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SUMMARY:Books & Ideas: Tayari Jones — Kin
DESCRIPTION:Update: This event on April 23 has unfortunately been cancelled\, due to a schedule change for the author. All ticket holders will be refunded.\nHowever\, we’re pleased to share that Tayari Jones will appear at our flagship Festival this October! Stay tuned for further details.\n\nAbout Books & Ideas\nLaunched in January 2025\, Books & Ideas is an event series from the Vancouver Writers Fest\, bringing literary talent and thought-provoking conversations to Granville Island—home of the Writers Fest’s celebrated annual literary festival—from January to June. With an intimate theatre venue and a pop-up bar for socializing\, attendees are invited to connect more deeply with other members of the local literary community\, and meet the esteemed authors who grace the stage\, in a modern space for exchanging ideas. 
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SUMMARY:Books & Ideas: Melissa Auf der Maur
DESCRIPTION:This event is sold out. Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to know if any additional tickets are released.\n\n\n\n\nCommunity Partner: Red Cat Records\n\n\n\nAn acclaimed musician\, photographer\, curator and producer\, Melissa Auf der Maur is best known as the former bassist of rock bands Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins. Even the Good Girls Will Cry is a remarkable debut memoir from the ’90s Alternative era icon—and a vivid dispatch from the last analog decade.  \nPart rock memoir\, part travel diary\, and part psychedelic scrapbook\, Even the Good Girls Will Cry begins with Auf der Maur’s bohemian upbringing in Montreal\, where a thrown beer bottle and a long-shot fan letter scored her band a life-changing opening slot for The Smashing Pumpkins. Whisked from her local scene by Billy Corgan and thrust into the eye of a hurricane of grief\, she joined Hole for the band’s 1994 Live Through This world tour just after the deaths of Kurt Cobain and Hole’s prior bassist\, Kristen Pfaff\, with Courtney Love at the center of it all. This soulful memoir is “a crucial generational document of what it meant to be a woman in a band (and not just a band: the band).” —Matthew Specktor \nDon’t miss this intimate event with Melissa Auf der Maur\, who sits down for a conversation about the music and memories of a bygone era with CBC Radio host Lisa Christiansen. Books will be for sale at the event from Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books\, with an audience Q+A after the talk.  \n\nWe do our best to make our events low-barrier\, accessible experiences for our community. A limited number of accessibly priced tickets are available for purchase. To discuss other ways we can make these events more accessible to you\, please reach out to us at boxoffice@writersfest.bc.ca or 604-681-6330.\nAbout Books & Ideas\nLaunched in January 2025\, Books & Ideas is an event series from the Vancouver Writers Fest\, bringing literary talent and thought-provoking conversations to Granville Island—home of the Writers Fest’s celebrated annual literary festival—from January to June. With an intimate theatre venue and a pop-up bar for socializing\, attendees are invited to connect more deeply with other members of the local literary community\, and meet the esteemed authors who grace the stage\, in a modern space for exchanging ideas. 
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SUMMARY:Books & Ideas: The Next Bestsellers
DESCRIPTION:These three remarkable new novels follow women who take a stand\, rebel against conventions\, and take gripping personal risks to protect their communities\, their families\, or mother nature. You’ll be hearing the authors’ names again in future bestseller lists and award nominations\, so come and meet these rising talents now at an intimate Books & Ideas event.  \nA female driller takes charge of an isolated offshore oil rig with an entirely male crew in At Sea\, Y.M. Abdel-Magied’s adult fiction debut novel about ambition\, greed\, and the capitalist endeavors that overlook the concerns of women—and of Mother Nature herself.  \nWild People Quiet by ReLit Novel Award-shortlisted author Tara Gereaux is an instant national bestseller\, exploring the harrowing repercussions of a woman’s decision to hide her Métis identity while living in a small\, predominantly white prairie town in the 1940s. \nAnd in Liz Johnston’s moving debut\, The Fall-Down Effect\, a young activist follows in her mother’s footsteps\, committing a radical act of environmental activism that leaves her loved ones struggling to make sense of her actions. “Its characters and hopes are seared into my memory.” —Madeleine Thien  \nThey will share their page-turning new books in conversation with Tara McGuire\, author of Holden After and Before. Books will be for sale by Book Warehouse\, and an audience Q+A and book signing after the talk.  \n\nWe do our best to make our events low-barrier\, accessible experiences for our community. A limited number of accessibly priced tickets are available for purchase. To discuss other ways we can make these events more accessible to you\, please reach out to us at boxoffice@writersfest.bc.ca or 604-681-6330.\nAbout Books & Ideas\nLaunched in January 2025\, Books & Ideas is an event series from the Vancouver Writers Fest\, bringing literary talent and thought-provoking conversations to Granville Island—home of the Writers Fest’s celebrated annual literary festival—from January to June. With an intimate theatre venue and a pop-up bar for socializing\, attendees are invited to connect more deeply with other members of the local literary community\, and meet the esteemed authors who grace the stage\, in a modern space for exchanging ideas. 
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SUMMARY:An Evening with David Sedaris
DESCRIPTION:Click here to book tickets. \nPresale code: VWF25\nTicket sales for this event are not managed by the Vancouver Writers Fest. If you have questions about purchasing your tickets\, please call 312-274-1800.\n\nNew York Times bestselling author David Sedaris returns to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on May 13 \nThe acclaimed humorist and bestselling author of Calypso\, Theft By Finding\, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls\, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk\, Me Talk Pretty One Day\, Happy-Go-Lucky\, and more joins us in Vancouver for one night only!
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/sedaris-2025
LOCATION:Queen Elizabeth Theatre\, 630 Hamilton St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 5N6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Books & Ideas: Suzanne Simard in Conversation with Robert Moor
DESCRIPTION:With her bestselling book Finding the Mother Tree\, Suzanne Simard advanced a revelatory—and now broadly accepted—new paradigm for the profound intelligence of trees and their relationships with each other. Now\, the renowned forest ecologist joins the Vancouver Writers Fest with a new trailblazing work of environmental nonfiction. When the Forest Breathes is an emboldening declaration that when we take responsible steps\, reversing the effects of climate change is within reach. \nPowered by rigorous science but infused with authenticity and warmth\, When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World shares the findings of one of the most ambitious climate research projects ever conceived. Simard examines the forces that threaten forest ecosystems\, highlights wisdom from the sophisticated knowledge systems of Indigenous peoples\, and offers a pragmatic and hopeful vision for a responsible relationship with the forests that sustain us. \nDiscover a powerful vision for the future of our forests\, from a scientist who has spent years studying British Columbia’s ecosystems. Simard speaks with Robert Moor\, the bestselling author of On Trails and the new book In Trees\, which explores how trees—from the mightiest sequoia to the tiniest bonsai—can teach us to grow wise. Books will be for sale at the event\, with an audience Q+A and signing after the talk.  \n\nWe do our best to make our events low-barrier\, accessible experiences for our community. A limited number of accessibly priced tickets are available for purchase. To discuss other ways we can make these events more accessible to you\, please reach out to us at boxoffice@writersfest.bc.ca or 604-681-6330.\nAbout Books & Ideas\nLaunched in January 2025\, Books & Ideas is an event series from the Vancouver Writers Fest\, bringing literary talent and thought-provoking conversations to Granville Island—home of the Writers Fest’s celebrated annual literary festival—from January to June. With an intimate theatre venue and a pop-up bar for socializing\, attendees are invited to connect more deeply with other members of the local literary community\, and meet the esteemed authors who grace the stage\, in a modern space for exchanging ideas. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/suzanne-simard
LOCATION:Lindsay Family Stage (FKA Granville Island Stage)\, 1585 Johnston St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6H 3S2
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SUMMARY:Carley Fortune in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:For years\, #1 New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune was told that international readers weren’t interested in books with rural\, authentic Canadian settings. And ever since she published her first novel in 2022\, her meteoric success has told a different story. The Ontarian author’s swoonworthy romance novels have sold millions of copies\, and her captivating characters and lush descriptions of Canadian landscapes delight readers around the world. She joins the Vancouver Writers Fest for one night only with her latest book\, Our Perfect Storm (set in Tofino!)\, in conversation with her best friend\, Meredith Marino. \nEach ticket includes: \n\nAccess to an on-stage conversation and audience Q&A with Carley Fortune\nOne pre-signed copy of Our Perfect Storm (no personalization or signing of additional merchandise)\nAccess to a photo op with Carley Fortune!\n\nOur Perfect Storm will be available from Penguin Random House Canada on May 5. Tickets for this event will be released on March 19. Subscribe to our mailing list so you don’t miss the announcement! \nAbout the Book\nFrankie and George have been best friends since they were eight years old. Both passionate\, impulsive\, and headstrong—they’ve always clashed… and come back together. Until now. It’s the eve of Frankie’s wedding weekend\, and she doesn’t know where they stand or even if George will show up as her best man. \nThen\, at the start of the festivities\, in walks George. For one glorious evening\, surrounded by her loved ones\, Frankie’s life is finally perfect. But it all comes crashing down when her fiancé dumps her the next morning\, leaving only a note as an explanation. \nCrushed and confused\, Frankie returns to her family’s home to wallow. But George has a different idea and a plan for healing Frankie’s broken heart. He wants her to go on her honeymoon. With him. For one week\, to the lush rainforests and misty beaches of Tofino. \nFrankie agrees\, seeing the trip for what it really is: one last chance to repair their friendship. Even if it means unearthing secrets and long buried feelings neither knows how to handle. Even if it means falling apart for good. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/carley-fortune
LOCATION:Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema\, SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\, 149 W Hastings St\, Vancouver
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SUMMARY:Ann Patchett in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Save the date! Ann Patchett joins the Vancouver Writers Fest on Monday\, July 13\, 2026. Tickets will be released this spring (date TBA). Make sure to subscribe to our free mailing list to be the first to know when tickets go on sale. You can sign up for infrequent event updates only\, or consider signing up for our excellent weekly newsletter to receive regular literary news and hand-picked cultural events.\nThe award-winning and bestselling author of Tom Lake\, Bel Canto\, and The Dutch House\, Ann Patchett joins us in Vancouver for one night only with her anticipated new novel\, Whistler. \nWhen 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. Meeting again\, time falls away; 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. \nWhistler is a story about two adults looking back over the choices they made\, and the choices that were made for them. Beautiful in its simplicity\, it 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. \nWhistler will be available from HarperCollins Canada on June 2\, and books will be for sale at the event from Upstart & Crow. Tickets for this event will be released this spring (date TBA). Subscribe to our mailing list so you don’t miss the announcement! \nAnn Patchett\nANN PATCHETT is the author of novels\, most recently the #1 New York Times bestselling Tom Lake\, works of nonfiction\, and children’s books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards\, including the PEN/Faulkner\, the Women’s Prize for Fiction in the UK\, and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her novel The Dutch House was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages\, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. President Biden awarded her the National Humanities Medal in recognition of her contributions to American culture. She lives in Nashville\, Tennessee\, where she is the owner of Parnassus Books.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/ann-patchett
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