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SUMMARY:Ann Patchett in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!\nSorry\, there is no waitlist. In the event we are able to release more tickets closer to the event date\, we will announce this in our newsletter and on our social media accounts. \nCelebrated and multi-award-winning author Ann Patchett makes a rare appearance in Vancouver on the North American tour for Whistler\, her first novel since the instant #1 New York Times bestseller\, Tom Lake. \nWhistler is a story about two adults looking back over the choices they made\, and the choices that were made for them. When Daphne Fuller and her husband Jonathan visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, they notice an older\, white-haired gentleman following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett\, her former stepfather. Now fifty-three\, Daphne hasn’t seen Eddie for many years\, not since the fateful event that changed the direction of both their lives. While their relationship was brief\, it had a profound impact on them both—and now that they are reunited\, they have no intention of ever being separated again. \nBeautiful in its simplicity\, Whistler is ultimately about how love endures\, and how the feeling of being known by one other person\, even for a short period of time\, can change everything. Patchett sits down with Vancouver Writers Fest Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig for a luminous conversation about this new unforgettable novel\, her work to date\, and the importance of reading\, dialogue\, and bookstores—including her own cherished shop\, Parnassus Books—in these uncertain times. \nBooks will be for sale at the event from Upstart & Crow.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/ann-patchett
LOCATION:Vancouver Playhouse\, 600 Hamilton St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 2P1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:R. F. Kuang in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to welcome R. F. Kuang back to Vancouver on Saturday\, September 26! Tickets and further information will be available this summer\, date TBA. Make sure to subscribe to our mailing list so you don’t miss the announcement. You can sign up for infrequent announcements about our events and other news\, and/or our comprehensive weekly newsletter.\nTickets to this event will include a pre-signed deluxe limited edition copy of Taipei Story.\nThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis and Yellowface joins us with her wryly humorous and profoundly moving latest book\, Taipei Story. This highly anticipated coming-of-age novel grapples with grief\, language\, and culture shock—all set against the backdrop of an unforgettable summer in Taipei. \nCollege freshman Lily Chen is off to spend the summer in Taipei at an intensive language program like so many Chinese American students before her\, hoping to connect with the culture she inherited but never fully understood. But a promising start quickly unravels. Her classes are grueling\, her roommate is driving her insane\, and a reckless trip to the hot springs with a guy she barely knows soon has her classmates viciously gossiping. She feels adrift\, a foreigner in a country she thought would feel like home. \nThen shocking news arrives: Lily’s grandfather has passed away. The loss forces her to grapple with now-unanswerable questions about her family history. As Lily grieves\, she’s drawn into a journey of self-discovery—piecing together memories\, stories\, and silences over a series of hilarious and devastating attempts at connection. \nTaipei Story is available from HarperCollins Canada on September 8\, 2026. \n\nTickets to this event will include one (1) pre-signed deluxe limited edition copy of Taipei Story!\nRebecca can personalize only one (1) book per person—either a pre-signed copy of Taipei Story or one (1) backlist title.\nNo photos are allowed in the signing line.\n\nTickets on sale here starting this summer\, date TBA. Stay tuned!
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/kuang-2026
LOCATION:St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church\, 1022 Nelson St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6E 4S7\, Canada
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