-bending\, stunning novels. We welcome this extraordinary literary mind to discuss his five works\, and the philosophy imbued in his latest\, with Globe and Mail editor\, Mark Medley. URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/ring-andre-alexis-in-conversation-with-mark-medley LOCATION:Waterfront Theatre\, 1412 Cartwright St.\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, BC V6H 3R7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Theatre GEO:49.2701014;-123.1355423 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Waterfront Theatre 1412 Cartwright St. Vancouver British Columbia BC V6H 3R7 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1412 Cartwright St.:geo:-123.1355423,49.2701014 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T143000 DTSTAMP:20260624T153739 CREATED:20210907T052424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211019T225843Z UID:10000123-1634913000-1634913000@writersfest.bc.ca SUMMARY:It’s Not Too Late: How We Can Still Fight the Climate Crisis DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT\nOptimism is a particularly notable virtue in today’s age\, when wildfires and floods rage\, and headlines warn that we’re past the point of no return for a liveable climate. How do we continue to push for change amidst such significant forces\, of nature and government? How do we replace ennui with purpose? And will it really make a difference? Journalist and author Arno Kopecky believes so. In the surprisingly funny The Environmentalist’s Dilemma he reminds us that\, in fact\, humanity’s doing better than ever. J.B. MacKinnon\, bestselling author of The 100 Mile Diet\, and now The Day the World Stops Shopping\, meanwhile offers us fascinating insight into our individual habits and why ending consumerism can help to save our planet\, and ourselves. Join these two minds for a relatable\, wise\, and fascinating conversation about why it’s not as bad as you might think (and what comes next). \n\n\n\n\nModerated by Laura Lynch. URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/its-not-too-late-how-we-can-still-fight-the-climate-crisis LOCATION:Performance Works CATEGORIES:Theatre END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T130000 DTSTAMP:20260624T153740 CREATED:20210907T051205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211016T202902Z UID:10000211-1634907600-1634907600@writersfest.bc.ca SUMMARY:What Strange Paradise: Omar El Akkad in Conversation with Mark Medley DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT\nOmar El Akkad’s masterpiece\, American War\, captivated readers with its eerie possibility; the brutality of war in the near future when the United States is once again divided in bloodshed\, this time about fossil fuels. His follow up\, What Strange Paradise\, is equally prescient: a devastating yet beautiful story of two children against the backdrop of the refugee crisis\, and the dehumanization of those who must flee home. The New York Times has said it “deserves to be an instant classic.” El Akkad’s writing is both fortune-telling dystopia and precise cultural criticism; a necessary writer who probes our humanity. He speaks with Globe and Mail editor\, Mark Medley\, about his work and the future. URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/what-strange-paradise-omar-el-akkad-in-conversation-with-mark-medley LOCATION:Revue Stage CATEGORIES:Theatre END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T100000 DTSTAMP:20260624T153740 CREATED:20210907T045220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T190948Z UID:10000205-1634896800-1634896800@writersfest.bc.ca SUMMARY:The Winter Wives: Linden MacIntyre in Conversation with David Ebner DESCRIPTION:Bestselling\, award-winning author\, journalist\, and broadcaster Linden MacIntyre is invited to our Festival year after year. Not only because he’s in popular demand from our audience\, but also because every event proves to be a captivating conversation about storytelling and what makes us human. In conversation\, MacIntyre will speak about his new book\, The Winter Wives\, which weaves together threads of crime\, disability\, and dementia. Two old friends couldn’t be more different—Allan is a successful and wealthy sportsman; Byron lives at home caring for his ill mother and has a disability resulting from a childhood illness. The fault lines between them start to show. But when Allan suffers a stroke\, both friends are forced to confront their weaknesses and strengths\, and the tangles of their relationship. \n\nUpdated: Please note that the venue for this event has been updated\, and will take place at Revue Stage. URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/the-winter-wives-linden-macintyre-in-conversation-with-david-ebner LOCATION:Revue Stage CATEGORIES:Theatre END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T223000 DTSTAMP:20260624T153740 CREATED:20210908T145645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211012T232518Z UID:10000226-1634850000-1634855400@writersfest.bc.ca SUMMARY:🍺📖😂 The Emoji Lit Pub Quiz With Rob Taylor DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT\nJoin us for a first-for-the-Fest literary pub quiz\, inspired by a growing online quiz trend: identifying book titles by emoji representations. Hosted by poet and literary raconteur Rob Taylor\, this fast-paced evening will feature book-related emoji quizzes (Would you guess that a bunny tail and two skyscrapers represents a Dickens classic?) and “Mad-Lib Readings\,” in which authors give readings from their work with sections blanked out for audience participation. There will even be a Wrong Answers Only round with author Rhea Tregebov choosing her favourite incorrect guesses… perfect for anyone who has never placed first in a pub quiz. Don’t miss this effervescent evening of escapades.  \nHosted by Rob Taylor. \n\nThis pub quiz event takes place at Granville Island Brewing on Granville Island. URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/the-emoji-lit-pub-quiz-with-rob-taylor LOCATION:Granville Island Brewing\, Granville Island CATEGORIES:Theatre GEO:49.2711567;-123.133993 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Granville Island Brewing Granville Island;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Granville Island:geo:-123.133993,49.2711567 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T203000 DTSTAMP:20260624T153740 CREATED:20210907T044453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211021T155118Z UID:10000204-1634848200-1634848200@writersfest.bc.ca SUMMARY:Word! Spoken Word For Adults with Lili Robinson\, jaye simpson\, and Brandon Wint DESCRIPTION:Update: This event is hosted by Anjalica Solomon. \nOur Spoken Word event series\, curated by award-winning poet and spoken word artist Jillian Christmas\, is an effervescent\, powerful highlight of our youth programming every year. We’re so excited to bring this exceptional series to the rest of our audience for the first time. Performers include Fringe New Play Prize-winner\, playwright\, poet\, actor\, and community organizer Lili Robinson\, as well as jaye simpson: an Oji-Cree Saulteaux Indigiqueer from Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. Their work has been published in various publications and their latest work\, it was never going to be okay\, was shortlisted for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers and won the Indigenous Voices Award. Brandon Wint is an Ontario-born poet\, spoken word artist\, and educator whose poems and essays have been published in national anthologies. Divine Animal is his debut book of poetry. These are artists at the top of their game; whose vocalization will move\, rivet\, and provoke. Come find out what the excitement is about. \n\n\n\n\nHosted by Anjalica Solomon. URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/word-spoken-word-for-adults-with-jaye-simpson-and-brandon-wint LOCATION:Revue Stage CATEGORIES:Theatre END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T193000 DTSTAMP:20260624T153740 CREATED:20210907T043305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210924T174307Z UID:10000202-1634844600-1634844600@writersfest.bc.ca SUMMARY:Caribbean Masterpieces With Myriam Chancy and Cherie Jones DESCRIPTION:Cherie Jones and Myriam Chancy have both written powerful\, dynamic\, disturbing novels about upheaval and injustice in the Caribbean. Jones\, a Barbadian writer\, took the world by storm this year with the publication of her debut novel How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House: an ambitious\, layered novel in which her young Barbadian protagonist fights for her life. Chancy\, who was born in Port-au-Prince and raised in Haiti and in Canada\, teaches at Scripps College in California. Her new novel\, What Storm\, What Thunder masterfully charts the inner lives of ten characters whose lives are affected by an earthquake that rocks Haiti and its people to the core. Join them in conversation with Guest Curator Lawrence Hill as they discuss modern Caribbean literature. \n\n\n\n\nModerated and curated by Guest Curator Lawrence Hill. \n\n\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with HarperCollins Canada. URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/caribbean-masterpieces-with-myriam-chancy-and-cherie-jones LOCATION:Performance Works CATEGORIES:Theatre END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T193000 DTSTAMP:20260624T153740 CREATED:20210907T042918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T190855Z UID:10000200-1634839200-1634844600@writersfest.bc.ca SUMMARY:UBC Creative Writing: Night Class With Billy-Ray Belcourt\, Tanya Lloyd Kyi\, Sarah Leavitt\, and Lindsay Wong DESCRIPTION:Now a staple of the Festival\, this interactive\, unpredictable workshop offers writing tips\, tricks\, and cues from six members of UBC Creative Writing’s illustrious department. Participants will learn key writing skills in five minutes or less through nimble\, electrifying craft and rapid-fire creativity. Try out concepts and ask questions before listening to UBC students share model work. Full of invigorating thought exercises\, Night Class explores a wide array of styles and genres\, from poetry\, song\, and screenwriting to comics\, nonfiction\, and YA. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to gain key insights that will help take your writing to the next level. \n\n\n\n\nHosted by Alix Ohlin. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop is suitable for new and established authors. Check our website for further info\, including instructor bios. \nPresented in collaboration with UBC Creative Writing. URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/ubc-creative-writing-night-class-with-billy-ray-belcourt-tanya-lloyd-kyi-sarah-leavitt-and-lindsay-wong LOCATION:Revue Stage CATEGORIES:Workshop,Theatre END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211020T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211020T193000 DTSTAMP:20260624T153740 CREATED:20210907T040105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T211225Z UID:10000193-1634758200-1634758200@writersfest.bc.ca SUMMARY:Hook\, Line\, and Sinker with Carrie Jenkins\, Silvia Moreno-Garcia\, and Sam Wiebe DESCRIPTION:If only there was a word for that sense of anticipation and delight that comes with opening the cover of a new thriller\, knowing you’ll be spellbound for the next 300 pages. How do thriller writers create such suspense? These three different writers of mystery\, thriller\, and horror speak to how they create the propulsive books they do. Carrie Jenkins’ debut is a queer psychological thriller following Victoria\, paired with a police officer\, as they try to locate her best friend while finding a miasma of sexism and isolation along the way. Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s work is atmospheric from the first sentence. Her latest work\, Velvet Was the Night\, is a “delicious twisted treat for lovers of noir\,” set in 1970s Mexico City. Sam Wiebe is a beloved local writer and lauded thriller author. Hell and Gone: A Wakeland Novel explores the depths of Vancouver’s criminal underworld. We’re hooked. \n\n\n\n\nModerated by Rob Wiersema. URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/hook-line-and-sinker-with-carrie-jenkins-silvia-moreno-garcia-and-sam-wiebe LOCATION:Performance Works CATEGORIES:Theatre END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211019T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211019T193000 DTSTAMP:20260624T153740 CREATED:20210907T032345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211019T030429Z UID:10000185-1634671800-1634671800@writersfest.bc.ca SUMMARY:The Alma Lee Opening Night Event — Out of the Sun: Esi Edugyan in Conversation with Chantal Gibson DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT\n“What happens when we consider stories at the margins? How do they complicate our certainties of who we are\, as individuals\, as nations\, and as human beings?” Undoubtedly one of the most lauded writers in Canada today\, Esi Edugyan asks these essential questions in her 2021 Massey Lecture: Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling. She speaks about this latest non-fiction work with artist\, poet\, and author Chantal Gibson. Edugyan’s accolades include being a finalist for the Booker Prize\, the Governor General’s Literary Award\, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize\, and the Orange Prize. She is one of only two people to have won the Scotiabank Giller Prize twice: first for Half-Blood Blues and\, most recently\, for Washington Black. This incisive analysis of the relationship between race and art cements her as one of the most exciting thinkers in the country. \n\nListen to CBC Radio IDEAS this fall for a unique audio experience from Esi Edugyan as she delivers the 2021 Massey Lecture\, Out of the Sun\, on CBC Radio One and CBC Listen. Visit CBC.ca/ideas for more information. URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/out-of-the-sun-esi-edugyan-in-conversation-with-chantal-gibson LOCATION:Granville Island Stage CATEGORIES:Theatre END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211018T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211018T193000 DTSTAMP:20260624T153740 CREATED:20210902T231933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211014T165313Z UID:10000177-1634585400-1634585400@writersfest.bc.ca SUMMARY:Matrix: Lauren Groff in Conversation with John Freeman DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT\nOf all the attributes Lauren Groff possesses\, range is surely one of them. Her “all-conquering” 2015 novel\, Fates and Furies\, was a literary masterpiece about a modern day marriage\, creativity\, and perception. Florida brought storms\, snakes\, and sinkholes to lurk at the edges of everyday life in strange\, affecting stories. And now\, her latest anticipated work\, Matrix\, explores the raptures and hardships of life in a 12th century convent\, as told by seventeen-year-old Marie de France. Groff’s accolades wouldn’t fit onto this page: a two-time finalist for the National Book Award; finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Prize; Winner of the American Booksellers’ Association Award; a bestseller many times over; and a writer beloved by readers and critics alike. Hear from this fascinating mind—and one of our finest writers today—as she speaks to author\, poet\, and editor\, John Freeman. URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/matrix-lauren-groff-in-conversation-with-john-freeman LOCATION:Waterfront Theatre\, 1412 Cartwright St.\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, BC V6H 3R7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Theatre GEO:49.2701014;-123.1355423 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Waterfront Theatre 1412 Cartwright St. Vancouver British Columbia BC V6H 3R7 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1412 Cartwright St.:geo:-123.1355423,49.2701014 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR