Festival Venue Maps
Welcome to Vancouver Writers Fest’s hub for printable and annotated Google Maps, designed to help you navigate beautiful Granville Island during our October Festival!
Our annotated Google Map provides not only venue locations and information, it also shares suggested walking paths, locations for water fountains and public washrooms, bicycle parking, bus and ferry terminals, and lower traffic seating areas for when you are ready to rest and reflect.
Simply click (or print the printable version), and embark on your literary adventure!
You can find more information about individual venues on our Accessibility page, which includes visual and audio guides to each venue, as well as accessibility overviews.
2026 Venue Maps
Click the map below to explore our annotated Google Map for 2026, or click here.
Need a printable version? We’re happy to help! Download the printable PDF map here, or use the image below. (The printable map is provided in standard 8.5×11-inch Letter Size.)

Venue Addresses
Additional information about each venue is available on our Accessibility page.
On Granville Island
- Performance Works: 1218 Cartwright St
- The NEST: 1398 Cartwright St 3rd Floor
- Revue Stage: 1601 Johnston St
- Waterfront Theatre: 1412 Cartwright St
- Improv Centre: 1502 Duranleau St
- Jack and Darlene Poole Theatre (Arts Umbrella): 1400 Johnston St
- Dockside Restaurant: 1253 Johnston St
Off-Island – All in Vancouver
- Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema: 149 West Hastings Street
- Vancouver Playhouse: 600 Hamilton St
- York Theatre: 639 Commercial Dr
- Orpheum Theatre: 601 Smithe St
