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SUMMARY:Ian Rankin in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:The long wait is over: John Rebus\, detective inspector and the central protagonist of Edgar Award and Diamond Dagger recipient Ian Rankin’s acclaimed series\, is back this fall in A Heart Full of Headstones. In this 24th book in the now televised series\, Rankin brings new intrigue and suspense to the dark of Edinburgh\, in what Publishers Weekly is calling “one of his best Rebus novels in years.” He’ll be joined by local detective writer and Juno-nominated comedian Charles Demers for an evening discussing the craft of sleuths\, scandals\, and (of course) murder. \n\nThis event is presented in partnership with SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/ian-rankin
LOCATION:Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema\, SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\, 149 W Hastings St\, Vancouver
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SUMMARY:Christine Sinclair in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT\n \n\nKnown as one of the best soccer players on earth\, Christine Sinclair has made headlines for over a decade as the forward and captain of Canada’s national soccer team and a multi-World Cup athlete. A gold and bronze medalist in the Olympics with 190 lifetime goals and over 300 caps\, she is known across the world—in and out of soccer circles. She’s also\, we’re proud to say\, a local to the Lower Mainland\, born and raised in Burnaby\, BC.\n  \n\nOn December 5\, Sinclair will join the Vancouver Writers Fest in celebrating the release of her captivating memoir\, Playing the Long Game. In an event sure to be inspiring for the whole family\, the soccer superstar will speak to her exhilarating successes—and heartbreaking failures. Join us at Norman Rothstein Theatre in Vancouver for a night of insight into one of the world’s greatest athletes\, a powerful role model\, and one of Canada’s most-beloved figures.\n  \n\nHosted by CBC sports and news reporter Karin Larsen\, a BC Sports Hall of Fame inductee and former world champion and Olympian\, who has reported on the local and international sports scene for over 25 years.\n  \n\nBooks will be available for purchase before and after the event\, courtesy of Book Warehouse (a division of Black Bond Books)—including in-person signings by Christine Sinclair after the event!\n  \nStandard tickets: $30\nPremium tickets: $40\nYouth under 30: $15\nThis event is also in support of The MS Society of Canada.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/christine-sinclair
LOCATION:Norman Rothstein Theatre\, 950 West 41st Ave\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5Z 2N7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Digital Festival Release
DESCRIPTION:For the first time ever\, gain access to a mastercut of the Vancouver Writers Fest’s October Festival! \nNew extended dates: Access the Digital Festival from December 6 to January 20! \nThe deadline to purchase a Digital Festival Pass is midnight on Friday\, January 13. \nThis October\, we gathered on Granville Island for the 35th Anniversary Festival. We were overwhelmed by the response to our first fully in-person Festival after three years. The warmth of the audiences and the powerful conversations that took place on our stages were captured on camera so that we could share the magic of this week with as many people as possible. The result is this Digital Festival Release: 30 specially curated events\, many previously sold out\, representing some of the most intriguing\, edifying\, and fun offerings from our 2022 Festival\, available online from December 6 through January 20. \nWe hope these events will reach people far and wide—and also solve the eternal problem of not being able to be in two places at once during Festival Week.  \nPlease enjoy these exceptional books\, ideas\, and dialogue! \nPay-What-You-Can for this all-access pass: $0 – $20 – $100 [recommended] – $250 \nWe offer Pay-What-You-Can options for the Digital Festival so that these exceptional conversations can be available to everyone. If you don’t see the amount you’d like to pay listed as an option\, please consider adding a donation at checkout\, to help us continue to make our programming accessible. \nWhile the deadline has passed to purchase a Digital Festival Gift Pass that comes with a festive gift certificate\, you can still purchase a regular Digital Festival Pass as a gift\, and send your recipient the access code that you receive in your purchase receipt email. \n  \n\nThe Digital Festival is presented thanks to the generous support of the Y.P. Heung Foundation. \n  \n30 fully-captioned events from the 2022 Festival are included in this all-access\, pay-what-you-can pass:\n#01: Educating with the Witness Blanket (High School)\nfeaturing Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson \n#02: Sisters in Resistance \nTilar J. Mazzeo in Conversation with Marsha Lederman \n#03: What Home Means\nfeaturing Elamin Abdelmahmoud\, Omar El Akkad\, Dimitri Nasrallah\, and Debra Thompson  \n#04: Ali Hassan in Conversation with Brent Butt \n#05: Friendship and Fitting In (Grades 4–7)\nfeaturing Johnnie Christmas\, Faith Erin Hicks\, and Jonathan Hill \n#06: An Evening with Wayne Johnston\nhosted by Rob Wiersema \n#07: Freeman’s Spotlight\nfeaturing Tess Gunty and John Freeman \n#08: Fabulous Historical Fantasy\nfeaturing Guy Gavriel Kay\, J.M. Miro (Steven Price)\, and Rob Wiersema \n#09: An Evening with Billy-Ray Belcourt\nhosted by Mercedes Eng \n#10: Short Story Masters\nfeaturing Caroline Adderson\, Jonathan Escoffery\, Kim Fu\, and Alexander MacLeod \n#11: The Power of Story: Live Recording for CBC’s The Next Chapter\nfeaturing Brian Thomas Isaac\, Marsha Lederman\, David A. Robertson\, and Shelagh Rogers \n#12: Fiction from Reality\nfeaturing Violaine Huisman\, Aislinn Hunter\, Gabriel Krauze\, and Douglas Stuart \n#13: Don’t You Want Me\, Baby?: Authors Do 80s Lyrics\nfeaturing Heather O’Neill\, Omar El Akkad\, João Reis\, Brendan McLeod\, Kevin Sylvester\, Marsha Lederman\, Iain Reid\, Thomas Olde Heuvelt\, Kern Carter\,  David A. Robertson\, and Tess Gunty; hosted by Elamin Abdelmahmoud \n#14: A Gallant Day: The Great Coincidence of August 11\nfeaturing Aamina Ahmad\, Ivan Coyote\, Veda Hille\, Bill Richardson\, and Marcus Youssef  \n#15: The Truth Ain’t What It Used To Be: Journalism in the 21st Century\nfeaturing Kamal Al-Solaylee\, Omar El Akkad\, Brandi Morin\, Elizabeth Renzetti\, and Andrea Woo  \n#16: Generational Fiction: Stories of Lineage\, History and Things Passed Down\nfeaturing Aamina Ahmad\, Tsering Yangzom Lama\, Marsha Lederman\, and Jasmine Sealy \n#17: Douglas Stuart in Conversation with Eddy Boudel Tan  \n#18: Poems for the Twelfth Hour\nfeaturing Otoniya Okot Bitek\, John Freeman\, Aislinn Hunter\, Gillian Jerome\, Brendan McLeod\, and Cecily Nicholson \n#19: An Evening with Heather O’Neill\nhosted by Jen Sookfong Lee  \n#20: Queer Little Nightmares\nfeaturing jaye simpson\, Amber Dawn\, Eddy Boudel Tan\, Tin Lorica\, Ben Rawluk\, Jane Shi\, Cicely Belle Blain\, and beni xiao\, with a drag performance by Persephone. Hosted by David Ly and Daniel Zomparelli.  \n#21: Bestseller to Blockbuster\nfeaturing Marsha Lederman\, Tom Perrotta\, and Iain Reid  \n#22: Wildness: Stories for an Unraveling World\nfeaturing Madhur Anand\, Omar El Akkad\, Kim Fu\, and John Elizabeth Stintzi  \n#23: Building Suspense\nfeaturing Linwood Barclay\, Thomas Olde Heuvelt\, Jerry Wasserman\, and Sandra SG Wong  \n#24: The State of Women\nfeaturing Eliza Reid and Elizabeth Renzetti  \n#25: American Debuts: Emerging Authors\, Exceptional Tales\nfeaturing Aamina Ahmad\, Jonathan Escoffery\, Shaena Lambert\, and Soon Wiley  \n#26: An Evening with Elif Batuman\nhosted by Anakana Schofield  \n#27: The Literary Cabaret\nfeaturing Graeme Macrae Burnet\, Pierre Jarawan\, Gabriel Krauze\, Nadifa Mohamed\, and Heather O’Neill; music accompaniment by Sally Zori and the Allegories  \n#28: The Crime [Writing] of the Century:\nLinwood Barclay and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir in Conversation\, hosted by Rob Wiersema \n#29: The Future is Now\, with Bob McDonald \n #30: Dr. Gabor Maté in Conversation\nhosted by Andrea Woo
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/digital-festival-2022
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SUMMARY:Incite: Dazzling Debuts
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nThe 2023 Incite season premieres with a powerful duo of debut novelists already making review headlines. Journey Prize-winner Jessica Johns’ Bad Cree has made waves among critics and contemporaries alike\, with Eden Robinson calling the work and its characters “wry\, moody\, and subversive” and Cherie Dimaline noting that once the story starts\, “there’s no backing out\, no pause\, no stall.” Some Hellish\, by Nicholas Herring\, is the winner of the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize\, noted for Herring’s “passion for the language of work\, […] droll and philosophical\, ribald and poetic.” Both join esteemed Festival friend and Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize-finalist Carleigh Baker for an evening of literary magic with two acclaimed\, propulsive debuts.  \nJoin us for Incite all season\, in-person or online! This readings series offers conversations with celebrated authors and emerging talents every two weeks from January to June. Incite is free and open to all. Books will be for sale courtesy of Book Warehouse (a division of Black Bond Books).
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-01-25-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
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SUMMARY:Incite: Superfan: Jen Sookfong Lee
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nMusic. Movies. Celebrity crushes. Pop culture permeates all levels of our lives\, from the entertainment we consume (or abhor) to the memes we make and share with friends. Jen Sookfong Lee has been at the centre of this commentary for years\, as author\, lifestyle commentator\, podcaster\, and now memoirist of Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart\, a searing\, revelatory\, and intimate collection exploring the ways in which pop culture has shaped—and unshaped—Lee throughout her life. \nJoined by longtime Festival friend and Globe and Mail columnist Marsha Lederman\, this special Incite event celebrates Lee’s debut memoir-in-pieces\, and explore all the ways in which pop culture intersects with the reality of so many\, how our collective obsessions make and break us\, and why our fascinations persist in spite of it all. \nJoin us for Incite all season\, in-person or online! This readings series offers conversations with celebrated authors and emerging talents every two weeks from January to June. Incite is free and open to all. Books will be for sale courtesy of Book Warehouse (a division of Black Bond Books).
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-02-08-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
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SUMMARY:Incite: Superfan: Jen Sookfong Lee
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nMusic. Movies. Celebrity crushes. Pop culture permeates all levels of our lives\, from the entertainment we consume (or abhor) to the memes we make and share with friends. Jen Sookfong Lee has been at the centre of this commentary for years\, as author\, lifestyle commentator\, podcaster\, and now memoirist of Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart\, a searing\, revelatory\, and intimate collection exploring the ways in which pop culture has shaped—and unshaped—Lee throughout her life. \nJoined by longtime Festival friend and Globe and Mail columnist Marsha Lederman\, this special Incite event will celebrate Lee’s debut memoir-in-pieces\, and explore all the ways in which pop culture intersects with the reality of so many\, how our collective obsessions make and break us\, and why our fascinations persist in spite of it all. \n  \nFROM THE PUBLISHER \nA sharply observed and beautifully intimate memoir-in-pieces that uses one woman’s life-long love affair with pop culture as a revelatory lens to explore family\, identity\, belonging\, grief\, and the power of female rage. \nFor most of Jen Sookfong Lee’s life\, pop culture was an escape from family tragedy and a means of fitting in with the larger culture around her. Anne of Green Gables promised her that\, despite losing her father at the age of twelve\, one day she might still have the loving family of her dreams. Princess Diana was proof that maybe there was more to being a good girl after all. And yet as Jen grew up\, she began to recognize the ways in which pop culture was not made for someone like her—the child of Chinese immigrant parents who looked for safety in the invisibility afforded by embracing model minority myths. \nRanging from the unattainable perfection of Gwyneth Paltrow and the father-figure familiarity of Bob Ross\, to the long shadow cast by The Joy Luck Club and the life lessons she has learned from Rihanna\, Jen weaves together key moments in pop culture with stories of her own failings\, longings\, and struggles as she navigates the minefields that come with carving her own path as an Asian woman\, single mother\, and writer. And with great wit\, bracing honesty\, and a deep appreciation for the ways culture shapes us\, she draws direct lines between the spectacle of the popular\, the intimacy of our personal bonds\, and the social foundations of our collective obsessions. \nJoin us for Incite all season\, in-person or online! This readings series offers conversations with celebrated authors and emerging talents every two weeks from January to June. Incite is free and open to all. Books will be for sale courtesy of Book Warehouse (a division of Black Bond Books).
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-jen-sookfong-lee
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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SUMMARY:Incite: VenCo: Cherie Dimaline
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library and Massy Books.  \nOur third Incite event features Festival favourite Cherie Dimaline\, whose book The Marrow Thieves has garnered multiple awards and maintained an astonishingly frequent presence on the Canadian bestseller’s list for the past five years. Her latest novel for adults invites readers on an enchanting\, treacherous road trip adventure that will “bring magic back into your life” (Eden Robinson). \nVenCo is a wickedly subversive\, deliciously imaginative\, deeply feminist novel of contemporary witches on the rise. When Métis millennial Lucky St. James finds a spoon in her basement inscribed with the letters S-A-L-E-M\, she joins a network of extraordinary women across North America who are searching desperately for the final spoon—and the unknown witch who holds it. The Kirkus Prize and Governor General’s Literary Award winning author joins author and academic Billy-Ray Belcourt (A History of My Brief Body\, A Minor Chorus) to discuss her spellbinding new book\, and her prolific and varied writing life. Books for sale by Massy Books. \nJoin us for Incite all season\, in-person or online! This readings series offers conversations with celebrated authors and emerging talents every two weeks from January to June. Incite is free and open to all. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-02-22-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
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SUMMARY:Incite: VenCo: Cherie Dimaline
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library and Massy Books.  \nDon your cloaks and gather with other members of our literary coven for an evening of divine storytelling and witchcraft. Our third Incite event features Festival favourite Cherie Dimaline\, whose book The Marrow Thieves has garnered multiple awards and maintained an astonishingly frequent presence on the Canadian bestseller’s list for the past five years. Her latest novel for adults invites readers on an enchanting\, treacherous road trip adventure that will “bring magic back into your life” (Eden Robinson). \nVenCo is a wickedly subversive\, deliciously imaginative\, deeply feminist novel of contemporary witches on the rise. When Métis millennial Lucky St. James finds a spoon in her basement inscribed with the letters S-A-L-E-M\, she joins a network of extraordinary women across North America who are searching desperately for the final spoon—and the unknown witch who holds it. The Kirkus Prize and Governor General’s Literary Award winning author joins author and academic Billy-Ray Belcourt (A History of My Brief Body\, A Minor Chorus) to discuss her spellbinding new book\, and her prolific and varied writing life. \nBooks will be for sale before and after the event courtesy of Massy Books. \n  \nFROM THE PUBLISHER \nFrom the bestselling author of Empire of Wild\, a wickedly subversive\, deliciously imaginative\, deeply feminist novel of contemporary witches on the rise—a book that only the supremely gifted storyteller Cherie Dimaline could write. \nLucky St. James\, orphaned daughter of a bad-ass Métis good-times girl\, is barely hanging on to her nowhere life when she finds out that she and her grandmother\, Stella\, are about to be evicted from their apartment. Bad to worse in a heartbeat. Then one night\, doing laundry in the building’s dank basement\, Lucky feels an irresistible something calling to her. Crawling through a hidden hole in the wall\, she finds a tarnished silver spoon depicting a story-book hag over letters that spell out S-A-L-E-M. \nWhich alerts Salem-born Meena Good\, finder of a matching spoon\, to Lucky’s existence. One of the most powerful witches in North America\, Meena has been called to bring together seven special witches and seven special spoons—infused with magic and scattered to the four directions more than a century ago—to form a magic circle that will restore women to their rightful power. Under the wing of the international headhunting firm VenCo\, devoted to placing exceptional women in roles where they can influence business\, politics and the arts\, Meena has spent years searching out witches hiding in plain sight wherever women gather: suburban book clubs\, Mommy & Me groups\, temp agencies. Lucky and her spoon are number six. \nWith only one more spoon to find\, a very powerful adversary has Meena’s coven in his sights—Jay Christos\, a roguish and deadly witch-hunter as old as witchcraft itself. As the clock ticks toward a now-or-never deadline\, Meena sends Lucky and her grandmother on a dangerous\, sometimes hilarious\, road trip through the United States in search of the seventh spoon. The trail leads them at last to the darkly magical city of New Orleans\, where Lucky’s final showdown with Jay Christos will determine whether the coven will be completed\, ushering in a new beginning\, or whether witches will be forced to remain forever underground. \nJoin us for Incite all season\, in-person or online! This readings series offers conversations with celebrated authors and emerging talents every two weeks from January to June. Incite is free and open to all. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-dimaline
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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SUMMARY:Incite: Women Forging Trails
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nOn International Women’s Day\, March 8\, we shared the gritty\, inspiring stories of two women who blazed their own paths in two very different industries\, both traditionally dominated by men. \nAs a whitewater guide navigating some of the most challenging and remote rafting rivers in North America\, Tamar Glouberman takes us on a thrilling\, vulnerable journey in her memoir\, Chasing Rivers: A Whitewater Life. Traversing the highs and lows of the rapids\, this is a story that “expertly tackles themes of sexism\, mental health\, and what it means to trust in yourself in a world that rocks that boat.” (Kelly S. Thompson\, author of Girls Need Not Apply) \nThick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister In The Brotherhood is a deep dive into the secret language and hidden culture of one of the most esoteric heavy construction trades—Boilermaking—from Hilary Peach\, who worked for over two decades as one of the only women in the Boilermakers Union. By turns tender and hilarious\, Peach’s style shines “as brightly as a welder’s torch\, seaming disparate pieces of the universe together.” (The British Columbia Review) \nThey’re joined on-stage by Charmaine de Silva\, News Director of CityNews Vancouver and Calgary. A three-time National RTDNA award-winner and one of Vanmag’s 50 most powerful people in Vancouver in 2023\, she brings her own perspective as the leader of an innovative and diverse newsroom. \nJoin us for Incite all season\, in-person or online! This readings series offers conversations with celebrated authors and emerging talents every two weeks from January to June. Incite is free and open to all. Books will be for sale before and after the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-03-08-2023-multimedia
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SUMMARY:Incite: Women Forging Trails
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nOn International Women’s Day\, March 8\, hear the gritty\, inspiring stories of two women who blazed their own paths in two very different industries\, both traditionally dominated by men. \nAs a whitewater guide navigating some of the most challenging and remote rafting rivers in North America\, Tamar Glouberman takes us on a thrilling\, vulnerable journey in her memoir\, Chasing Rivers: A Whitewater Life. Traversing the highs and lows of the rapids\, this is a story that “expertly tackles themes of sexism\, mental health\, and what it means to trust in yourself in a world that rocks that boat.” (Kelly S. Thompson\, author of Girls Need Not Apply) \nThick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister In The Brotherhood is a deep dive into the secret language and hidden culture of one of the most esoteric heavy construction trades—Boilermaking—from Hilary Peach\, who worked for over two decades as one of the only women in the Boilermakers Union. By turns tender and hilarious\, Peach’s style shines “as brightly as a welder’s torch\, seaming disparate pieces of the universe together.” (The British Columbia Review) \nThey’re joined on-stage by Charmaine de Silva\, News Director of CityNews Vancouver and Calgary. A three-time National RTDNA award-winner and one of Vanmag’s 50 most powerful people in Vancouver in 2023\, she brings her own perspective as the leader of an innovative and diverse newsroom\, to a conversation that promises to be raw and real. \nBooks will be for sale before and after the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. \n  \nABOUT THE BOOKS \nChasing Rivers: A Whitewater Life \nWhen wilderness guide Tamar Glouberman was in her twenties and thirties\, rivers were flowing through every aspect of her life. Whitewater and the paddling community brought excitement\, friendships\, lovers and a connection to the natural world. Driven to guide increasingly dangerous rivers\, Tamar overcomes her self-doubt and challenges both on and off the water\, using a combination of grit and wit. But when a rafting trip ends in a fatal accident\, she is consumed by guilt and exiles herself from the rivers she loves\, convinced she can never return. Tamar must eventually decide if being unable to save her passenger’s life means she also must sacrifice her own. \nThick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister in the Brotherhood \nFor more than two decades\, Hilary Peach worked as a transient welder – and one of the only women — in the Boilermakers Union. Distilled from a vast cache of journals\, notes\, and keen observations\, Thick Skin follows Peach from the West Coast shipyards and pulp mills of British Columbia\, through the Alberta tar sands and the Ontario rust belt\, to the colossal power generating stations of the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. At times edging up to the surreal\, Thick Skin is a collection of strange stories carefully told\, in tenderness and ferocity\, for anyone who has spent time in a trade\, or is curious about the unseen world of industrial construction. \nJoin us for Incite all season\, in-person or online! This readings series offers conversations with celebrated authors and emerging talents every two weeks from January to June. Incite is free and open to all. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-womens-day
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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SUMMARY:Eleanor Catton in Conversation with Bill Richardson
DESCRIPTION:Eleanor Catton makes a highly anticipated return to the Fest with her first novel since The Luminaries was published a decade ago; the mysterious\, intricately structured tale sold 1.5 million copies worldwide\, and made her the youngest ever winner of the Booker Prize. Now\, Catton plunges readers into the world of a gripping new page-turner. Probe the urgent political issues of our times at this Vancouver Writers Fest Special Event\, featuring a literary thriller that Stephen King has called “as good as it gets.” \nBirnam Wood is a fast-paced\, character-driven\, psychologically penetrating work of climate fiction that explores the tense encounter between Birnam Wood—an internally conflicted guerrilla gardening collective\, whose members plant crops on land they don’t own—and an American billionaire who intends to use his newly purchased plot of New Zealand farmland to build an apocalypse bunker. With a title inspired by Macbeth\, Birnam Wood aims Shakespearean wit and drama at our various contemporary crises. \nCome and discover the book that The Globe and Mail\, The Guardian\, Maclean’s\, Vogue\, Kirkus Reviews and more have named one of the most anticipated of 2023. Catton joins award-winning author and esteemed moderator Bill Richardson on Saturday\, March 11 for an incisive conversation about greed\, power\, and reckoning with our global existential threat. \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Upstart & Crow. \n\n  \nStandard tickets: $30\nPremium tickets: $40\nYouth under 30: $15
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/eleanor-catton
LOCATION:Norman Rothstein Theatre\, 950 West 41st Ave\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5Z 2N7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Incite: On the Ravine: Vincent Lam
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nGiller Prize-winning author Dr. Vincent Lam joins our distinguished 2023 Incite lineup with a novel that casts an insightful\, urgent\, and intimate eye upon the devastating experience of addiction. \nIn his practice as an emergency physician and addictions physician\, as well as the medical director of Coderix Medical Clinic\, an addictions medicine clinic based in downtown Toronto\, Dr. Lam is a first-hand witness to the staggering impact of opioid addictions—an epidemic that claimed the lives of over 11\,500 Canadians between January 2016 and December 2018[1]. On the Ravine combines the depth of his experience with his literary talent to create a gripping novel of profound emotional force\, electric in its precision and radiant in its detail\, where the paths of a doctor and patient intersect in complex\, life-altering ways. \nHear Lam in conversation with physician Daniel Kalla\, the internationally bestselling author of novels such as The Darkness in the Light\, Lost Immunity\, and the forthcoming book Fit to Die. \nJoin us for Incite all season\, in-person or online! This readings series offers conversations with celebrated authors and emerging talents every two weeks from January to June. Incite is free and open to all. Books will be for sale before and after the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-03-22-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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SUMMARY:Incite: On the Ravine: Vincent Lam
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nGiller Prize-winning author Dr. Vincent Lam joins our distinguished 2023 Incite lineup with a novel that casts an insightful\, urgent\, and intimate eye upon the devastating experience of addiction. \nIn his practice as an emergency physician and addictions physician\, as well as the medical director of Coderix Medical Clinic\, an addictions medicine clinic based in downtown Toronto\, Dr. Lam is a first-hand witness to the staggering impact of opioid addictions—an epidemic that claimed the lives of over 11\,500 Canadians between January 2016 and December 2018[1]. On the Ravine combines the depth of his experience with his literary talent to create a gripping novel of profound emotional force\, electric in its precision and radiant in its detail\, where the paths of a doctor and patient intersect in complex\, life-altering ways. \nRSVP for free to hear Lam in conversation with physician Daniel Kalla\, the internationally bestselling author of novels such as The Darkness in the Light\, Lost Immunity\, and the forthcoming book Fit to Die. Books will be for sale before and after the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. \n[1] Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction. https://www.ccsa.ca/opioids \n  \nABOUT THE BOOK \nIn his downtown Toronto condo\, Dr. Chen awakens to the sound of streetcars below\, but it is not the early morning traffic that keeps him from sleep. News banners run across his phone: Fentanyl Crisis; Toxic Drug Supply; Record Number of Deaths. From behind the headlines\, on the same screen\, glow the faces of his patients\, the faces of the what-ifs: What if he had done more\, or less? Or something different? Would they still be alive? \nClaire is a violinist; she feels at one with her music\, taking flight in its melody\, free in its movement. But now she rises and falls with the opioids in her system\, becoming increasingly reckless. After two overdoses in twenty-four hours\, she sits in the blue light of her computer\, searching a notice board for recommendations: my doctor saved my life; my doctor is just another dealer. And then another message catches her attention\, about Chen’s clinic: be a guinea pig—why not get paid to take it? \nWhen Claire’s life intersects with Chen’s\, the doctor is drawn ever more deeply into the complexities of the doctor-patient relationship\, the implication and meaning of his intention to treat. Chen must confront just how far he would go to save a life. \nJoin us for Incite all season\, in-person or online! This readings series offers conversations with celebrated authors and emerging talents every two weeks from January to June. Incite is free and open to all. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-lam
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230406
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SUMMARY:Incite: Poetry for This World
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nThough T.S. Eliot called April the “cruelest month”\, at least we have the indomitable power of poetry to carry us through. Celebrate National Poetry Month with readings and musings from poets whose new collections will provoke\, console\, and reveal other ways of seeing. \nTrinity Street is the much-anticipated fifth collection from poet Jen Currin\, winner of the Audre Lorde Award and a Lambda finalist. Weaving together the meditative and the disruptive\, the queer and quotidian\, and the worlds of the dead and the living\, Currin’s poems vibrate with unexpected shifts and precise\, startling imagery. \nMétis Ukrainian\, ReLit Award-winning writer Conor Kerr’s sharp and incisive poems move restlessly across landscapes and time. Old Gods defies colonialism on the Prairies\, situating readers in the Métis mindset: the old gods of the land are alive within the rivers\, the birds\, the hills and the prairies that surround us\, and they’ll always be here. \nSheryda Warrener is the author of two previous collections\, and a recipient of The Puritan‘s Thomas Morton Memorial Prize for poetry. The poems in Test Piece began from her impulse to see herself more clearly\, and grew into more expansive meditations on seeing and vision. These poems are informed by collage—with their echoes and reverberations\, a greater complexity is revealed. \nThey’re joined by host Bronwen Tate—author of the poetry collection The Silk the Moths Ignore\, and professor and Undergraduate Chair at the School of Creative Writing at UBC—for a thoughtful conversation about the power of poetry to challenge and help explain the world we live in. \nJoin us for Incite all season\, in-person or online! This readings series offers conversations with celebrated authors and emerging talents every two weeks from January to June. Incite is free and open to all. Books will be for sale before and after the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-04-05-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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SUMMARY:Incite: Poetry for This World
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nThough T.S. Eliot called April the “cruelest month”\, at least we have the indomitable power of poetry to carry us through. Celebrate National Poetry Month with readings and musings from poets whose new collections will provoke\, console\, and reveal other ways of seeing. \nTrinity Street is the much-anticipated fifth collection from poet Jen Currin\, winner of the Audre Lorde Award and a Lambda finalist. Weaving together the meditative and the disruptive\, the queer and quotidian\, and the worlds of the dead and the living\, Currin’s poems vibrate with unexpected shifts and precise\, startling imagery. \nMétis Ukrainian\, ReLit Award-winning writer Conor Kerr’s sharp and incisive poems move restlessly across landscapes and time. Old Gods defies colonialism on the Prairies\, situating readers in the Métis mindset: the old gods of the land are alive within the rivers\, the birds\, the hills and the prairies that surround us\, and they’ll always be here. \nSheryda Warrener is the author of two previous collections\, and a recipient of The Puritan‘s Thomas Morton Memorial Prize for poetry. The poems in Test Piece began from her impulse to see herself more clearly\, and grew into more expansive meditations on seeing and vision. These poems are informed by collage—with their echoes and reverberations\, a greater complexity is revealed. \nThey’re joined by host Bronwen Tate—author of the poetry collection The Silk the Moths Ignore\, and professor and Undergraduate Chair at the School of Creative Writing at UBC—for a thoughtful conversation about the power of poetry to challenge and help explain the world we live in. \nBooks will be for sale before and after the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. \nJoin us for Incite all season\, in-person or online! This readings series offers conversations with celebrated authors and emerging talents every two weeks from January to June. Incite is free and open to all. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-poetry-2023
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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SUMMARY:Incite: BC and Yukon Book Prizes
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library and BC and Yukon Book Prizes.  \nWe partnered with the BC and Yukon Book Prizes for an evening of celebrating our dazzling local literary talent. This free Incite event honours three of the shortlisted authors of the 2023 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize\, awarded to the best work of literary fiction by a BC writer. \nThe event features: \n\nBilly-Ray Belcourt\, Griffin Poetry Prize-winning author from the Driftpile Cree Nation\, nominated for A Minor Chorus\nMarion Ehrenberg\, psychologist\, professor\, and writer\, nominated for The Language of Dreams\nDanny Ramadan\, Syrian-Canadian author and advocate for LGBTQ+ refugees\, nominated for The Foghorn Echoes \n\nThe authors discuss their shortlisted titles\, then have a rousing conversation about the writing process with Vancouver Writers Fest Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig. \nOther nominees for this year’s award\, who were unfortunately unable to join us this evening\, are Tsering Yangzom Lama and Janice Lynn Mather. \nBooks will be for sale before and after the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. \nJoin us for Incite all season\, in-person or online! This readings series offers conversations with celebrated authors and emerging talents every two weeks from January to June. Incite is free and open to all. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-05-03-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230503T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230503T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T232230
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SUMMARY:Incite: BC and Yukon Book Prizes
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library and BC and Yukon Book Prizes.  \nWe’re partnering with the BC and Yukon Book Prizes for an evening of celebrating our dazzling local literary talent. This free Incite event will honour three of the shortlisted authors of the 2023 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize\, awarded to the best work of literary fiction by a BC writer. \nThe event features: \n\nBilly-Ray Belcourt\, Griffin Poetry Prize-winning author from the Driftpile Cree Nation\, nominated for A Minor Chorus\nMarion Ehrenberg\, psychologist\, professor\, and writer\, nominated for The Language of Dreams\nDanny Ramadan\, Syrian-Canadian author and advocate for LGBTQ+ refugees\, nominated for The Foghorn Echoes \n\nThe authors will discuss their shortlisted titles\, and then have a rousing conversation about the writing process with Vancouver Writers Fest Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig. \nOther nominees for this year’s award\, who are unfortunately unable to join us this evening\, are Tsering Yangzom Lama and Janice Lynn Mather. \nPrevious winners of the Ethel Wilson Prize have included Ruth Ozeki (The Book of Form and Emptiness)\, Eden Robinson (Trickster Drift)\, and David Chariandy (Brother). Come and meet your next favourite author\, and get a signed copy of their book\, at Incite! \nBooks will be for sale before and after the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. \nJoin us for Incite all season\, in-person or online! This readings series offers conversations with celebrated authors and emerging talents every two weeks from January to June. Incite is free and open to all. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-bcybp
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230507T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230507T210000
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SUMMARY:Margaret Atwood in Conversation with Ian Williams
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT\nPart of the Vancouver Writers Fest Bestsellers Series\nThis event is presented in partnership with Scotia Wealth Management and with support from the Chan Endowment Fund at the University of British Columbia. \nThe legendary Margaret Atwood will join Scotiabank Giller Prize and Griffin Prize-winning author Ian Williams to discuss Old Babes in the Wood\, her extraordinary new collection of short fiction. A cornerstone of Canada’s literary canon\, Atwood is the author of over fifty books—including the internationally bestselling cultural phenomenon The Handmaid’s Tale\, and the Booker Prize-winning novels The Blind Assassin and The Testaments. This book of 15 stories explores the full depth of experience\, speaking to our unique times with Atwood’s characteristic insight\, wit\, and intellect. \nThis is a conversation we’ll be reminiscing about for years to come. \nMargaret Atwood has generously donated her fee for this event to the Vancouver Writers Fest\, supporting our capacity to program this year’s 2023 Festival. We invite you to follow in the footsteps of this Canadian icon\, and join us at the Bestsellers Series to help our Festival continue to thrive in challenging times. \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books—including books pre-signed by Margaret Atwood! There will be no signing line. \nThis event is part of the Vancouver Writers Fest Bestsellers Series\, a spring fundraising series bringing some of the biggest names in literature to Vancouver. Buying a ticket not only gives you an opportunity to hear from some of the most celebrated authors in the world; it supports the Vancouver Writers Fest in programming our flagship Festival later this year. Click here to explore the full lineup.  \n\nStandard tickets: $35\nPremium tickets: $55\nYouth under 25: $20\n\nClick here to purchase your tickets from The Chan Centre.\nTickets for this event are sold through The Chan Centre. If you run into issues while purchasing your ticket\, please contact their box office directly: \n\nBox Office hours: 12–4pm Tue–Fri\nBox Office email: chan.tickets@ubc.ca\nBox Office phone: (604) 822-2697
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/margaret-atwood-bestsellers
LOCATION:The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts\, 6265 Crescent Rd\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6T 1Z1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Bestsellers Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230513T210000
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SUMMARY:Louise Penny in Conversation with Shelagh Rogers
DESCRIPTION:Part of the Vancouver Writers Fest Bestsellers Series\n\nLouise Penny is presented thanks to support from Raincoast Books. \nASL interpretation is provided at this event.\n \nWhat an occasion: The #1 New York Times\, USA Today\, and Globe and Mail bestselling author\, Louise Penny\, joins the Vancouver Writers Fest for an intimate conversation with her good friend\, and host of CBC’s The Next Chapter\, Shelagh Rogers. \nIn Penny’s 18th book in her acclaimed series\, A World of Curiosities\, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir come face-to-face with a chilling reappearance; resurfaced memories\, buried for decades; and a long-hidden attic room\, where they’ll discover puzzles within puzzles\, and hidden messages warning of mayhem and revenge. This page-turner was named one of Washington Post’s best mysteries and thrillers of 2022\, one of Barnes and Noble’s best books of 2022\, and a number one pick by librarians across Canada. \nThe conversation will explore this latest work and Penny’s career to date — and celebrate Shelagh Rogers’ 15 year anniversary with The Next Chapter! \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books—including books pre-signed by Louise Penny! There will be no signing line. \nThis event is part of the Vancouver Writers Fest Bestsellers Series\, a spring fundraising series bringing some of the biggest names in literature to Vancouver. Buying a ticket not only gives you an opportunity to hear from some of the most celebrated authors in the world; it supports the Vancouver Writers Fest in programming our flagship Festival later this year. Click here to explore the full lineup.  \n\nStandard tickets: $35\nPremium tickets: $55\nYouth under 25: $20
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/louise-penny-bestsellers
LOCATION:St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church\, 1022 Nelson St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6E 4S7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Bestsellers Series
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SUMMARY:Incite: Love\, Lives – An Evening with Casey Plett and Hazel Jane Plante
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nJoin us at Incite for a lively celebration of the re-issue of A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett\, and the release of Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante. The two Lambda Literary Award-winning authors will be in conversation with C.A. Tanaka\, author of Baby Drag Queen. \nMulti-award-winning author Casey Plett made her literary debut with the short story collection A Safe Girl to Love. After a long absence\, this beloved collection of stories about the lives of young trans women is back in print. Plett\, whose books have recurring characters and themes\, has come to view A Safe Girl to Love as the first book in a loose trilogy along with her novel Little Fish and her story collection A Dream of a Woman. \nAny Other City is the much-anticipated novel from Hazel Jane Plante\, whose debut novel Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) won a Lambda Literary Award in 2019. The novel is written as the fictionalized memoir of trans indie musician Tracy St. Cyr and “sparkles with heart and sex\, art and life”—Michelle Tea. This is a love letter to trans femmes and to art itself. \nDiscover two of the most sought-after young writers in Canada\, at the Vancouver stop of their popular North American tour.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-05-17-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230522T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230522T210000
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SUMMARY:R. F. Kuang in Conversation with Eddy Boudel Tan
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT\nPart of the Vancouver Writers Fest Bestsellers Series\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is presented in partnership with Massy Books and SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs. \nRebecca F. Kuang shot to #1 on the New York Times bestsellers list with her previous novels Babel and the Poppy War Trilogy. She joins the Vancouver Writers Fest\, Massy Books\, and SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs with her new literary thriller\, Yellowface—a timely and cutting satire that investigates racism in the publishing industry and beyond\, with razor-sharp precision. She’ll speak with Eddy Boudel Tan\, a Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Rising Star\, about cultural appropriation\, the erasure of Asian-American voices\, and her own literary career. \nWhat would you steal for success? When June Hayward—Yellowface’s deceptive first-person narrator—witnesses the death of fellow writer Athena Liu in a freak accident\, she steals Athena’s manuscript and publishes it under her own name; or rather\, her new identity as Juniper Song\, complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo. But as damning evidence emerges\, June must race to escape the deadly consequences\, and keep what she believes she deserves. Unflinching in its gaze\, this brilliant book is “a must read commentary on the line between representation and exploitation.” —Vaishnavi Patel\, author of Kaikeyi    \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Massy Books\, or order a book with your ticket at a discounted rate! The pre-sale will be limited to 2 copies per purchase\, and books can be picked up at the event. R. F. Kuang will be signing books after the event! \nThis event is part of the Vancouver Writers Fest Bestsellers Series\, a spring fundraising series bringing some of the biggest names in literature to Vancouver. Buying a ticket not only gives you an opportunity to hear from some of the most celebrated authors in the world; it supports the Vancouver Writers Fest in programming our flagship Festival later this year. Click here to explore the full lineup.  \n\nStandard tickets: $35\nYouth under 25: $20
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/rf-kuang-bestsellers
LOCATION:Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema\, SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\, 149 W Hastings St\, Vancouver
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Bestsellers Series
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SUMMARY:Incite: Fire Weather – John Vaillant
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nThe 2023 Incite season finale is sure to be one of our most riveting\, incandescent events yet. John Vaillant\, author of the nationally bestselling non-fiction titles The Golden Spruce and The Tiger\, joins us with his latest work—a stunning account of a colossal wildfire\, and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind. He’ll speak with award-winning journalist Laura Lynch\, host of CBC’s What On Earth. \nFire Weather: The Making of a Beast takes us on a riveting journey through the intertwined histories of North America’s oil industry and the birth of climate science. In May 2016\, Fort McMurray\, the hub of Canada’s petroleum industry and America’s biggest foreign supplier\, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster drove 88\,000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the lens of this apocalyptic conflagration—the wildfire equivalent of Hurricane Katrina—Vaillant warns that this was not a unique event but a shocking preview of what we must prepare for in a hotter\, more flammable world. \nJoin us for an urgent and necessary conversation about our new century of fire\, which has only just begun.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-05-31-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230531T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230531T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T232230
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T195733Z
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SUMMARY:Incite: Fire Weather – John Vaillant
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.\nMasks are optional in VPL’s spaces.  \nThe 2023 Incite season finale is sure to be one of our most riveting\, incandescent events yet. John Vaillant\, author of the nationally bestselling non-fiction titles The Golden Spruce and The Tiger\, joins us with his latest work—a stunning account of a colossal wildfire\, and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind. He’ll speak with award-winning journalist Laura Lynch\, host of CBC’s What On Earth. \nFire Weather: The Making of a Beast takes us on a riveting journey through the intertwined histories of North America’s oil industry and the birth of climate science. In May 2016\, Fort McMurray\, the hub of Canada’s petroleum industry and America’s biggest foreign supplier\, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster drove 88\,000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the lens of this apocalyptic conflagration—the wildfire equivalent of Hurricane Katrina—Vaillant warns that this was not a unique event but a shocking preview of what we must prepare for in a hotter\, more flammable world. \nJoin us for an urgent and necessary conversation about our new century of fire\, which has only just begun. \nBooks will be for sale before and after the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. \nJoin us for Incite all season\, in-person or online! This readings series offers conversations with celebrated authors and emerging talents every two weeks from January to June. Incite is free and open to all. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-vaillant
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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SUMMARY:Colson Whitehead in Conversation with Ian Williams
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT\nTickets to this event include a copy of Crook Manifesto\, and Colson Whitehead will be signing books after the talk! \nTwo-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead returns to the Vancouver Writers Fest this summer with the eagerly awaited continuation of his Harlem saga. Hot on the heels of Harlem Shuffle\, which delighted our audiences in 2021\, Whitehead’s new novel Crook Manifesto is another brilliantly entertaining romp through 1970s New York\, in all its seedy glory. \nIt’s 1971. Amidst a backdrop of sky-high crime and a shooting war between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army\, furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. It’s strictly the straight-and-narrow for him—until he needs to hit up his old police contact Munson\, fixer extraordinaire\, for a favour. But Munson has his own favours to ask of Carney\, and staying out of the game is about to become deadly. Crook Manifesto is a darkly funny tale of a city under siege\, but also a sneakily searching portrait of the meaning of family. \nWhitehead joins Ian Williams\, author of Reproduction and Disorientation: Being Black in the World\, for a conversation inviting readers into Crook Manifesto‘s kaleidoscopic portrait of Harlem—which is sure to stand as one of the all-time great evocations of a place and a time. \n\nTickets are $45 and include a hardcover copy of Crook Manifesto (a value of $36).\nUpstart & Crow will be at the event selling additional copies and Colson Whitehead’s backlist.\n\n\n 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/whitehead-2023
LOCATION:Waterfront Theatre\, 1412 Cartwright St.\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, BC V6H 3R7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Zadie Smith in Conversation with Madeleine Thien
DESCRIPTION:This event is at capacity. \nIf you have a ticket you can no longer use\, please contact the Chan Centre Box Office with your order number to release the tickets\, so someone else can attend. \nThe Chan Centre Box Office\nHours: 12–4pm Tue–Fri\nEmail: chan.tickets@ubc.ca\nPhone: (604) 822-2697 \nClick here for the Chan Centre ticketing page. \n\nIf you don’t have a ticket: There will be a standby line at the venue set up two hours prior to the event\, where empty seats will be assigned on a first-come\, first-serve basis\, at showtime\, according to availability. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with UBC School of Creative Writing and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. \nZadie Smith\, widely recognized as one of the finest and most influential authors writing in English today\, joins the Vancouver Writers Fest for an evening of unforgettable storytelling. This event is a celebration not only of Smith’s latest novel\, The Fraud\, but also of you: our treasured community.    \nSmith’s blockbuster debut novel\, White Teeth\, earned her comparisons to writers from Charles Dickens to Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie. It won multiple awards and was included in TIME’s All-TIME List of the 100 Best Novels (1923–2005). Her acclaimed follow-ups include On Beauty\, NW\, and Swing Time. \nBooklist has named The Fraud “her most commanding novel to date.” Set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England\, The Fraud is a dazzling novel about truth and fiction\, Jamaica and Britain\, fraudulence and authenticity\, all fused into “a triumph of historical fiction.” (Publishers Weekly) \nSmith speaks with her internationally-renowned Canadian contemporary\, Madeleine Thien\, author of the multi-award-winning novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing. \nThough we consider all of our Special Events exceptional\, this one is truly momentous for us: we are making this event free to all\, as a gift to the local community that has supported us so generously and steadfastly through these turbulent pandemic years. VWF members will receive first access to tickets\, before they become available to everyone—whether this is your hundredth time attending an event with us\, or your very first.   \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/zadie-smith
LOCATION:The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts\, 6265 Crescent Rd\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6T 1Z1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Brent Butt in Conversation with Charlie Demers
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT\nBrent Butt is one of the most well-known stand-up comedians of the past five decades. He’s appeared at major comedy festivals across the world\, and has been voted Best Male Stand-Up in Canada by his peers in the profession. He’s created and starred in two of TV’s funniest sitcoms: Corner Gas and Hiccups. But has he written an unexpectedly terrifying psychological thriller? Now he has. Butt joins the Vancouver Writers Fest with his riveting debut novel\, HUGE.  \nIt’s 1994\, and three stand-up comedians—Dale\, Rynn\, and Hobie—have embarked on a tour across a remote stretch of rural Canadian countryside. Hobie\, a hulking young man added to the bill at the last minute\, is a disaster as an opening act. But his brutal lack of ability as a comedian turns out to be the least of his companions’ problems. For Dale and Rynn\, the tour soon becomes less about getting laughs and more about getting off the road alive. \nAt the glamorous Hollywood Theatre\, grab a drink at the bar and settle into your seat to enjoy a special set of Butt’s uproarious stand-up comedy. Next\, he’ll dive into a conversation with local thriller author and Juno-nominated comedian Charlie Demers\, to discuss HUGE and the process of writing his first novel\, followed by a Q&A session with the audience. This blend of humour and horror will be a spine-tingling\, side-splitting thrill.  \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books\, and Brent Butt will sign books after the event! 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/brent-butt
LOCATION:Hollywood Theatre\, 3123 W Broadway\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6K 2H2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Theatre
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SUMMARY:2023 Festival
DESCRIPTION:Discover the 2023 Festival Lineup! \nOur 36th annual Festival takes place October 16–22\, on Granville Island and beyond\, with all youth events available both in-person and online. \nFestival Week will feature 125+ authors in 85 events\, including five curated by our 2023 Guest Curator\, CBC Commotion host Elamin Abdelmahmoud. In addition\, we’re thrilled to welcome our returning Spoken Word Curator\, Jillian Christmas; and our new Musical Director\, Benjamin Millman\, who will lead our signature Literary Cabaret event alongside his band\, Benjamin Millman and the Oxymorons! \nGather with us at the Festival to revel in the words of Naomi Klein\, Cherie Dimaline\, Esi Edugyan\, Michael Crummey\, Kai Thomas\, Silvia Moreno-Garcia\, Patrick deWitt\, John Vaillant\, Rebecca Solnit\, Celeste Ng\, Paul Harding\, Michelle Good\, Kevin Chong\, Aisha Harris\, Lauren Groff\, and many more. \nTickets on sale September 18 to the public — September 11 to VWF Members.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/2023-festival
LOCATION:BC
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SUMMARY:Writing Consultations with Aren X. Tulchinsky
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the Vancouver Public Library and Upstart & Crow\, we’re thrilled to offer one-on-one consultations to aspiring writers with VPL writer in residence Aren X.Tulchinsky\, as part of #VWF2023!\n  \n\nConsultation appointments will be held on October 18 and 20 between 3–6pm at the Upstart & Crow writers’ studio on Granville Island. \n  \n\nTo request a 20-minute consultation appointment\, please email programs@vpl.ca with the subject line “Writer in Residence 2023” and the following information:\n\n\n\nA brief introduction including your writing experience to date\, what you hope to gain from the consultation\, and any specific aspects of your work that you would like to discuss.\nA maximum of 4 pages\, or 1\,000 words of your written work\, typed in Times New Roman (font size 12)\, and double spaced with each page numbered in the bottom right-hand corner.\n\nAren has expertise in short stories\, fiction\, creative non-fiction\, screen plays and monologues; please do not send poetry. \nConsultation appointments will be held at the Upstart & Crow writers’ studio on Granville Island. The studio is up one flight of stairs and accessible space is available on the ground floor. Please indicate in your email if accessible space is preferred. Please arrive early for your appointment. \nThis program is supported by the Friends of The Vancouver Public Library\, a community of library lovers who volunteer\, fundraise\, and advocate in support of the Vancouver Public Library. The Friends also operate book’mark\, The Library Store\, on the main level of Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/consultations-2023
LOCATION:Upstart & Crow
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SUMMARY:Canadian Dream Team: Rick Mercer and Jann Arden
DESCRIPTION:Tickets for this event are sold through the Chan Centre. Click here to purchase your tickets.\n\nIf you run into issues while purchasing your tickets\, please contact the Chan Centre box office directly. \nThe Chan Centre Box Office\nHours: 12–4pm Tue–Fri\nEmail: chan.tickets@ubc.ca\nPhone: (604) 822-2697 \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with Scotia Wealth Management and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. \nTickets to this extra special event include a copy of both The Road Years AND The Bittlemores! What a rare opportunity to pick up signed copies of both books\, and hear these two friends in conversation once again. \nFor years\, viewers across the country tuned into the The Rick Mercer Report to spend their evenings with Rick Mercer and Jann Arden\, one of his favourite recurring guests. Relive the laughter\, antics\, and camaraderie at this Vancouver Writers Fest Special Event\, where Rick and Jann will reunite to toast each other on the publication of each of their new books.  \nTheir first meeting in Jann’s hometown of Calgary ignited a friendship that would take the two 1\,168 feet above the ground atop the CN Tower EdgeWalk; ziplining at Canada Olympic Park; and bull-riding at a Calgarian rodeo—all with an amused audience watching. Their mutual adoration is rivaled only by their legendary banter\, and there will be plenty of both in this entertaining conversation.   \nBoth of these icons have published numerous books\, alongside their dizzying lists of other accomplishments. Mercer’s memoir\, Talking to Canadians\, was an instant national bestseller and left readers wanting more. The Road Years: A Memoir\, Continued… picks up the story with the greenlighting of what would become the Rick Mercer Report\, and follows him coast to coast to coast in search of the best stories from everyday Canadians. \nMulti-platinum musician Jann Arden’s bestselling nonfiction books include Feeding My Mother and If I Knew Then. Now\, she’s releasing her anticipated debut novel\, The Bittlemores. A rural fairytale\, a coming-of-age story\, and a prairie mystery all-in-one\, The Bittlemores is saturated with Arden’s observations of the world she grew up in\, and her deep connection to the animals we exploit. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/mercer-arden
LOCATION:The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts\, 6265 Crescent Rd\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6T 1Z1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Miss Chief Eagle Testickle Presents Her Memoir: Kent Monkman and Gisèle Gordon in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with the Vancouver Art Gallery and Eastside Arts Society. \nAn unmissable event for all those interested in a gloriously queer\, art-drenched\, Indigenous look at the “true” history of North America/Turtle Island with a special appearance by Miss Chief Eagle Testickle.Join celebrated Cree artist Kent Monkman and his long-time collaborator Gisèle Gordon as they discuss their new work The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island\, a genre-defying work based on the paintings of one the most important painters working today that will remake readers’ understanding of the land called North America. A story of this continent that reframes the narrative as a deeply Cree and gloriously queer understanding of our shared world\, its past\, its present\, and its possibilities. \nAfter the reading with Miss Chief\, Monkman and Gordon will be be in conversation with beloved Canadian broadcast Shelagh Rogers. \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Iron Dog Books.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/monkman-gordon
LOCATION:The Vancouver Playhouse
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Theatre
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