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SUMMARY:Incite: Deb Perelman in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nGet inspired in the kitchen with Deb Perelman\, a self-taught home cook and the force behind SmittenKitchen.com. An international sensation among home cooks\, Perelman has authored three New York Times bestselling cookbooks\, most recently Smitten Kitchen Keepers\, and has amassed over 2.7 million followers worldwide for her comforting\, accessible recipes. For our very first Incite of the season\, Perelman shares ‘seasoned’ insights from the kitchen and her career. We know you’ll be smitten. In conversation with Bronwen Tate.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-01-31-2024-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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SUMMARY:Incite: CBC’s Canada Reads – Téa Mutonji and Kudakwashe Rutendo
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library and CBC’s Canada Reads.\n \nCanada Reads is back! The annual battle of the books is a lively debate between five champions\, who each defend one book as the title the whole country should read this year. Celebrate this year’s contenders at Incite\, where finalist Téa Mutonji sat down with her champion\, actor and TIFF Rising Star Kudakwashe Rutendo.  \nIn Shut Up You’re Pretty\, Mutonji’s disarming debut story collection\, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions during a family wedding; a teenage girl looks for happiness inside a pack of cigarettes; a mother reconnects with her daughter through their shared interest in fish; and a young woman decides to shave her head in the waiting room of an abortion clinic. On CBC Radio’s Commotion\, Rutendo commented: “At once feminist\, unapologetic and potent\, Shut Up You’re Pretty presents the opportunity to reconcile what we’ve been carrying at a time when it couldn’t be more needed.”
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-02-07-2024-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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SUMMARY:Incite: CBC’s Canada Reads – Téa Mutonji and Kudakwashe Rutendo
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library and CBC’s Canada Reads.\n \nCanada Reads is back! The annual battle of the books is a lively debate between five champions\, who each defend one book as the title the whole country should read this year. Celebrate this year’s contenders at Incite\, where finalist Téa Mutonji will sit down with her champion\, actor and TIFF Rising Star Kudakwashe Rutendo.  \nIn Shut Up You’re Pretty\, Mutonji’s disarming debut story collection\, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions during a family wedding; a teenage girl looks for happiness inside a pack of cigarettes; a mother reconnects with her daughter through their shared interest in fish; and a young woman decides to shave her head in the waiting room of an abortion clinic. On CBC Radio’s Commotion\, Rutendo commented: “At once feminist\, unapologetic and potent\, Shut Up You’re Pretty presents the opportunity to reconcile what we’ve been carrying at a time when it couldn’t be more needed.” \nCanada Reads finalists become national bestsellers. Come meet two emerging Canadian icons.  \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. Can’t make the event time? Register for the livestream option and we’ll send you a link to watch the recording!  \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-mutonji
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240222
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SUMMARY:Incite: Sheila Heti in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.\n \nLiterary innovator Sheila Heti—known for experimental and philosophical books such as Motherhood\, Pure Colour\, and How Should a Person Be?—returns to Incite with what might be her most intimate work yet. Discover ten years of her diaries\, curiously rearranged in Alphabetical Diaries.  \nThe New York Times called reading Alphabetical Diaries “a profound experience.” Experience it for yourself at this insightful conversation between Heti and author Molly Cross-Blanchard.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-02-21-2024-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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SUMMARY:Incite: Sheila Heti in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.\n \nLiterary innovator Sheila Heti—known for experimental and philosophical books such as Motherhood\, Pure Colour\, and How Should a Person Be?—returns to Incite with what might be her most intimate work yet. Discover ten years of her diaries\, curiously rearranged in Alphabetical Diaries. \nA little over a decade ago\, Heti began looking back at the diaries she’d kept over the previous ten years\, searching for signs of deeper change inside herself. She loaded all 500\,000 words of her journals into Microsoft Excel\, to order the sentences alphabetically and seek out patterns and repetitions. With the sentences untethered from the narrative of her diaries\, she started to see herself—and the Self—in a new way. The result is something fresh and sublime.  \nThe New York Times called reading Alphabetical Diaries “a profound experience.” Experience it for yourself at this insightful conversation between Heti and author Molly Cross-Blanchard.  \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. Can’t make the event time? Register for the livestream option and we’ll send you a link to watch the recording!  \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-heti
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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SUMMARY:Dr. Jen Gunter: The Science\, Medicine\, and Mythology of Menstruation
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Period Pantry and Emily Carr University of Art + Design.\n \nThis event includes ASL interpretation for in-person attendees. \nTrusted OB-GYN Dr. Jen Gunter has been called “Twitter’s resident gynecologist” for her fierce advocacy for women’s health\, and viral online threads debunking misinformation about the vagina. The #1 bestselling author of The Vagina Bible and The Menopause Manifesto returns to the Vancouver Writers Fest with Blood: The science\, medicine\, and mythology of menstruation. \nMost of us know as much about how the uterus and ovaries function as we do about how the liver works. Add in societal shame around the menstrual cycle and it’s not surprising that misinformation is widespread. In Blood\, Dr. Gunter offers a clear\, no-nonsense guide to reproductive anatomy and answers all the questions you never knew you had about menstrual bleeding. Filled with Dr. Gunter’s expertise and trademark wit\, this new book is “the brilliant and long needed corrective that we have waited for\, since the first time we stuffed a box of pads into a three-ply paper bag and slunk out of a pharmacy. Never again.” —Samantha Bee \nIn conversation with award-winning Globe and Mail journalist Andrea Woo\, Dr. Gunter will debunk myths and challenge patriarchal attitudes toward this natural bodily process. Join us at this free event for a funny and candid evening of biological education and smashing the patriarchy.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/jen-gunter
LOCATION:Reliance Theatre\, 520 E 1st Ave\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5T 1A7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Incite: Divine Debut Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.\n \nDebut novelists Lily Wang and Scott Alexander Howard unveil moving works of literary fiction that will enchant readers with exquisite prose\, and a touch of the otherworldly. Explore threads of memory\, longing\, loss\, and the surreal at this Incite event.   \nLily Wang’s Silver Repetition tenderly illuminates the fullness of identity despite fractures in language\, culture\, and relationships. Having left China for Canada with her parents as a child\, Yuè Yuè yearns to discover who she is as she nears the end of her degree and starts a new relationship. In urgent poetic fragments\, she seeks common ground with her Canadian-born younger sister and grieves the cousin she lost touch with back home. \nFor fans of Emily St. John Mandel\, David Mitchell\, and Kazuo Ishiguro\, The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard is a literary speculative novel set in an unnamed valley\, where bereaved residents can petition to cross a forbidden border to see their lost loved ones again. This masterful modern fable has been called “unforgettable” (Kevin Chong) and “astonishingly brilliant” (Liz Nugent).   \nOur guests speak with Tara McGuire\, author of the moving memoir Holden After & Before.   \n 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-03-06-2024-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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SUMMARY:Incite: Divine Debut Fiction with Lily Wang and Scott Alexander Howard
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.\n \nDebut novelists Lily Wang and Scott Alexander Howard unveil moving works of literary fiction that will enchant readers with exquisite prose\, and a touch of the otherworldly. Explore threads of memory\, longing\, loss\, and the surreal at this Incite event.   \nLily Wang’s Silver Repetition tenderly illuminates the fullness of identity despite fractures in language\, culture\, and relationships. Having left China for Canada with her parents as a child\, Yuè Yuè yearns to discover who she is as she nears the end of her degree and starts a new relationship. In urgent poetic fragments\, she seeks common ground with her Canadian-born younger sister and grieves the cousin she lost touch with back home. \nFor fans of Emily St. John Mandel\, David Mitchell\, and Kazuo Ishiguro\, The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard is a literary speculative novel set in an unnamed valley\, where bereaved residents can petition to cross a forbidden border to see their lost loved ones again. This masterful modern fable has been called “unforgettable” (Kevin Chong) and “astonishingly brilliant” (Liz Nugent).   \nOur guests will speak with Tara McGuire\, author of the moving memoir Holden After & Before.   \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. Can’t make the event time? Register for the livestream option and we’ll send you a link to watch the recording!  \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-debuts
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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SUMMARY:Incite: Cozy Mystery with Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.\n \nLooking for a murder mystery to spark that warm\, fuzzy feeling inside? Featuring amateur detectives\, fascinating supporting casts\, and a focus on solving clues over violence and gloom\, cozy mysteries have taken the publishing world by storm. Hear from some of the best in the genre at this Incite event with Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti\, authors of Bury the Lead.  \nBury the Lead follows Cat Conway\, a big-city journalist who’s recently fled her high-profile career to join the staff of a paper in cottage country. One of her first assignments is to interview legendary actor Eliot Fraser. When Eliot ends up dead onstage on the theatre’s opening night\, the curtain rises on the sleepy town’s secrets. Can Cat solve the mystery before she loses her job or becomes the next victim of a killer with a theatrical bent for vengeance? \nFor fans of Louise Penny\, Agatha Christie\, and Only Murders in the Building\, this intimate event is not to be missed. Both bestselling and acclaimed authors for their previous works\, Hilton and Renzetti speak with Globe and Mail journalist and author André Picard. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-03-20-2024-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240320T200000
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SUMMARY:Incite: Cozy Mystery with Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.\n \nLooking for a murder mystery to spark that warm\, fuzzy feeling inside? Featuring amateur detectives\, fascinating supporting casts\, and a focus on solving clues over violence and gloom\, cozy mysteries have taken the publishing world by storm. Hear from some of the best in the genre at this Incite event with Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti\, authors of Bury the Lead.  \nBury the Lead follows Cat Conway\, a big-city journalist who’s recently fled her high-profile career to join the staff of a paper in cottage country. One of her first assignments is to interview legendary actor Eliot Fraser. When Eliot ends up dead onstage on the theatre’s opening night\, the curtain rises on the sleepy town’s secrets. Can Cat solve the mystery before she loses her job or becomes the next victim of a killer with a theatrical bent for vengeance? \nFor fans of Louise Penny\, Agatha Christie\, and Only Murders in the Building\, this intimate event is not to be missed. Both bestselling and acclaimed authors for their previous works\, Hilton and Renzetti will speak with Globe and Mail journalist and author André Picard.   \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. Can’t make the event time? Register for the livestream option and we’ll send you a link to watch the recording!  \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-mystery
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240409T210000
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SUMMARY:Tiná7 Cht Ti Temíxw: We Come From This Land: A Walk Through the History of the Squamish People
DESCRIPTION:Presented by The Squamish First Nation and Vancouver Writers Fest\n\n\n\nJoin us at this extraordinary public event to discover a story of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation): past\, present\, and future. Chairperson Khelsilem\, author Stephanie Wood\, and Squamish Nation Elders will gather on-stage for a collective conversation on the history of these lands and a celebration of this fascinating book. \nOne hundred years after Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) leadership signed an amalgamation agreement that declared several communities in Squamish territory as one nation\, Tiná7 Cht Ti Temíxw: We Come from This Land offers an accessible history of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh people\, tracing stories from ancient times to the present and sharing the culmination of generations of knowledge. \nThe 6\,732-square-kilometer Sḵwx̱wú7meshulh Temíx̱w (Squamish People’s Territory) includes the watersheds of the Squamish River\, Mamquam River\, and Howe Sound in the north\, and English Bay\, False Creek\, and Burrard Inlet in the south—including the headquarters of the Vancouver Writers Fest\, and location of this event\, on Granville Island. \nFilled with stunning photos\, this new book is a powerful introduction to the vast history of these lands\, and a launching point for discovering more about the different places\, people\, and stories offered here. \nBooks will be for sale at the event from Iron Dog Books. \nWe do our best to make our events low-barrier\, accessible experiences for our community. If you have accessibility needs\, or if the cost of tickets presents a barrier to attending\, please reach out to info@writersfest.bc.ca.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/squamish
LOCATION:Performance Works
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Incite: All About Love
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.\n \nThis Incite event is all about love—romantic\, familial\, tender\, fierce\, gut-wrenching\, and wondrous love. Three LGBTQ+ authors join us on-stage to discuss their highly anticipated novels\, which boldly explore love in all its expressions. \nIn Christina Cooke’s searing debut novel\, Broughtupsy\, Akúa returns home to Jamaica for the first time in ten years and is forced to confront the difficult reality of being gay in a deeply religious family\, and of what it means to feel at home. \nAnne Fleming’s Curiosities is a genre- and gender-bending historical novel with a modern twist. We follow a present-day amateur historian\, Anne\, as she pieces together seventeenth-century manuscripts that tell conflicting stories about two lovers\, living in a time when there were no labels for who they might truly be. \nWhat if you had the chance to rewrite the course of your relationship\, again and again\, in the hopes that it would work out? Myriam Lacroix’s How It Works Out explores just this\, as a queer love story plays out in many alternate realities to paint a darkly comic portrait of love’s many promises and perils. \nJoin us for a vivacious conversation\, as the authors sit down to discuss their books with author Candie Tanaka.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-04-17-2024-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240417T200000
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SUMMARY:Incite: All About Love
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.\n \nThis Incite event is all about love—romantic\, familial\, tender\, fierce\, gut-wrenching\, and wondrous love. Three LGBTQ+ authors join us on-stage to discuss their highly anticipated novels\, which boldly explore love in all its expressions. \nIn Christina Cooke’s searing debut novel\, Broughtupsy\, Akúa returns home to Jamaica for the first time in ten years and is forced to confront the difficult reality of being gay in a deeply religious family\, and of what it means to feel at home. \nAnne Fleming’s Curiosities is a genre- and gender-bending historical novel with a modern twist. We follow a present-day amateur historian\, Anne\, as she pieces together seventeenth-century manuscripts that tell conflicting stories about two lovers\, living in a time when there were no labels for who they might truly be. \nWhat if you had the chance to rewrite the course of your relationship\, again and again\, in the hopes that it would work out? Myriam Lacroix’s How It Works Out explores just this\, as a queer love story plays out in many alternate realities to paint a darkly comic portrait of love’s many promises and perils. \nJoin us for a vivacious conversation\, as the authors sit down to discuss their books with author Candie Tanaka.  \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. Can’t make the event time? Register for the livestream option and we’ll send you a link to watch the recording!  \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-love
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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SUMMARY:Incite: A Reading with Michael Ondaatje – A Year of Last Things
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.\n \nWith A Year of Last Things\, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry\, where he began his career over fifty years ago. It also marks his first return to the Vancouver Writers Fest since 2018. We are thrilled to connect the Booker Prize-winning author with Vancouver readers at this free Incite event. \nBorn in Sri Lanka during the Second World War\, Ondaatje was sent as a child to school in London\, and later moved to Canada. These poems reflect the life of a writer\, traveller and watcher of the world—describing himself as a “mongrel\,” someone born out of diverse cultures. Here\, rediscovering the influence of every border crossed\, he moves back and forth in time\, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery\, love and loss.  \nA Year of Last Things has already been named “Ondaatje’s finest.” (Quill & Quire) Hear mesmerizing readings from this new work\, and a contemplative conversation between the celebrated Canadian author and his dear friend Jenny Penberthy\, a renowned scholar in the field of modern poetry and poetics.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-04-24-2024-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240424T200000
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SUMMARY:Incite: A Reading with Michael Ondaatje – A Year of Last Things
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.\n \nWith A Year of Last Things\, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry\, where he began his career over fifty years ago. It also marks his first return to the Vancouver Writers Fest since 2018. We are thrilled to connect the Booker Prize-winning author with Vancouver readers at this free Incite event. \nBorn in Sri Lanka during the Second World War\, Ondaatje was sent as a child to school in London\, and later moved to Canada. These poems reflect the life of a writer\, traveller and watcher of the world—describing himself as a “mongrel\,” someone born out of diverse cultures. Here\, rediscovering the influence of every border crossed\, he moves back and forth in time\, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery\, love and loss.  \nA Year of Last Things has already been named “Ondaatje’s finest.” (Quill & Quire) Hear mesmerizing readings from this new work\, and a contemplative conversation between the celebrated Canadian author and his dear friend Jenny Penberthy\, a renowned scholar in the field of modern poetry and poetics.  \nBooks will be for sale at the event—including copies pre-signed by Ondaatje!—courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. There will be no live signing at this event. Can’t make the event time? Register for the livestream option and we’ll send you a link to watch the recording!  \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-ondaatje
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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SUMMARY:Whisky & Words
DESCRIPTION:General Admission early bird tickets: $125\nVIP early bird tickets (intimate early access hour featuring exclusive whiskies): $160\nEmbark on a whisky lover’s dream the 22nd Annual Whisky & Words fundraiser! Sample unlimited tastings from top distilleries across Vancouver\, British Columbia\, and the world featuring the finest spirits from Scotland\, Canada\, Japan\, and more. But that’s not all – engage in the thrill of our vibrant silent auction\, where you can bid on unique items and exclusive experiences from the best of Vancouver’s local businesses. Enjoy our culinary offerings and live music\, in an entertaining night out that supports the year-round programs of the Vancouver Writers Festival. \nExamples from last year’s featured spirits include: Writers’ Tears\, Kujira\, Shinobu\, Glasgow 1770\, Dublin City\, Kilchoman\, Glenmorangie\, Ardbeg\, Odd Society Spirits\, Shelter Point\, Glenfarclas\, Elements of Islay\, Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.\, Magnum Scotch Malt Whisky Cream Liqueur\, Forbidden Spirits\, Isle of Harris Scottish Gin\, Kyro\, Bruichladdich\, Westland American Single Malt\, Granville Island Brewing\, and more. \n***This event sells out; please purchase your tickets early to avoid disappointment!*** \nThe Vancouver Writers Fest is a registered\, non-profit charity; as such\, all ticket holders will receive a tax receipt for 75% of their ticket value. For example\, a $100 ticket means you will be issued a tax receipt in the amount of $75.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/whisky-words-2024
LOCATION:Performance Works
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240501T210000
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SUMMARY:Wade Davis in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs.\n\n\n\nTravel into the heart of humanity with one of the foremost thinkers of our time. Wade Davis’s awe-inspiring career includes being the renowned author of 23 books\, Professor of Anthropology\, Member of the Order of Canada\, and former Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. He joins the Vancouver Writers Fest with a new collection that dives into a timely and eclectic array of topics from across the planet.  \nThe essays in Beneath the Surface of Things came about during the unhurried months when one who had traveled incessantly was obliged to stay still\, even as events flared on all sides in a world that never stops moving. Davis brings his unique cultural perspective to such varied topics as the demonization of coca\, the sacred plant of the Inca; the Great War and the birth of modernity; the unraveling of America; reaching beyond climate fear and trepidation; and the meaning of the sacred.  \nDescribed as a “true wayfinder” (John Vaillant) and “fearless explorer in the intellectual world\, as in the physical” (Washington Post)\, Davis is sure to ignite your curiosity. He speaks with award-winning journalist Laura Lynch\, host of CBC’s What On Earth. \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Upstart & Crow.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/wade-davis
LOCATION:Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema\, SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\, 149 W Hastings St\, Vancouver
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240509T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240509T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T034603
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SUMMARY:Sophie Grégoire Trudeau and Gabor Maté in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Over the past twenty years\, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau has been an ambassador and advocate for mental\, emotional\, and physical health. Now\, she invites readers on a deeply personal journey toward self-knowledge and acceptance in her empowering debut memoir. Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves\, Loving Each Other draws on the expertise of top psychologists\, psychiatrists\, scientists\, and thought leaders\, including physician and renowned author Gabor Maté. The two friends and celebrated speakers take the stage for a conversation about nothing less than how to change our lives. \nTrudeau met Maté in the early stages of writing what would become this book\, and his mentorship—as an in-demand expert on addictions\, trauma\, and other topics related to his five bestselling books—became invaluable to her in the process. In his own words\, Closer Together “casts fresh light on human development and mental health even as it invites insightful and playful self-reflection.” Alongside scientific health information and exclusive interviews with experts\, Trudeau shares heartfelt moments from her own life’s journey. \nTheir conversation is sure to be candid\, wise\, and insightful—just like this book. Join us for a thoughtful exploration of the questions that matter for our individual and collective growth.   \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/sophie-gabor
LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre\, 6354 Crescent Rd\, Vancouver\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240514T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240514T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T034603
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SUMMARY:An Evening with David Sedaris
DESCRIPTION:Click here to book tickets. \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.\nDavid Sedaris returns to the Vancouver Writers Fest this spring!  \nWith sardonic wit and incisive social critiques\, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humour writers. The New York Times bestselling author joins us on May 14\, 2024 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for an evening of unexpected\, hilarious\, and poignant storytelling. \nHis latest collection Happy-Go-Lucky captures recent upheavals both public (our global pandemic) and personal (the passing of his father). Time called it “some of his darkest—and most astute—writing yet… No topic is out of bounds for Sedaris’ acerbic humor and sharp observations.” \nThe event will be followed by an audience Q+A and book signing.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/an-evening-with-david-sedaris
LOCATION:Queen Elizabeth Theatre\, 630 Hamilton St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 5N6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Theatre
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240516
DTSTAMP:20260421T034603
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SUMMARY:Incite: Unforgettable Short Stories
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.\n \nShort stories pack infinite ideas\, questions\, character explorations\, and worlds into deceptively slim packages. Discover some of the season’s best in new short fiction at this Incite event featuring three intriguing releases. Our award-winning guests speak with VWF Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig. \nVincent Anioke’s stunning debut story collection offers a nuanced exploration of masculinity\, religion\, marginalization\, repressed (queer) desires\, and self-expression through the lens of (un)conditional love. Set largely in Nigeria\, the stories in Perfect Little Angels capture the shocking violence and confrontational drama in the power dynamics—between headmasters and students\, brothers and sisters\, mothers and sons—that shape our lives. \nFloods and wildfires\, toxic culture\, billionaires in outer space\, or a purse-related disaster while on mushrooms—in today’s hellscape world\, there’s no shortage of things to worry about. Last Woman\, the new collection of short fiction by Carleigh Baker\, wants you to know that you’re not alone. With sharp wit\, these stories delve into fear for the future\, intergenerational misunderstandings\, and the complexities of belonging. \nDeath by a Thousand Cuts from Shashi Bhat is a breathtaking\, sharply funny collection about the everyday trials and impossible expectations that come with being a woman. A writer discovers that her ex has published a novel about their breakup. An immunocompromised woman falls in love\, only to have her body betray her. And when a woman begins to lose her hair\, she embarks on an increasingly nightmarish search for answers. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-05-15-2024-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240515T200000
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SUMMARY:Incite: Unforgettable Short Stories
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.\n \nShort stories pack infinite ideas\, questions\, character explorations\, and worlds into deceptively slim packages. Discover some of the season’s best in new short fiction at this Incite event featuring three intriguing releases. Our award-winning guests will speak with VWF Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig. \nVincent Anioke’s stunning debut story collection offers a nuanced exploration of masculinity\, religion\, marginalization\, repressed (queer) desires\, and self-expression through the lens of (un)conditional love. Set largely in Nigeria\, the stories in Perfect Little Angels capture the shocking violence and confrontational drama in the power dynamics—between headmasters and students\, brothers and sisters\, mothers and sons—that shape our lives. \nFloods and wildfires\, toxic culture\, billionaires in outer space\, or a purse-related disaster while on mushrooms—in today’s hellscape world\, there’s no shortage of things to worry about. Last Woman\, the new collection of short fiction by Carleigh Baker\, wants you to know that you’re not alone. With sharp wit\, these stories delve into fear for the future\, intergenerational misunderstandings\, and the complexities of belonging. \nDeath by a Thousand Cuts from Shashi Bhat is a breathtaking\, sharply funny collection about the everyday trials and impossible expectations that come with being a woman. A writer discovers that her ex has published a novel about their breakup. An immunocompromised woman falls in love\, only to have her body betray her. And when a woman begins to lose her hair\, she embarks on an increasingly nightmarish search for answers.  \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. Can’t make the event time? Register for the livestream option and we’ll send you a link to watch the recording!  \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-short-stories
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240530
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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.\n \nWe’re closing out this season of Incite with one of our favourite events: an evening of celebrating the finalists of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. Joining us on-stage are three lauded local authors\, each nominated in a different category of this year’s awards:  \n\nHenry Tsang\, nominated for the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award for White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver \nSamantha Nock\, nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for A Family of Dreamers\nBrandon Reid\, nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for Beautiful Beautiful\n\nWhite Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver is a thought-provoking collection of essays and photographs that documents the anti-Asian riots of 1907 in the context of contemporary anti-Asian sentiment. Samantha Nock redefines where and what “home” is in her debut poetry collection. And Beautiful Beautiful is a coming-of-age story exploring indigeneity\, masculinity\, and cultural tradition. \nThe authors discuss their shortlisted titles\, and the importance of place in each of their works\, with Megan Cole\, the Prize’s Director of Programming and Communications. Their insightful conversation is rounded out by readings and an audience Q+A. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-05-29-2024-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240529T200000
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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.\n \nWe’re closing out this season of Incite with one of our favourite events: an evening of celebrating the finalists of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. Joining us on-stage are three lauded local authors\, each nominated in a different category of this year’s awards:  \n\nHenry Tsang\, nominated for the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award for White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver \nSamantha Nock\, nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for A Family of Dreamers\nBrandon Reid\, nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for Beautiful Beautiful\n\nWhite Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver is a thought-provoking collection of essays and photographs that documents the anti-Asian riots of 1907 in the context of contemporary anti-Asian sentiment. Samantha Nock redefines where and what “home” is in her debut poetry collection. And Beautiful Beautiful is a coming-of-age story exploring indigeneity\, masculinity\, and cultural tradition. \nThe authors will discuss their shortlisted titles\, and the importance of place in each of their works\, with Megan Cole\, the Prize’s Director of Programming and Communications. Their insightful conversation will be rounded out by readings and an audience Q+A.  \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. Can’t make the event time? Register for the livestream option and we’ll send you a link to watch the recording!  \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/bcybp-2024
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Central Library
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240627T210000
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SUMMARY:Ali Velshi in Conversation with Ian Hanomansing
DESCRIPTION:As the Chief Correspondent for MSNBC\, a weekly economics contributor to NPR\, and host of his own news show\, “Velshi”\, Ali Velshi has covered multiple U.S. Midterm and Presidential elections and significant stories around the globe. In Small Acts of Courage\, he fuses the personal and the political\, tapping into 125 years of family history to advocate for social justice as a living\, breathing experience—a way of life more than an ideology.  \nMore than a century ago\, Velshi’s great-grandfather sent his seven-year-old son to live at Tolstoy Farm\, Gandhi’s ashram in South Africa. This difficult decision would change the trajectory of his family history forever. From childhood\, Velshi’s grandfather was imbued with an ethos of public service and social justice—ideals that his children carried forward as they escaped apartheid\, emigrating to Kenya and ultimately Canada and the United States.  \nSmall acts of courage matter. Sometimes\, they change the world. Velshi’s story will inspire a commitment to fight for change\, as he sits down for an eye-opening conversation with Ian Hanomansing\, host of CBC’s The National. \nBooks will be for sale at the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. \n 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/ali-velshi
LOCATION:Waterfront Theatre\, 1412 Cartwright St.\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, BC V6H 3R7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Theatre
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240918T210000
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SUMMARY:Liane Moriarty in Conversation with Eddy Boudel Tan
DESCRIPTION:Australian author Liane Moriarty has a gift for writing smart\, sensational page-turners that have the entertainment industry waiting on speed dial. Her novel Big Little Lies was the inspiration behind the HBO limited series that won eight Emmy Awards; Nine Perfect Strangers and Apples Never Fall were also turned into star-studded TV adaptations. She joins us in Vancouver to launch Here One Moment\, a riveting new novel that follows a group of passengers on a seemingly ordinary domestic flight\, who learn how and when they are going to die. If you knew your future\, would you try to fight fate?   \nA modern-day Jane Austen\, Moriarty asks profound questions and humorously skewers social mores\, while spinning a web of mystery. She speaks with Eddy Boudel Tan at the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema\, followed by an audience Q&A and signing.  \nBooks can be purchased during check-out\, or at the event\, courtesy of Book Warehouse. \nYouth under 25 can purchase a discounted ticket for $20! \n\nVancouver Writers Fest is proud to recognize SFU as a cultural partner.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/liane-moriarty
LOCATION:Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema\, SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\, 149 W Hastings St\, Vancouver
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241006T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241006T210000
DTSTAMP:20260421T034603
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SUMMARY:Louise Erdrich in Conversation with Carleigh Baker
DESCRIPTION:A new novel by Louise Erdrich is a major literary event. World-renowned for her substantial body of work—including numerous award-winning and bestselling novels such as The Sentence\, The Night Watchman\, and Love Medicine\, that centre modern-day Native American experiences—the Pulitzer Prize-winning author joins nêhiyaw âpihtawikosisân/Icelandic author Carleigh Baker in Vancouver to discuss The Mighty Red\, a heartrending story about love and our tattered bond with the earth. \nIn Argus\, North Dakota\, a collection of people revolve around a fraught wedding. But human time is set against the speed of climate change. This is a novel about ordinary people living in a starkly beautiful prairie community\, who must cope with devastating consequences as powerful forces upend them. \nBooks will be available for purchase before and after the event\, courtesy of Massy Books. \nYouth under 25 can purchase a discounted ticket for $20.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/louise-erdrich
LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre\, 6354 Crescent Rd\, Vancouver\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241014T210000
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SUMMARY:Malcolm Gladwell in Conversation with Ian Hanomansing
DESCRIPTION:Tickets on sale now! \nMalcolm Gladwell’s first book\, The Tipping Point\, changed the way we think and talk about the dissemination of ideas. Twenty-five years after its publication—and many New York Times-bestselling books later—Gladwell reframes the lessons of his groundbreaking debut for our confounding new era\, in Revenge of the Tipping Point.     \nWhat does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the Magic Third\, and what does it mean for racial harmony? In this provocative new work\, Gladwell returns to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points\, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious phenomena. \nGladwell is one of our most influential thinkers\, and a “rock-star intellectual.” (The Guardian) He shares his unique perspective in conversation with CBC’s The National host Ian Hanomansing. Books will be available for purchase before and after the event\, courtesy of Book Warehouse. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/malcolm-gladwell
LOCATION:Orpheum Theatre\, 601 Smithe St.\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3L4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241028
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SUMMARY:2024 Festival
DESCRIPTION:Click here to browse all Festival events.\nOur flagship Festival returns from October 21–27\, 2024\,  featuring 120+ local and international authors at 88 events over one dazzling week of literary celebration. \nWe believe that when we connect people to exceptional books and authors\, new ideas and world-expanding dialogue will follow—and\, through that—a more empathetic\, inspired\, and just society. That’s certainly what propelled the Festival’s curation this year. \nThe 2024 Festival will feature some challenging conversations that ask us to consider new ideas and perspectives. There will be opportunities to dive into highly anticipated new releases in crime\, memoir\, fantasy\, poetry\, literary fiction\, graphic novels\, and more. And\, for younger audiences\, we’ll have engaging youth programming to inspire the next generation of authors and readers. \nWe’re thrilled to welcome award-winning author Kim Thúy as our Guest Curator; she has curated six brilliant events for youth and adults\, including a screening of her masterpiece novel\, Ru. \nGet your tickets to hear from celebrated\, bestselling authors such as Gabor Maté\, Carol Off\, Richard Powers\, Yulin Kuang\, Dionne Brand\, Anne Michaels\, Rachel Kushner\, Nita Prose\, Tanya Talaga\, Roddy Doyle\, Ann Cleeves\, Ian Williams\, Jane Urquhart\, Jody Wilson-Raybould\, and many more!
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/2024-festival
LOCATION:BC
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241117T203000
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SUMMARY:Matty Matheson: Soups\, Salads\, Sandwiches
DESCRIPTION:This event is sold out.\nInnovative takes on kitchen staples\, from a Canadian culinary icon? Yes\, Chef! The Vancouver Writers Fest is delighted to present Matty Matheson—restaurateur\, New York Times bestselling author\, and executive producer and actor on FX’s The Bear—with a new cookbook that redefines cooking’s iconic trinity: soups\, salads\, and sandwiches.  \nThis trio makes up so many of our meals\, but is rarely given the attention it deserves—until now. Matty Matheson\, known for the bold flavours that he shares in his restaurants as well as with his 1.5 million YouTube subscribers\, has created a cookbook that will revolutionize how you think of these kitchen basics. He brings his larger-than-life personality to this entertaining evening of laughs\, stories\, and scrumptious recipes\, in conversation with Global News Anchor Sophie Lui. \nTickets come with a pre-signed copy of Matty Matheson: Soups\, Salads\, Sandwiches\, so you can live out your own chef dreams in the kitchen.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/matty-matheson
LOCATION:Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema\, SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\, 149 W Hastings St\, Vancouver
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Daniel Levitin with Chor Leoni
DESCRIPTION:Tickets on sale now! \nMusic is perhaps one of humanity’s oldest medicines\, as well as its most universal. Neuroscientist\, musician\, and bestselling author Daniel J. Levitin reveals how the deep connections between music and the human brain can be harnessed for healing in his extraordinary follow-up to This Is Your Brain on Music—which revolutionized our understanding of the neuroscience of song. \nA work of dazzling ideas\, cutting-edge research\, and joyful celebration of the human mind\, I Heard There Was a Secret Chord explores the critical role music has played in human evolution. Long considered the remit of ancient practice and alternative medicine\, scientific evidence is emerging that music can offer profoundly effective treatment for a whole host of ailments\, from Alzheimer’s to PTSD\, depression\, pain\, and cognitive injury. It is\, in short\, one of the most remarkably promising new therapies available today. \nDiscover how music can create profound benefits for those both young and old\, as Levitin sits down with André Picard. This event will feature interludes by special musical guests Chor Leoni\, the transfixing JUNO Award-nominated Vancouver choir. \nTickets starting at $50.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/daniel-levitin
LOCATION:The Vancouver Playhouse
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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