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SUMMARY:Yusef Salaam in Conversation with Matt Galloway
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Yusef Salaam was fifteen years old when his life was upended. Wrongly convicted with four other boys in the “Central Park Jogger case\,” he spent years behind bars. In 2002\, their sentences were overturned\, and they became known as the “Exonerated Five” across the globe. Now\, Dr. Salaam—a poet\, inspirational speaker\, and prison reform activist—shares his story as a call to action for a more just system of law\, and an example of how frustration and anger can be channeled into action. The recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from President Barack Obama speaks with CBC The Current’s Matt Galloway about his vision for future justice. This promises to be a riveting\, inspiring event—and one that offers a deeply important perspective on how we can all contribute to equity. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/yusef-salaam-in-conversation-with-matt-galloway
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SUMMARY:Animal: Lisa Taddeo in Conversation with Tara McGuire
DESCRIPTION:Of her international bestseller Three Women\, Lisa Taddeo has told the press\, “I thought I was writing a quiet little book.” But her debut was one of the most celebrated books of 2019\, named on 30 “best of” lists and hailed with praise such as “a dazzling achievement” and “an astonishing masterpiece.” But if Three Women was a silent classic\, Animal roars. It shares the world of Joan\, who—after enduring a lifetime of cruelty from men—begins to transform from prey into predator. “Honestly\, sometimes I think it’s the only recourse. Killing men in times like these\,” she explains. Raw\, scorching\, and dazzling\, Animal is an exhilarating read. Taddeo shares more about her writing process\, working through misogyny on the page\, and what inspired the evolution of Joan. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/animal-lisa-taddeo-in-conversation-with-tara-mcguire
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SUMMARY:The Magician and the Mayflies: One-to-One with Andrew O’Hagan and Colm Tóibín
DESCRIPTION:Imagine the comfort of conversation between two old friends and the fierce ideas of two award-winning\, legendary writers sharing ideas. You can expect both from this conversation between long-time confidantes\, Colm Tóibín and Andrew O’Hagan\, as they discuss their latest works and individual writing processes. Tóibín’s latest book is his most dazzling and ambitious yet\, telling the story of German writer Thomas Mann. The Magician is a profound meditation on creative ambition\, civic responsibility\, queer desire\, and the pull of history. Booker-shortlisted author and London Review of Books editor-at-large\, O’Hagan\, shares a finely tuned drama in Mayflies: a story of friendship\, making life one’s own\, and the impermanence of human condition. Overhear a conversation between two greats. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/the-magician-and-the-mayflies-one-to-one-with-andrew-ohagan-and-colm-toibin
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SUMMARY:The International Sunday Brunch With Joshua Ferris\, Claire Fuller\, Linda Boström Knausgård\, Jaap Robben\, and Jeff VanderMeer
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: Please note that Pilar Quintana is no longer joining this event. \nSunday is made for slow\, quiet mornings of contemplation\, relaxation… and deliciousness. Enjoy a cozy morning at home with your favourite brunch\, and listen to readings from a range of fascinating international writers\, each sharing their favourite passages from new releases. Joshua Ferris (A Calling for Charlie Barnes) is a New Yorker 40 Under 40 and PEN/Hemingway award recipient; Desmond Elliott Prize-winner Claire Fuller presents her Women’s Prize shortlisted novel\, Unsettled Ground; Jeff VanderMeer\, a Nebula and Shirley Jackson Award winner\, returns to bestseller status with Hummingbird Salamander; Jaap Robben was longlisted for the Booker and offers another tender tale in Summer Brother; and Linda Boström Knausgård shares a poignant\, nuanced story of overcoming mental illness and isolation. Share some eggs with these literary stars. \n\n\n\n\nHosted by Kathryn Gretsinger. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events \n\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with SFU’s Department of World Languages and Literatures.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/the-international-sunday-brunch-with-joshua-ferris-claire-fuller-linda-bostrom-knausgard-pilar-quintana-jaap-robben-and-jeff-vandermeer
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SUMMARY:The Threads of Family and Resilience With Te-Ping Chen and Pik-Shuen Fung
DESCRIPTION:Te-Ping Chen’s debut fiction\, Land of Big Numbers: Stories\, is lauded by NPR as “as brilliant an instance of a journalist’s keen eye manifesting in luminous fiction as one can find.” Through piercing realism and tongue-in-cheek magic realism\, it shares journeys of Chinese communities\, their history\, their government\, and how all of that has tumbled into the present\, where social mobility is extremely limited. Pik-Shuen Fung’s Ghost Forest reveals the resilient threads of matrilineal history and the inheritance of stories and silences in a moving story of a Chinese-Canadian astronaut family. These remarkable\, perceptive writers discuss history inherited in 21st century China\, and their depictions of modern day Chinese and Canadian-Chinese family dynamics\, with award-winning author and columnist\, Anna Ling Kaye. \n\n\n\n\nModerated by Anna Ling Kaye. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/the-threads-of-family-and-resilience-with-te-ping-chen-and-pik-shuen-fung
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SUMMARY:The Mystery of Right and Wrong: Wayne Johnston in Conversation with Hal Wake
DESCRIPTION:Wayne Johnston is one of the country’s most critically acclaimed and beloved writers\, whose ability to write about the ties of family\, and place\, have earned him long-time fans on both sides of the Atlantic. The Mystery of Right and Wrong is perhaps his most poignant to date. In it\, Johnston reveals haunting family secrets he’s kept for more than 30 years\, unfolding them in a novel that grapples with sexual abuse\, male violence\, and madness. The work explores the relationship of Wade Jackson\, a young writer\, with Rachel van Hout: the youngest of four daughters from a Dutch/South African family\, each of whom have significant mental health challenges. This is a deeply personal book and a stunning piece of literature. Johnston speaks with long-time friend and former Artistic Director\, Hal Wake\, about the writing journey. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/the-mystery-of-right-and-wrong-wayne-johnston-in-conversation-with-hal-wake
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SUMMARY:The Lying Life of Adults: Ann Goldstein in Conversation with John Freeman
DESCRIPTION:“I believe that books\, once they are written\, have no need of their authors\,” wrote Elena Ferrante in a 1991 letter\, explaining the rationale for her anonymity. Many do\, however\, need translators. Ann Goldstein has made millions of readers very\, very happy\, as the long-time translator of Elena Ferrante’s masterful Neapolitan Quartet. To celebrate the paperback release of The Lying Life of Adults\, she speaks with writer and editor John Freeman about this fascinating and challenging career. How does one begin to depict the rhythm of one language into the other? What is Goldstein’s relationship between the original text and the translated version? How does she ensure both the voice of the author and the characters sing in the second language? And what’s the difference between translating Elena Ferrante and Primo Levi? Join us for a bubbling\, intellectually fascinating conversation on the literary arts. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/the-lying-life-of-adults-ann-goldstein-in-conversation-with-john-freeman
LOCATION:Cinema (The Nest) and At-Home Viewing
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SUMMARY:Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury  Evan Osnos in Conversation with Omar El Akkad
DESCRIPTION:Through the fever pitch of anger\, hatred\, and civil unrest that rapidly crescendoed in 2020 we saw the disillusionment of millions of Americans\, and the dissolution of American politics as it was previously known. National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Evan Osnos illuminates the origins of America’s political fury in this prescient\, essential analysis. Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury follows ordinary individuals as they navigate 21st century America in three places: Greenwich\, Connecticut; Clarksburg\, West Virginia; and Chicago\, Illinois. Through their voices\, we understand the origins of this political turmoil—from the collapse of social infrastructure to the rightward shift of the financial elite\, to the compounded effects of segregation and violence. The recent fate of America has been one of the loudest\, most consistent conversations of the past few years\, on both sides of the border. Osnos speaks with award-winning American War author Omar El Akkad about why\, and what’s next. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/wildland-the-making-of-americas-fury-evan-osnos-in-conversation-with-omar-el-akkad
LOCATION:Cinema (The Nest) and At-Home Viewing
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SUMMARY:Bewilderment: Richard Powers in  Conversation with Eleanor Wachtel
DESCRIPTION:Richard Powers’ Pulitzer Prize-winning novel\, The Overstory\, is both a dazzling work of literature and an ecological hymn; arguably one of the most powerful calls for conservation of our forests that now sits\, in plain sight\, on shelves across the globe. This may be Powers’ most famous work\, but the prolific writer’s 13 other titles are similarly notable\, praiseworthy\, and lauded. Bewilderment\, his latest novel—longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize— is no different: exploring father-son relationships… and the cosmos. Theo Byrne is a widowed astrobiologist and father to Robin\, a young boy on the verge of being expelled. So what better solution than to take the boy to other planets? Powers speaks about his imaginative\, heartful tale with CBC Writers and Company host\, and inimitable interviewer\, Eleanor Wachtel. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events \nPresented in partnership with the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA). \nThe official bookseller for this event is Indigo. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/bewilderment-richard-powers-in-conversation-with-eleanor-wachtel
LOCATION:Cinema (The Nest) and At-Home Viewing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T200000
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SUMMARY:On Freedom: Maggie Nelson in Conversation with Baharak Yousefi
DESCRIPTION:Those who are first introduced to Maggie Nelson soon notice her name throughout their literary and social worlds. The award-winning writer\, scholar\, poet\, and critic is one of the most prolific and influential Western thinkers today. As Vulture shared\, “Reading Nelson is like watching a prima ballerina deliver the performance of a lifetime: athletic\, graceful\, and awe-inspiring.” The same goes for her latest work\, On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint\, which draws on a vast range of material to explore how we might think\, experience\, or talk about freedom. Thinking publicly through the knots in our culture—from recent art-world debates to the turbulent legacies of sexual liberation\, from the painful paradoxes of addiction to the lure of despair in the face of the climate crisis—is itself a practice of freedom\, a means of forging fortitude\, courage\, and company. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/on-freedom-maggie-nelson-in-conversation-with-baharak-yousefi
LOCATION:Cinema (The Nest) and At-Home Viewing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T180000
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SUMMARY:China Unbound: Joanna Chiu in Conversation with Doug Saunders
DESCRIPTION:Update: This event will now be released as a podcast! Click here to subscribe to Books & Ideas Audio\, where you can listen to the podcast. \nYou don’t need to RSVP or book a ticket to this event. This podcast will be released at 6:00pm PDT on Friday\, October 22. \nAs the world’s second-largest economy\, China is extending its influence across the globe with the complicity of democratic nations. Internationally recognized reporter Joanna Chiu has spent a decade tracking China’s propulsive rise\, from the political aspects of the multi-billion-dollar “New Silk Road” global investment project to a growing sway on foreign countries and multilateral institutions through “United Front” efforts. As the United States stumbles\, Chiu’s anticipated work\, China Unbound: A New World Disorder exposes Beijing’s high-tech surveillance and aggressive measures that result in human rights violations against those who challenge its power. She speaks to Globe and Mail journalist Doug Saunders about why the new world order she sees has disturbing implications for global stability\, prosperity\, and civil rights everywhere. \n  \n\nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/china-unbound-joanna-chiu-in-conversation-with-doug-saunders
LOCATION:Cinema (The Nest) and At-Home Viewing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T140000
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SUMMARY:The Intricate Craft of Poetry with  Liz Howard\,  Adam Sol\, and Brandon Wint
DESCRIPTION:We bring together three poets renowned for their magnificent experimentation with form and structure to discuss contemporary poetry and the craft behind three collections that ask the essential questions of our time. Ontario-born poet\, spoken word artist\, and educator Brandon Wint’s poems and essays have been published in national anthologies. Divine Animal is his debut collection. Griffin Poetry Prize winner Liz Howard’s latest work is Letters in a Bruised Cosmos. In propulsive verse\, she asks\, “Who do we become after the worst has happened?”. Adam Sol is a Trillium Book Award-winning poet\, whose latest collection\, Broken Dawn Blessings\, explores how we respond to others’ pain\, both the pain of those we love and those we don’t know. Moderated by celebrated and award-winning poet\, Shazia Hafiz Ramji. \n\n\n\n\nModerated by Shazia Hafiz Ramji. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events \n \nPresented in partnership with SFU Creative Writing.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/the-intricate-craft-of-poetry-with-liz-howard-adam-sol-and-brandon-wint
LOCATION:Cinema (The Nest) and At-Home Viewing
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Streaming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T120000
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CREATED:20210907T050806Z
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SUMMARY:Black Literature on the Prairies With Cheryl Foggo and Karina Vernon
DESCRIPTION:Calgary writer and filmmaker Cheryl Foggo and Toronto writer and scholar Karina Vernon will enter into a conversation\, moderated by Lawrence Hill\, about Black literature\, identity\, and history on the Canadian Prairies. Foggo is a celebrated playwright and journalist and the author of three children’s/YA books and the much-celebrated memoir Pourin’ Down Rain: A Black Woman Claims Her Place in the Canadian West. Most recently\, Foggo wrote and directed the 2020 NFB film documentary John Ware Reimagined\, about a prominent but oft-misunderstood 19th century Black cowboy from Alberta. Vernon\, an associate professor of English at the University of Toronto\, is a leading Canadian scholar on Black Canadian literature with a particular interest in prairie writing. Her book The Black Prairie Archives: an Anthology appeared in 2020 with Wilfrid Laurier University Press. \n\n\n\n\nModerated and curated by Guest Curator Lawrence Hill. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/black-literature-on-the-prairies-with-cheryl-foggo-and-karina-vernon
LOCATION:Cinema (The Nest) and At-Home Viewing
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Streaming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T100000
DTSTAMP:20260426T205704
CREATED:20210907T045516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211001T185229Z
UID:10000208-1634896800-1634896800@writersfest.bc.ca
SUMMARY:Complex Histories With Gary Barwin\, Roy Jacobsen\, and Kathleen Winter
DESCRIPTION:Literary historical novels often bring us the gift of enabling us to see events of the past more clearly than ever before. These three authors prove it. Gary Barwin’s Nothing the Same\, Everything Haunted is full of sharp wit\, pathos\, and reimagined history\, as a middle-aged Jewish man who dreams of being a cowboy goes on an eccentric quest across Europe following the 1941 Nazi invasion of Luthiania. Roy Jacobsen captivated readers with his Booker-shortlisted novel\, The Unseen. The follow up\, White Shadow\, centres on Ingrid: a Norwegian woman living alone on a small island during the Nazi occupation\, who falls in love with a Russian prisoner of war who washes ashore—and the persecution that follows. Giller-shortlisted novelist Kathleen Winter returns with a stunning reimagining of the lost years of misunderstood Romantic Era genius Dorothy Wordsworth in Undersong: A Novel. Find out how these authors balance their stories with the weight of historic realism\, and the balance between truth and fiction. \n\n\n\n\nModerated by Tara Henley. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/complex-histories-with-gary-barwin-roy-jacobsen-and-kathleen-winter
LOCATION:Cinema (The Nest) and At-Home Viewing
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Streaming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T213000
DTSTAMP:20260426T205704
CREATED:20210907T043730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T183144Z
UID:10000201-1634846400-1634851800@writersfest.bc.ca
SUMMARY:Permanent Astonishment: Tomson Highway in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:One of the most acclaimed Indigenous writers and performers in Canada shares his epic life story in a new memoir and conversation. Tomson Highway was born in a snowbank on an island in the sub-Arctic\, the 11th of 12 children in a nomadic Cree family. Permanent Astonishment shares his joy of the natural world and his family—from being pulled by dogsled beneath a night sky alive with stars to singing country music songs around the campfire. He also shares what happened after and away from that idyllic childhood; flown to residential school when he was six years old\, where his younger brother\, René\, soon joined him. Permanent Astonishment is also an embrace to René’s final words when he died too young. “Don’t mourn me\, be joyful\,” he said. Highway demonstrates just that through a hilarious and profound work that explores culture\, conquest\, and survival. Hear him tell his tale in conversation with Bill Richardson. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/tomson-highway
LOCATION:Cinema (The Nest) and At-Home Viewing
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Streaming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T180000
DTSTAMP:20260426T205704
CREATED:20210907T042451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T182213Z
UID:10000199-1634839200-1634839200@writersfest.bc.ca
SUMMARY:Heaven\, Breasts and Eggs: Mieko Kawakami in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Mieko Kawakami is more than a bestselling\, internationally lauded author. She has transformed awareness of\, and debate about\, feminism in Japan\, gracefully weaving between the roles of cultural critic\, philosopher\, and literary phenom. As The Guardian summarizes\, “Kawakami has made her name articulating womanhood in Japan better than any living author.” Most Western audiences were first introduced to her through Breasts and Eggs: a story of three women navigating patriarchy and the lack of reproductive autonomy it inflicts (amongst other things). Heaven\, originally written in 2009 and launched in English for the first time this year\, explores the experience of adolescence. This is an opportunity to hear from someone Haruki Murakami has said “is always ceaselessly growing and evolving\,” and possibly one of the most exciting writers of the 21st century. Kawakami joins Christina Laffin\, Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia\, in conversation. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/heaven-breasts-and-eggs-mieko-kawakami-in-conversation
LOCATION:Cinema (The Nest) and At-Home Viewing
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Streaming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211020T193000
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CREATED:20210907T040248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T182127Z
UID:10000194-1634758200-1634758200@writersfest.bc.ca
SUMMARY:Entre Nous with Elisa Shua Dusapin\, Valérie Perrin\, and Anne Serre
DESCRIPTION:The sensibilities and writings of Europe have captivated hearts since the continent began. Three of Europe’s most successful authors join the Writers Fest for an intimate conversation. Elisa Shua Dusapin won the Prix Robert-Walser\, Prix Alpha\, and the Prix Régine-Deforges for Winter in Sochko: a quiet\, enigmatic\, and atmospheric debut. Anne Serre’s fourteenth book\, The Beginners\, explores love as a form of greed\, when happily-married Anna falls in love at first sight with another: Thomas. Sensual and exhilarating\, moral and unforgettable\, it is another reminder of why Serre is one of the most respected authors in the world today. Valérie Perrin’s debut Fresh Water for Flowers was the bestselling book in Europe in 2020 and earned Perrin extensive accolades. Listen to these exceptional female authors share tales of craft and love with each other in their first language\, French\, with English subtitles. \nModerated by Michèle Smolkin. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events \n\n\nPresented in partnership with the Consulate General of France in Vancouver\, Alliance Francaise\, and the Consulate General of Switzerland in Vancouver.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/entrenous
LOCATION:Cinema (The Nest) and At-Home Viewing
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Streaming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211020T180000
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DTSTAMP:20260426T205704
CREATED:20210907T034608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T222207Z
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SUMMARY:Family Ties that Bind with Francisco Goldman\, Atticus Lish\, and Ruth Ozeki
DESCRIPTION:Often the heart of the matter\, stories of family underscore some of the most intimate and poignant moments in our lives. Delve into these ancestral tales and stories of modern familial dynamics. Francisco Goldman is one of the most important literary voices writing today. Monkey Boy is arguably one of his finest works—a stunning portrait of family\, and growing up Mexican-American in New York City. Atticus Lish\, a PEN/Faulkner winning author\, has penned a searing\, tender novel about parental relationships and the often-painful move into adulthood. The War for Gloria follows a young boy struggling to become a man\, and to protect his mother\, in a town beset by working class and affluent divides. Ruth Ozeki was a finalist for the Booker Prize with A Tale for the Time Being. She returns to the Festival with The Book of Form and Emptiness\, that grapples with loss\, growing up\, and our relationship with things\, as told through Benny Oh who’s hearing voices as he lives with his disturbed mother. \n\n\n\n\nModerated by Claudia Casper. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/family-ties-that-bind-with-francisco-goldman-atticus-lish-and-ruth-ozeki
LOCATION:Cinema (The Nest) and At-Home Viewing
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Streaming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211019T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211019T190000
DTSTAMP:20260426T205704
CREATED:20210907T032038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T182102Z
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SUMMARY:On Animals: Susan Orlean in Conversation with Mark Medley
DESCRIPTION:Each time Susan Orlean graces the Writers Fest with a visit\, audiences are reminded why she is called “a national treasure” by The Washington Post. The New Yorker staff writer\, and author of The Library Book joins us to celebrate her latest work—a collection of musings\, meditations\, and in-depth profiles about animals. “I think I’ll always have animals and I think I’ll always write about them. Their unknowability challenges me. Our affection for them intrigues me\,” she explained\, when sharing the motivation behind these works\, written on her farm and amidst her travels. Orlean has the uncanny ability to make us newly recognize and think differently about items and beings in our midst. On Animals is yet another stunning example of Orlean’s transcendent skill as a writer to make us newly recognize and think differently about items and creatures in our midst. \n\nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/on-animals-susan-orlean-in-conversation-with-mark-medley
LOCATION:Cinema (The Nest) and At-Home Viewing
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Streaming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211018T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211018T180000
DTSTAMP:20260426T205704
CREATED:20210902T224542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T182030Z
UID:10000175-1634580000-1634580000@writersfest.bc.ca
SUMMARY:Maria Stepanova in Conversation with Aislinn Hunter
DESCRIPTION:Maria Stepanova became an internationally-recognized name in literature thanks to her Booker Prize-shortlisted\, genre-defying work. In Russia\, she has been revered as one of the most important poets of the post-Soviet generation for years. In Memory of Memory is a response to Stepanova’s own lived experience\, sifting through faded photographs\, old postcards\, letters\, diaries\, and heaps of souvenirs to tell the story of how her seemingly ordinary Jewish family somehow managed to survive the myriad persecutions and repressions of the last century. In dialogue with writers like Roland Barthes\, W. G. Sebald\, Susan Sontag\, and Osip Mandelstam\, Stepanova’s work is a rare gift. The author speaks with poet and novelist Aislinn Hunter about blending genres and grappling with the past. \nThis event is Pay What You Can! Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. After the Festival\, you’ll also receive access to a recording of the event\, which will be available to rewatch for one week. \nThis event is included in a Digital Pass. The $100 pass includes access to the whole digital lineup in one convenient package. If you choose a pass\, there’s no need to book tickets individually or keep track of multiple emails. Click here if you’d like to purchase a Digital Pass instead of ordering a ticket to this event. \nThis event is also simulcast at our in-person cinema\, The Nest. Many of our digital events are also streaming onsite at The Nest. Please note that seating at this venue is first-come-first-served by donation at the door. Read more about The Nest Cinema. *You may watch cinema events in The Nest\, or stream comfortably from home. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/maria-stepanova-in-conversation-with-aislinn-hunter
LOCATION:Cinema (The Nest) and At-Home Viewing
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Streaming
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