2023 Festival:
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Oct 17 @ 8:00 am
Podcast
Free

01: Podcast: Michael Hingston in Conversation

Oct 17 @ 8:00 am
Podcast
Free

Participants:

Michael Hingston
Oct 17 @ 8:00 am
Virtual (YouTube)
Pay-What-You-Can

02: Choices of Living: A Conversation about Assisted Dying

Oct 17 @ 8:00 am
Virtual (YouTube)
Pay-What-You-Can

Participants:

Dr. Stefanie Green
Bill Richardson
Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm
Playhouse Theatre
$30

03: Between The Pages: An Evening with the Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists

Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm
Playhouse Theatre
$30

Participants:

Kim Fu
Rawi Hage
Tsering Yangzom Lama
Suzette Mayr
Oct 18 @ 10:15 am
Performance Works
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

04: Ghostlight, with Kenneth Oppel (Grades 4–8)

Oct 18 @ 10:15 am
Performance Works
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Kenneth Oppel
Oct 18 @ 10:15 am
Waterfront Theatre
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

05: Educating with the Witness Blanket—For High School (Grades 8–12)

Oct 18 @ 10:15 am
Waterfront Theatre
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Kirstie Hudson
Carey Newman
Oct 18 @ 10:15 am
The NEST
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

06: Decidedly Different, Completely Himself: the Legacy of Glenn Gould (Grades 1–3)

Oct 18 @ 10:15 am
The NEST
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Sarah Ellis
Nancy Vo
Oct 18 @ 10:15 am
Revue Stage
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

07: What Home Means—For High School (Grades 8–12)

Oct 18 @ 10:15 am
Revue Stage
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Dimitri Nasrallah
Jael Richardson
Debra Thompson
Oct 18 @ 1:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

08: Educating with the Witness Blanket—For Middle Grade (Grades 4–7)

Oct 18 @ 1:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Kirstie Hudson
Carey Newman
Oct 18 @ 1:00 pm
The NEST
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

09: Storytime Goes Green (Grades 1–3)

Oct 18 @ 1:00 pm
The NEST
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Kirsten Pendreigh
Oct 18 @ 1:00 pm
Revue Stage
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

10: Mecca, Mitzvah, and Milestones (Grades 8–12)

Oct 18 @ 1:00 pm
Revue Stage
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

S. K. Ali
Méira Cook
Shannon Ozirny
Oct 18 @ 6:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

11: Sisters in Resistance: Tilar J. Mazzeo in Conversation with Marsha Lederman

Oct 18 @ 6:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Marsha Lederman
Tilar J. Mazzeo
Oct 18 @ 7:30 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

12: The Alma Lee Opening Night Event: Family Matters

Oct 18 @ 7:30 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

Participants:

Kathryn Gretsinger
Chelene Knight
Lisa Moore
David A. Robertson
Oct 18 @ 8:30 pm
Performance Works
$25

13: What Home Means

Oct 18 @ 8:30 pm
Performance Works
$25

Participants:

Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Omar El Akkad
Dimitri Nasrallah
Debra Thompson
Oct 18 @ 8:30 pm
Revue Stage
$25

14: Ali Hassan in Conversation with Brent Butt

Oct 18 @ 8:30 pm
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Brent Butt
Ali Hassan
Oct 19 @ 10:15 am
Performance Works
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

15: Ashley Spires: The Most Magnificent Idea (Grades K–3)

Oct 19 @ 10:15 am
Performance Works
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Ashley Spires
Oct 19 @ 10:15 am
Waterfront Theatre
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

16: Friendship and Fitting In (Grades 4–7)

Oct 19 @ 10:15 am
Waterfront Theatre
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Johnnie Christmas
Faith Erin Hicks
Jonathan Hill
Oct 19 @ 10:15 am
The NEST
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

17: Writers Are Superstars: A Masterclass with Kern Carter (Grades 8–12)

Oct 19 @ 10:15 am
The NEST
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Kern Carter
Oct 19 @ 10:15 am
Revue Stage
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

18: Oceans and Forests (Grades 3–7)

Oct 19 @ 10:15 am
Revue Stage
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Adrienne Mason
Rochelle Strauss
Johanna Wagstaffe
Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm
Performance Works
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

19: Master Storytellers (Grades 4–7)

Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm
Performance Works
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Kim Spencer
Kevin Sylvester
Xiran Jay Zhao
Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm
Virtual (YouTube)
Pay-What-You-Can

20: Still This Love Goes On, with Buffy Sainte-Marie and Julie Flett (Grades K–2)

Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm
Virtual (YouTube)
Pay-What-You-Can

Participants:

Julie Flett
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm
The NEST
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

21: Graphic Novel Masterclass, with Nathan Page and Drew Shannon (Grades 8–12)

Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm
The NEST
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Nathan Page
Drew Shannon
Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm
Revue Stage
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

22: Word! (1) (Grades 8–12 and adults)

Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm
Revue Stage
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Jillian Christmas
Brendan McLeod
Lucia Misch
Charlie Petch
Oct 19 @ 5:30 pm
Revue Stage
$25

23: An Evening with Wayne Johnston

Oct 19 @ 5:30 pm
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Wayne Johnston
Rob Wiersema
Oct 19 @ 5:30 pm
The NEST
$25

24: Freeman’s Spotlight, featuring Tess Gunty

Oct 19 @ 5:30 pm
The NEST
$25

Participants:

John Freeman
Tess Gunty
Oct 19 @ 5:30 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

25: UBC Creative Writing Night Class

Oct 19 @ 5:30 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

Participants:

Taylor Brown-Evans
Nalo Hopkinson
Tariq Hussain
Sarah Leavitt
Bronwen Tate
Mallory Tater
Oct 19 @ 7:30 pm
Performance Works
$25

26: Fabulous Historical Fantasy

Oct 19 @ 7:30 pm
Performance Works
$25

Participants:

Guy Gavriel Kay
J.M. Miro
Rob Wiersema
Oct 19 @ 8:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

27: Memory of Self

Oct 19 @ 8:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

Participants:

Cody Caetano
Putsata Reang
Jael Richardson
Stuart Ross
Oct 19 @ 8:00 pm
The NEST
$25

28: An Evening with Billy-Ray Belcourt

Oct 19 @ 8:00 pm
The NEST
$25

Participants:

Billy-Ray Belcourt
Mercedes Eng
Oct 19 @ 8:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

29: Latin American Brilliance

Oct 19 @ 8:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Natalia García Freire
Claudia Castro Luna
Carmen Rodríguez
Oct 20 @ 10:15 am
Performance Works
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

30: Word! (2) (Grades 8–12 and adults)

Oct 20 @ 10:15 am
Performance Works
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Tawahum Bige
Jillian Christmas
Brendan McLeod
Lucia Misch
Oct 20 @ 10:15 am
Waterfront Theatre
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

31: Magic and Misfits: Enduring Fiction for Youth (Grades 6–9)

Oct 20 @ 10:15 am
Waterfront Theatre
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Tanya Boteju
Kern Carter
David A. Robertson
Oct 20 @ 10:15 am
The NEST
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

32: Masterclass with Kevin Sylvester (Grades 4–7)

Oct 20 @ 10:15 am
The NEST
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Kevin Sylvester
Oct 20 @ 10:15 am
Revue Stage
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

33: Be A Good Ancestor (Grades 1–3)

Oct 20 @ 10:15 am
Revue Stage
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Gabrielle Prince
Leona Prince
Oct 20 @ 1:00 pm
Performance Works
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

34: YA Stars: Coming of Ages (Grades 8–12)

Oct 20 @ 1:00 pm
Performance Works
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Tanya Boteju
Benjamin Lefebvre
Malinda Lo
Oct 20 @ 1:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

35: Graphic Novel Greats (Grades 8–12)

Oct 20 @ 1:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Nathan Page
Cole Pauls
Drew Shannon
Oct 20 @ 1:00 pm
The NEST
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

36: Masterclass with Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Grades 8–12)

Oct 20 @ 1:00 pm
The NEST
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Oct 20 @ 1:00 pm
Revue Stage
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

37: Can You Believe It? (Grades 4–7)

Oct 20 @ 1:00 pm
Revue Stage
Virtual (YouTube)
$10

Participants:

Joyce Grant
Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Oct 20 @ 5:30 pm
Revue Stage
$25

38: Short Story Masters

Oct 20 @ 5:30 pm
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Caroline Adderson
Jonathan Escoffery
Kim Fu
Alexander MacLeod
Oct 20 @ 6:00 pm
Performance Works
$25

39: The Power of Story: Live Recording for CBC’s The Next Chapter

Oct 20 @ 6:00 pm
Performance Works
$25

Participants:

Brian Thomas Isaac
Marsha Lederman
David A. Robertson
Shelagh Rogers
Oct 20 @ 6:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

40: Fiction from Reality

Oct 20 @ 6:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

Participants:

Violaine Huisman
Aislinn Hunter
Gabriel Krauze
Douglas Stuart
Oct 20 @ 8:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

41: Writing History

Oct 20 @ 8:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

John Freeman
Nathan Harris
Nadifa Mohamed
Oct 20 @ 8:30 pm
Performance Works
$25

42: Don’t You Want Me, Baby?: Authors Do 80s Lyrics

Oct 20 @ 8:30 pm
Performance Works
$25

Participants:

Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Kern Carter
Omar El Akkad
Natalia García Freire
Tess Gunty
Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Marsha Lederman
Brendan McLeod
Heather O’Neill
Iain Reid
João Reis
David A. Robertson
Kevin Sylvester
Oct 20 @ 8:30 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

43: A Gallant Day: The Great Coincidence of August 11

Oct 20 @ 8:30 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

Participants:

Aamina Ahmad
Ivan Coyote
Veda Hille
Bill Richardson
Marcus Youssef
Oct 21 @ 10:00 am
Performance Works
$25

44: The Truth Ain’t What It Used To Be: Journalism in the 21st Century

Oct 21 @ 10:00 am
Performance Works
$25

Participants:

Kamal Al-Solaylee
Omar El Akkad
Brandi Morin
Elizabeth Renzetti
Andrea Woo
Oct 21 @ 10:00 am
Waterfront Theatre
$25

45: Generational Fiction: Stories of Lineage, History and Things Passed Down

Oct 21 @ 10:00 am
Waterfront Theatre
$25

Participants:

Aamina Ahmad
Tsering Yangzom Lama
Marsha Lederman
Jasmine Sealy
Oct 21 @ 10:00 am
Revue Stage
$25

46: Wry Humour for Modern Life

Oct 21 @ 10:00 am
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Caroline Adderson
Elif Batuman
Méira Cook
Claire Ross Dunn
Oct 21 @ 1:00 pm
Performance Works
$25

47: Douglas Stuart in Conversation with Eddy Boudel Tan

Oct 21 @ 1:00 pm
Performance Works
$25

Participants:

Douglas Stuart
Eddy Boudel Tan
Oct 21 @ 1:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

48: Writing Indigeneity with Shelagh Rogers

Oct 21 @ 1:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

Participants:

Cody Caetano
Brandi Morin
Shelagh Rogers
Eldon Yellowhorn
Oct 21 @ 1:00 pm
The NEST
Free

49: The City of Vancouver Book Awards Ceremony

Oct 21 @ 1:00 pm
The NEST
Free

Participants:

Meghan Bell
Henry Doyle
Karen Duffek, Bill McLennan, and Jordan Wilson
Fiona Tinwei Lam
Sandra Singh
Grace Eiko Thomson
Paul Wong, Debbie Cheung, and Christopher Lee
Oct 21 @ 1:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

50: Poems for the Twelfth Hour

Oct 21 @ 1:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Otoniya Okot Bitek
John Freeman
Aislinn Hunter
Gillian Jerome
Brendan McLeod
Cecily Nicholson
Oct 21 @ 5:30 pm
The NEST
$25

51: An Evening with Heather O’Neill

Oct 21 @ 5:30 pm
The NEST
$25

Participants:

Jen Sookfong Lee
Heather O’Neill
Oct 21 @ 6:00 pm
Performance Works
$25

52: Writing The Self

Oct 21 @ 6:00 pm
Performance Works
$25

Participants:

Anna Ling Kaye
Tara McGuire
Putsata Reang
Joshua Whitehead
Oct 21 @ 6:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

53: The Narrator’s Tale: Playing with Truth

Oct 21 @ 6:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Billy-Ray Belcourt
David Ebner
Iain Reid
João Reis
Oct 21 @ 7:30 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

54: Eleanor Wachtel Interviews Pierre Jarawan

Oct 21 @ 7:30 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

Participants:

Pierre Jarawan
Eleanor Wachtel
Oct 21 @ 8:00 pm
The NEST
$25

55: In the Heart of Montreal: Fiction from La Belle Province

Oct 21 @ 8:00 pm
The NEST
$25

Participants:

Stéfanie Clermont
Dimitri Nasrallah
Heather O’Neill
Oct 21 @ 8:30 pm
Performance Works
$25

56: The Poetry Bash

Oct 21 @ 8:30 pm
Performance Works
$25

Participants:

Threa Almontaser
Andrew Faulkner
Claudia Castro Luna
Billeh Nickerson
Alexandra Oliver
Charlie Petch
Tayi Tibble
Oct 21 @ 8:30 pm
Revue Stage
$25

57: Queer Little Nightmares

Oct 21 @ 8:30 pm
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Amber Dawn
Cicely Belle Blain
Tin Lorica
David Ly
Ben Rawluk
Jane Shi
jaye simpson
Eddy Boudel Tan
beni xiao
Daniel Zomparelli
Oct 22 @ 10:30 am
Performance Works
$25

58: Bestseller to Blockbuster

Oct 22 @ 10:30 am
Performance Works
$25

Participants:

Marsha Lederman
Tom Perrotta
Iain Reid
Oct 22 @ 10:30 am
Waterfront Theatre
$25

59: Jane’s Rights and the Freedom to Choose

Oct 22 @ 10:30 am
Waterfront Theatre
$25

Participants:

Heather Marshall
Elizabeth Renzetti
Aimee Wall
Oct 22 @ 10:30 am
The NEST
Free

60: Une force de la nature: club de lecture avec Violaine Huisman

Oct 22 @ 10:30 am
The NEST
Free

Participants:

Dre. Magali Blanc
Violaine Huisman
Oct 22 @ 10:30 am
Revue Stage
$25

61: Wildness: Stories for an Unraveling World

Oct 22 @ 10:30 am
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Madhur Anand
Omar El Akkad
Kim Fu
John Elizabeth Stintzi
Oct 22 @ 2:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

62: Building Suspense

Oct 22 @ 2:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

Participants:

Linwood Barclay
Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Jerry Wasserman
Sandra SG Wong
Oct 22 @ 2:00 pm
The NEST
$25

63: Poets in Conversation

Oct 22 @ 2:00 pm
The NEST
$25

Participants:

Madhur Anand
Otoniya Okot Bitek
Alexandra Oliver
Oct 22 @ 2:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

64: The State of Women

Oct 22 @ 2:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Eliza Reid
Elizabeth Renzetti
Oct 22 @ 5:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

65: American Debuts: Emerging Authors, Exceptional Tales

Oct 22 @ 5:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

Participants:

Aamina Ahmad
Jonathan Escoffery
Shaena Lambert
Soon Wiley
Oct 22 @ 5:00 pm
The NEST
$25

66: Blending Genres

Oct 22 @ 5:00 pm
The NEST
$25

Participants:

Jónína Kirton
Elee Kraljii Gardiner
Tara McGuire
Stuart Ross
Oct 22 @ 5:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

67: An Evening with Elif Batuman

Oct 22 @ 5:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Elif Batuman
Anakana Schofield
Oct 22 @ 8:00 pm
Performance Works
$50

68: The Literary Cabaret

Oct 22 @ 8:00 pm
Performance Works
$50

Participants:

Graeme Macrae Burnet
Pierre Jarawan
Gabriel Krauze
Nadifa Mohamed
Heather O’Neill
Sally Zori
Oct 22 @ 8:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

69: Writing Across Cultures

Oct 22 @ 8:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

Participants:

Threa Almontaser
Omar El Akkad
Noor Naga
Saeed Teebi
Oct 22 @ 8:00 pm
The NEST
$25

70: Good Reids

Oct 22 @ 8:00 pm
The NEST
$25

Participants:

Claudia Casper
Eliza Reid
Iain Reid
Oct 22 @ 8:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

71: The Crime [Writing] of the Century: Linwood Barclay and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir in Conversation

Oct 22 @ 8:00 pm
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Linwood Barclay
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
Rob Wiersema
Oct 23 @ 11:00 am
Performance Works
$55

72: The Sunday Brunch

Oct 23 @ 11:00 am
Performance Works
$55

Participants:

Lisa Christiansen
Alexander MacLeod
Janice Lynn Mather
Tom Perrotta
Georgia Toews
Aimee Wall
Soon Wiley
Oct 23 @ 11:00 am
Waterfront Theatre
$25

73: The Future is Now, with Bob McDonald

Oct 23 @ 11:00 am
Waterfront Theatre
$25

Participants:

Bob McDonald
Oct 23 @ 11:00 am
The NEST
$25

74: Across Cultures and Place: Poets in Conversation

Oct 23 @ 11:00 am
The NEST
$25

Participants:

Carleigh Baker
Tawahum Bige
Jónína Kirton
Tayi Tibble
Oct 23 @ 11:00 am
Revue Stage
$25

75: Killer Plots

Oct 23 @ 11:00 am
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Susan Juby
S. C. Lalli
Lonnie Propas
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
Oct 23 @ 1:30 pm
The NEST
FREE

76: Emerge

Oct 23 @ 1:30 pm
The NEST
FREE

Participants:

Claudia Casper
Leanne Dunic
Stella Harvey
JJ Lee
Oct 23 @ 1:30 pm
Revue Stage
$25

77: Short Stories, Expansive Worlds

Oct 23 @ 1:30 pm
Revue Stage
$25

Participants:

Francine Cunningham
Janice Lynn Mather
Eddy Boudel Tan
Saeed Teebi
Oct 23 @ 2:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

78: Dr. Gabor Maté in Conversation

Oct 23 @ 2:00 pm
Waterfront Theatre
$25

Participants:

Dr. Gabor Maté
Andrea Woo
Oct 23 @ 4:00 pm
Performance Works
$55

79: The Afternoon Tea

Oct 23 @ 4:00 pm
Performance Works
$55

Participants:

Adriana Barton
Wayne Johnston
Noor Naga
Reema Patel
Danny Ramadan
Eliza Reid
Tamara Taggart
Oct 23 @ 7:30 pm
YORK Theatre
$25

80: Her Image on the Mirror: A Tribute to Mavis Gallant

Oct 23 @ 7:30 pm
YORK Theatre
$25

Participants:

Nicola Cavendish
Alessandro Juliani
Bill Richardson
Gabrielle Rose