2025 Festival: October 20–26
Books & Ideas runs until Spring!

Shō Yamagushiku

(British Columbia/Okinawa)

shō yamagushiku's work is grounded in a diasporic okinawan consciousness. He writes from the homelands of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples (Victoria, BC). His first poetry collection, entitled shima, reflects ancestors, violence, and tradition.

2024 Reading List: