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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
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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)
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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
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SUMMARY:2023 Digital Festival Release
DESCRIPTION:The deadline to purchase a Digital Festival Pass is midnight on Wednesday\, January 24.\nPresented in partnership with SFU Continuing Studies. \nOur flagship Festival this October brought together award-winning and emerging writers\, along with record numbers of audience members\, for an exhilarating week of celebrating books through conversations that were entertaining\, thought-provoking\, and galvanizing. We’re excited to now share a curated selection of 25 recorded events in this Digital Festival Release. Featuring a wide range of genres and formats\, these events represent some of the most outstanding offerings from our 2023 Festival. Watch and rewatch them from wherever you are\, from December 15 through January 31.   \nWe hope these events\, many of which were previously sold out prior to Festival Week\, will reach people far and wide. We’ve allocated significant resources toward recording high quality videos of our events as part of our ongoing commitment to accessibility for our community. For those unable to attend in person (or who couldn’t be in two places at once!)\, we’re proud to provide this online offering. \nThe Digital Festival pass is available as pay-what-you-can. Featuring 25 events (the average cost to attend each in-person being $25)\, we value the Digital Festival pass at $100. We invite you to consider how much you’ll watch\, as well as your ability to support our investment in accessibility efforts\, when selecting a payment option. If the options provided present a barrier to you\, please reach out to us at info@writersfest.bc.ca.  \n\n25 fully-captioned\, full-length events from the 2023 Festival are included in this all-access pass:\n\n\n\n(Click on an event title to read the full description from our October Festival program.) \n#01. The Alma Lee Opening Night Event: Page-Turning Thrills featuring Louise Candlish\, Shari Lapena\, Liz Nugent\, with moderator André Picard \n#02. Roaming featuring Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki\, with moderator Sarah Leavitt  \n#03. Inheriting Truth featuring Janika Oza\, katherena vermette\, Ada Zhang\, with moderator Elamin Abdelmahmoud \n#04. Word! featuring fanny kearse\, Em Nimetz\, D Fretter\, with host Jillian Christmas \n#05. Bestselling Teen Fiction for a Reasonfeaturing Cherie Dimaline and Jen Ferguson\, with moderator Molly Cross-Blanchard \n#06. The Company We Keep featuring Patrick DeWitt\, Catherine Hernandez\, Sean Michaels\, with moderator Robert J. Wiersema \n#07. She’s A Scream featuring Ashley Audrain\, Mona Awad\, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia\, with moderator Jael Richardson \n#08. Blackness as a Portal\, Blackness as the Frame featuring Suzette Mayr\, Christina Sharpe\, Aisha Harris\, with moderator Jasmine Sealy \n#09. Anne Berest in Conversation with Marsha Lederman \n#10. Season of the Witch featuring Cherie Dimaline\, Anna Maxymiw\, Zalika Reid-Benta\, with moderator Elamin Abdelmahmoud \n#11. Celeste Ng in Conversation with Jael Richardson  \n#12. Smells Like… 90s Lyrics Night featuring Omar El Akkad\, Chelsea Wakelyn\, John Freeman\, Jen Sookfong Lee\, Kevin Chong\, Mona Awad\, Aisha Harris\, Emma Healey\, Sean Michaels\, Michael V. Smith\, Claudia Dey\, Sam Shelstad\, William Ping\, with host Elamin Abdelmahmoud \n#13. The Best of History featuring Emma Donoghue\, Paul Harding\, Janika Oza\, Kai Thomas\, with moderator Aislinn Hunter \n#14. Book Banning in a Precarious Age featuring Aden Polydoros\, Jen Ferguson\, and Casey Plett\, with moderator Marsha Lederman \n#15. Lauren Groff in Conversation with Alix Ohlin \n#16. Landbridge in tribute to Y-Dang Troeung — featuring Dionne Brand\, David Chariandy\, Madeleine Thien\, Christopher B. Patterson\, with moderator Doretta Lau  \n#17. Rebecca Solnit in Conversation with Kathryn Gretsinger \n#18. Chinatown: Past and Future featuring Daniel Innes\, Christina Wong\, Fae Myenne Ng\, Henry Tsang\, with moderator Kevin Chong \n#19. Novel Ideas featuring Michael Crummey\, Emma Donoghue\, Elizabeth Hay\, with moderator Marsha Lederman \n#20. Michelle Good in Conversation with Carleigh Baker  \n#21. Poets on Family and Time featuring Lorna Crozier and Susan Musgrave\, with moderator Hal Wake \n#22. The Literary Cabaret featuring Patrick deWitt\, Jenny Erpenbeck\, Elaine Feeney\, Paul Harding\, Kai Thomas\, Tania James\, with musical accompaniment by Benjamin Millman and the Oxymorons \n#23. The Conversations: Jenny Erpenbeck\, Elaine Feeney with moderator Marsha Lederman \n#24. Pictures on the Wall: The Power of Art featuring Jeannie Marshall\, Max Wyman\, Michael Audain\, with moderator Sirish Rao \n#25. Not Too Late: The Climate Conversation  featuring Rebecca Solnit\, Chris Turner\, John Vaillant\, with moderator Matt Galloway
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/digital-festival-2023
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
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SUMMARY:Incite: Fire Weather – John Vaillant
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nThe 2023 Incite season finale is sure to be one of our most riveting\, incandescent events yet. John Vaillant\, author of the nationally bestselling non-fiction titles The Golden Spruce and The Tiger\, joins us with his latest work—a stunning account of a colossal wildfire\, and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind. He’ll speak with award-winning journalist Laura Lynch\, host of CBC’s What On Earth. \nFire Weather: The Making of a Beast takes us on a riveting journey through the intertwined histories of North America’s oil industry and the birth of climate science. In May 2016\, Fort McMurray\, the hub of Canada’s petroleum industry and America’s biggest foreign supplier\, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster drove 88\,000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the lens of this apocalyptic conflagration—the wildfire equivalent of Hurricane Katrina—Vaillant warns that this was not a unique event but a shocking preview of what we must prepare for in a hotter\, more flammable world. \nJoin us for an urgent and necessary conversation about our new century of fire\, which has only just begun.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-05-31-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
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SUMMARY:Incite: Love\, Lives – An Evening with Casey Plett and Hazel Jane Plante
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nJoin us at Incite for a lively celebration of the re-issue of A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett\, and the release of Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante. The two Lambda Literary Award-winning authors will be in conversation with C.A. Tanaka\, author of Baby Drag Queen. \nMulti-award-winning author Casey Plett made her literary debut with the short story collection A Safe Girl to Love. After a long absence\, this beloved collection of stories about the lives of young trans women is back in print. Plett\, whose books have recurring characters and themes\, has come to view A Safe Girl to Love as the first book in a loose trilogy along with her novel Little Fish and her story collection A Dream of a Woman. \nAny Other City is the much-anticipated novel from Hazel Jane Plante\, whose debut novel Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) won a Lambda Literary Award in 2019. The novel is written as the fictionalized memoir of trans indie musician Tracy St. Cyr and “sparkles with heart and sex\, art and life”—Michelle Tea. This is a love letter to trans femmes and to art itself. \nDiscover two of the most sought-after young writers in Canada\, at the Vancouver stop of their popular North American tour.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-05-17-2023-multimedia
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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.  \nWe partnered with the BC and Yukon Book Prizes for an evening of celebrating our dazzling local literary talent. This free Incite event honours three of the shortlisted authors of the 2023 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize\, awarded to the best work of literary fiction by a BC writer. \nThe event features: \n\nBilly-Ray Belcourt\, Griffin Poetry Prize-winning author from the Driftpile Cree Nation\, nominated for A Minor Chorus\nMarion Ehrenberg\, psychologist\, professor\, and writer\, nominated for The Language of Dreams\nDanny Ramadan\, Syrian-Canadian author and advocate for LGBTQ+ refugees\, nominated for The Foghorn Echoes \n\nThe authors discuss their shortlisted titles\, then have a rousing conversation about the writing process with Vancouver Writers Fest Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig. \nOther nominees for this year’s award\, who were unfortunately unable to join us this evening\, are Tsering Yangzom Lama and Janice Lynn Mather. \nBooks will be for sale before and after the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books. \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-05-03-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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SUMMARY:Incite: Poetry for This World
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nThough T.S. Eliot called April the “cruelest month”\, at least we have the indomitable power of poetry to carry us through. Celebrate National Poetry Month with readings and musings from poets whose new collections will provoke\, console\, and reveal other ways of seeing. \nTrinity Street is the much-anticipated fifth collection from poet Jen Currin\, winner of the Audre Lorde Award and a Lambda finalist. Weaving together the meditative and the disruptive\, the queer and quotidian\, and the worlds of the dead and the living\, Currin’s poems vibrate with unexpected shifts and precise\, startling imagery. \nMétis Ukrainian\, ReLit Award-winning writer Conor Kerr’s sharp and incisive poems move restlessly across landscapes and time. Old Gods defies colonialism on the Prairies\, situating readers in the Métis mindset: the old gods of the land are alive within the rivers\, the birds\, the hills and the prairies that surround us\, and they’ll always be here. \nSheryda Warrener is the author of two previous collections\, and a recipient of The Puritan‘s Thomas Morton Memorial Prize for poetry. The poems in Test Piece began from her impulse to see herself more clearly\, and grew into more expansive meditations on seeing and vision. These poems are informed by collage—with their echoes and reverberations\, a greater complexity is revealed. \nThey’re joined by host Bronwen Tate—author of the poetry collection The Silk the Moths Ignore\, and professor and Undergraduate Chair at the School of Creative Writing at UBC—for a thoughtful conversation about the power of poetry to challenge and help explain the world we live in. \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. Books will be for sale before and after the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-04-05-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
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SUMMARY:Incite: On the Ravine: Vincent Lam
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nGiller Prize-winning author Dr. Vincent Lam joins our distinguished 2023 Incite lineup with a novel that casts an insightful\, urgent\, and intimate eye upon the devastating experience of addiction. \nIn his practice as an emergency physician and addictions physician\, as well as the medical director of Coderix Medical Clinic\, an addictions medicine clinic based in downtown Toronto\, Dr. Lam is a first-hand witness to the staggering impact of opioid addictions—an epidemic that claimed the lives of over 11\,500 Canadians between January 2016 and December 2018[1]. On the Ravine combines the depth of his experience with his literary talent to create a gripping novel of profound emotional force\, electric in its precision and radiant in its detail\, where the paths of a doctor and patient intersect in complex\, life-altering ways. \nHear Lam in conversation with physician Daniel Kalla\, the internationally bestselling author of novels such as The Darkness in the Light\, Lost Immunity\, and the forthcoming book Fit to Die. \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. Books will be for sale before and after the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-03-22-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
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SUMMARY:Incite: Women Forging Trails
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nOn International Women’s Day\, March 8\, we shared the gritty\, inspiring stories of two women who blazed their own paths in two very different industries\, both traditionally dominated by men. \nAs a whitewater guide navigating some of the most challenging and remote rafting rivers in North America\, Tamar Glouberman takes us on a thrilling\, vulnerable journey in her memoir\, Chasing Rivers: A Whitewater Life. Traversing the highs and lows of the rapids\, this is a story that “expertly tackles themes of sexism\, mental health\, and what it means to trust in yourself in a world that rocks that boat.” (Kelly S. Thompson\, author of Girls Need Not Apply) \nThick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister In The Brotherhood is a deep dive into the secret language and hidden culture of one of the most esoteric heavy construction trades—Boilermaking—from Hilary Peach\, who worked for over two decades as one of the only women in the Boilermakers Union. By turns tender and hilarious\, Peach’s style shines “as brightly as a welder’s torch\, seaming disparate pieces of the universe together.” (The British Columbia Review) \nThey’re joined on-stage by Charmaine de Silva\, News Director of CityNews Vancouver and Calgary. A three-time National RTDNA award-winner and one of Vanmag’s 50 most powerful people in Vancouver in 2023\, she brings her own perspective as the leader of an innovative and diverse newsroom. \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. Books will be for sale before and after the event courtesy of Book Warehouse\, a division of Black Bond Books.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-03-08-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
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SUMMARY:Incite: VenCo: Cherie Dimaline
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library and Massy Books.  \nOur third Incite event features Festival favourite Cherie Dimaline\, whose book The Marrow Thieves has garnered multiple awards and maintained an astonishingly frequent presence on the Canadian bestseller’s list for the past five years. Her latest novel for adults invites readers on an enchanting\, treacherous road trip adventure that will “bring magic back into your life” (Eden Robinson). \nVenCo is a wickedly subversive\, deliciously imaginative\, deeply feminist novel of contemporary witches on the rise. When Métis millennial Lucky St. James finds a spoon in her basement inscribed with the letters S-A-L-E-M\, she joins a network of extraordinary women across North America who are searching desperately for the final spoon—and the unknown witch who holds it. The Kirkus Prize and Governor General’s Literary Award winning author joins author and academic Billy-Ray Belcourt (A History of My Brief Body\, A Minor Chorus) to discuss her spellbinding new book\, and her prolific and varied writing life. Books for sale by Massy Books. \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-02-22-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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SUMMARY:Incite: Superfan: Jen Sookfong Lee
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nMusic. Movies. Celebrity crushes. Pop culture permeates all levels of our lives\, from the entertainment we consume (or abhor) to the memes we make and share with friends. Jen Sookfong Lee has been at the centre of this commentary for years\, as author\, lifestyle commentator\, podcaster\, and now memoirist of Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart\, a searing\, revelatory\, and intimate collection exploring the ways in which pop culture has shaped—and unshaped—Lee throughout her life. \nJoined by longtime Festival friend and Globe and Mail columnist Marsha Lederman\, this special Incite event celebrates Lee’s debut memoir-in-pieces\, and explore all the ways in which pop culture intersects with the reality of so many\, how our collective obsessions make and break us\, and why our fascinations persist in spite of it all. \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. Books will be for sale courtesy of Book Warehouse (a division of Black Bond Books).
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-02-08-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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SUMMARY:Incite: Dazzling Debuts
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.  \nThe 2023 Incite season premieres with a powerful duo of debut novelists already making review headlines. Journey Prize-winner Jessica Johns’ Bad Cree has made waves among critics and contemporaries alike\, with Eden Robinson calling the work and its characters “wry\, moody\, and subversive” and Cherie Dimaline noting that once the story starts\, “there’s no backing out\, no pause\, no stall.” Some Hellish\, by Nicholas Herring\, is the winner of the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize\, noted for Herring’s “passion for the language of work\, […] droll and philosophical\, ribald and poetic.” Both join esteemed Festival friend and Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize-finalist Carleigh Baker for an evening of literary magic with two acclaimed\, propulsive debuts.  \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. Books will be for sale courtesy of Book Warehouse (a division of Black Bond Books).
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-01-25-2023-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230121
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SUMMARY:Digital Festival Release
DESCRIPTION:For the first time ever\, gain access to a mastercut of the Vancouver Writers Fest’s October Festival! \nNew extended dates: Access the Digital Festival from December 6 to January 20! \nThe deadline to purchase a Digital Festival Pass is midnight on Friday\, January 13. \nThis October\, we gathered on Granville Island for the 35th Anniversary Festival. We were overwhelmed by the response to our first fully in-person Festival after three years. The warmth of the audiences and the powerful conversations that took place on our stages were captured on camera so that we could share the magic of this week with as many people as possible. The result is this Digital Festival Release: 30 specially curated events\, many previously sold out\, representing some of the most intriguing\, edifying\, and fun offerings from our 2022 Festival\, available online from December 6 through January 20. \nWe hope these events will reach people far and wide—and also solve the eternal problem of not being able to be in two places at once during Festival Week.  \nPlease enjoy these exceptional books\, ideas\, and dialogue! \nPay-What-You-Can for this all-access pass: $0 – $20 – $100 [recommended] – $250 \nWe offer Pay-What-You-Can options for the Digital Festival so that these exceptional conversations can be available to everyone. If you don’t see the amount you’d like to pay listed as an option\, please consider adding a donation at checkout\, to help us continue to make our programming accessible. \nWhile the deadline has passed to purchase a Digital Festival Gift Pass that comes with a festive gift certificate\, you can still purchase a regular Digital Festival Pass as a gift\, and send your recipient the access code that you receive in your purchase receipt email. \n  \n \nThe Digital Festival is presented thanks to the generous support of the Y.P. Heung Foundation. \n  \n30 fully-captioned events from the 2022 Festival are included in this all-access\, pay-what-you-can pass:\n#01: Educating with the Witness Blanket (High School)\nfeaturing Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson \n#02: Sisters in Resistance \nTilar J. Mazzeo in Conversation with Marsha Lederman \n#03: What Home Means\nfeaturing Elamin Abdelmahmoud\, Omar El Akkad\, Dimitri Nasrallah\, and Debra Thompson  \n#04: Ali Hassan in Conversation with Brent Butt \n#05: Friendship and Fitting In (Grades 4–7)\nfeaturing Johnnie Christmas\, Faith Erin Hicks\, and Jonathan Hill \n#06: An Evening with Wayne Johnston\nhosted by Rob Wiersema \n#07: Freeman’s Spotlight\nfeaturing Tess Gunty and John Freeman \n#08: Fabulous Historical Fantasy\nfeaturing Guy Gavriel Kay\, J.M. Miro (Steven Price)\, and Rob Wiersema \n#09: An Evening with Billy-Ray Belcourt\nhosted by Mercedes Eng \n#10: Short Story Masters\nfeaturing Caroline Adderson\, Jonathan Escoffery\, Kim Fu\, and Alexander MacLeod \n#11: The Power of Story: Live Recording for CBC’s The Next Chapter\nfeaturing Brian Thomas Isaac\, Marsha Lederman\, David A. Robertson\, and Shelagh Rogers \n#12: Fiction from Reality\nfeaturing Violaine Huisman\, Aislinn Hunter\, Gabriel Krauze\, and Douglas Stuart \n#13: Don’t You Want Me\, Baby?: Authors Do 80s Lyrics\nfeaturing Heather O’Neill\, Omar El Akkad\, João Reis\, Brendan McLeod\, Kevin Sylvester\, Marsha Lederman\, Iain Reid\, Thomas Olde Heuvelt\, Kern Carter\,  David A. Robertson\, and Tess Gunty; hosted by Elamin Abdelmahmoud \n#14: A Gallant Day: The Great Coincidence of August 11\nfeaturing Aamina Ahmad\, Ivan Coyote\, Veda Hille\, Bill Richardson\, and Marcus Youssef  \n#15: The Truth Ain’t What It Used To Be: Journalism in the 21st Century\nfeaturing Kamal Al-Solaylee\, Omar El Akkad\, Brandi Morin\, Elizabeth Renzetti\, and Andrea Woo  \n#16: Generational Fiction: Stories of Lineage\, History and Things Passed Down\nfeaturing Aamina Ahmad\, Tsering Yangzom Lama\, Marsha Lederman\, and Jasmine Sealy \n#17: Douglas Stuart in Conversation with Eddy Boudel Tan  \n#18: Poems for the Twelfth Hour\nfeaturing Otoniya Okot Bitek\, John Freeman\, Aislinn Hunter\, Gillian Jerome\, Brendan McLeod\, and Cecily Nicholson \n#19: An Evening with Heather O’Neill\nhosted by Jen Sookfong Lee  \n#20: Queer Little Nightmares\nfeaturing jaye simpson\, Amber Dawn\, Eddy Boudel Tan\, Tin Lorica\, Ben Rawluk\, Jane Shi\, Cicely Belle Blain\, and beni xiao\, with a drag performance by Persephone. Hosted by David Ly and Daniel Zomparelli.  \n#21: Bestseller to Blockbuster\nfeaturing Marsha Lederman\, Tom Perrotta\, and Iain Reid  \n#22: Wildness: Stories for an Unraveling World\nfeaturing Madhur Anand\, Omar El Akkad\, Kim Fu\, and John Elizabeth Stintzi  \n#23: Building Suspense\nfeaturing Linwood Barclay\, Thomas Olde Heuvelt\, Jerry Wasserman\, and Sandra SG Wong  \n#24: The State of Women\nfeaturing Eliza Reid and Elizabeth Renzetti  \n#25: American Debuts: Emerging Authors\, Exceptional Tales\nfeaturing Aamina Ahmad\, Jonathan Escoffery\, Shaena Lambert\, and Soon Wiley  \n#26: An Evening with Elif Batuman\nhosted by Anakana Schofield  \n#27: The Literary Cabaret\nfeaturing Graeme Macrae Burnet\, Pierre Jarawan\, Gabriel Krauze\, Nadifa Mohamed\, and Heather O’Neill; music accompaniment by Sally Zori and the Allegories  \n#28: The Crime [Writing] of the Century:\nLinwood Barclay and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir in Conversation\, hosted by Rob Wiersema \n#29: The Future is Now\, with Bob McDonald \n #30: Dr. Gabor Maté in Conversation\nhosted by Andrea Woo
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/digital-festival-2022
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Digital
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SUMMARY:Incite: Kiss the Red Stairs with Marsha Lederman
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library and TELUS. \nIn a powerful and intimate Incite event\, long-time Festival friend\, moderator\, and award-winning journalist Marsha Lederman returns to our in-person stages for the launch of her stunning memoir on intergenerational trauma\, monumental change\, and survival. Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust\, Once Removed explores the impact of a generation’s anguish on her family\, beginning when Lederman was only five years old\, and asked her mother why she didn’t have any grandparents. \nIn conversation with Kathryn Gretsinger\, another beloved moderator of the Festival\, this heart-to-heart explores the rippling effect of Lederman’s family history throughout her own life\, including being a mother to a young son\, experiencing a difficult divorce\, and an ever-present need to explore and understand the stories and experiences of those that have gone before.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-05-04-2022-multimedia
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event,Digital,Multimedia
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SUMMARY:Incite: Creativity and Motherhood
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library and TELUS. \nAt a time when the challenges of parenthood have only increased\, and “work/life” balance feels increasingly complex in the midst of the pandemic\, we’re delving into the often-underexplored topic of creativity and parenthood. \nJoin author and co-editor Jen Sookfong Lee\, along with co-editor Stacey May Fowles and contributors Jónína Kirton and Kellee Ngan from Good Mom on Paper: Writers on Creativity (Book*hug Press) in an event that promises solace\, celebration and humour. \nWith further contributions by Heather O’Neill\, Lee Maracle\, Jael Richardson\, Jennifer Whiteford\, Rachel Giese and Teresa Wong—amongst others—this anthology goes beyond the clichés to share the often-invisible challenges of a literary life with little ones and to celebrate the systems that nurture writers who are mothers. \nLet’s talk about two of the fundamental joys\, and challenges\, of life. \nFrom the publisher: Good Mom on Paper is a collection of twenty essays that explore the fraught\, beautiful\, and complicated relationship between motherhood and creativity. These texts disclose the often-invisible challenges of a literary life with little ones: the manuscript written with a baby sleeping in a carrier\, missing a book launch for a bedtime\, crafting a promotional tour around child care. But they also celebrate the systems that nurture writers who are mothers; the successes; the intricate\, interconnected joys of these roles. Honest and intimate\, critical and hopeful\, this collection offers solace and joy to creative mothers and asks how we can better support their work. \nMothers have long been telling each other these vital stories in private. Good Mom on Paper makes them available to everyone who needs them. \nIncite events are free and open to the public\, but an RSVP is required. We encourage you to pick up the book at your favourite independent bookseller. \nThis is an online\, live event. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/creativity-motherhood
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220406T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220406T190000
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SUMMARY:Incite: Transcendent Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library and TELUS. \nWe’re hosting three poets whose collections are just in time for National Poetry Month! Join us for a fascinating evening in conversation with writers at the cutting edge of poetry in Canada. \nInternationally-acclaimed and Giller-shortlisted author Shani Mootoo shares with us an anticipated return to poetry. Cane | Fire (Book*hug Press) is deeply personal—akin to a poetic memoir—and shares evocative depictions of moves from Ireland to San Fernando and finally to Canada. We begin to understand how life can not only be shaped\, but reimagined. \nEach One a Furnace (Penguin Random House)\, from the GG-winning author Tolu Oloruntoba\, trails the global mobility of birds to chronicle the struggle within and between cultures. It is a deeply powerful work that explores how those unable to be at rest in the world may take to improbable flight. \nJason Purcell is known across the country for their exceptional (co-owned) store\, Glass Bookshop\, in Edmonton. Their debut collection\, Swollening (Arsenal Pulp Press) examines the queer\, sick body as a reaction to an ill world and asks it how to move on toward hope. \nThey are joined in conversation by moderator\, writer and poet\, Shazia Hafiz Ramji. \nIncite events are free and open to the public\, but an RSVP is required. We encourage you to pick up these collections at your favourite independent bookseller. \nThis is an online\, live event. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/transcendent-poetry
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220323T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220323T190000
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SUMMARY:Incite: Short Stories\, Big Ideas
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library and TELUS. \nMuch like sunny days in Vancouver\, short stories never go out of fashion. Come join us for a thrilling night of buzzworthy tales from authors dominating the genre at our next Incite! \nSharing themes of restlessness and fragmented lives\, this trio of critically-acclaimed short story collections are beguiling explorations of unexpected bonds and people adrift. Rawi Hage (Stray Dogs\, Knopf Canada)\, Angélique Lalonde (Glorious Frazzled Beings\, Groundwood Books)\, and Christopher Evans (Nothing Could Be Further From The Truth\, Groundwood Books) masterfully wield humour and complexity in their “tiny worlds.” \nJoin us for an incredible conversation with these three powerhouse authors\, moderated by Festival friend and Journey Prize-shortlisted author\, Anna Ling Kaye. \nABOUT THE BOOKS \nCalled a “superb collection” by Maclean’s\, Stray Dogs is a captivating and cosmopolitan collection of stories from the award-winning author of Beirut Hellfire Society and the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winning novel\, De Niro’s Game. As his publisher notes\, the stories are “wise\, humane\, relevant and caustically funny\, revealing the singular vision of Hage at his best.” \nOne of the most discussed books of 2021\, Lalonde’s Glorious Frazzled Beings was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was named a CBC Best Book of the Year. “A haunting dream of a book” according to David Chariandy\, this is a collection that sings a love song to the homes we make\, keep\, and break. \nThe characters in Nothing Could Be Further from the Truth are\, as his publisher notes\, “people with strays—those who fall for the allure of nostalgia\, grapple with male fragility\, deny family trauma\, and acquiesce to authority.” John Elizabeth Stintzi lauds the collection as “fracturing the mundane to reveal a bedrock of absurdity.” \nIncite events are free and open to the public\, but an RSVP is required. We encourage you to pick up these collections at your favourite independent bookseller. \nThis is an online\, live event. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/short-stories-big-ideas
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220309T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220309T190000
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SUMMARY:Incite: Sheila Heti in Conversation with Billy-Ray Belcourt
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library and TELUS. \nSheila Heti\, internationally acclaimed author of the novel Motherhood\, a New York Times Best Book of the Year\, joins our next Incite event with her tenth book\, Pure Colour. This latest work is a contemporary bible\, an atlas of feeling\, and a shape-shifting epic; Esquire called it one of the Best Books of 2022 to “Provoke\, Persuade and Perturb You.” A philosopher of modern experience\, Heti has reimagined what a book can hold. On March 9\, she’ll share the secrets of Pure Colour with Griffin Poetry Prize-winning author Billy-Ray Belcourt. \nPure Colour is a galaxy of a novel: explosive\, celestially bright\, huge\, and streaked with beauty. The Guardian called it a “mystical\, wildly original study of grief and love”\, and “a book that says something new for our difficult times.” As Kirkus Reviews put it\, this is “that rarest of novels—as alien as a moon rock and every bit as wondrous.” Join us at this live\, virtual event to be put under the spell of Heti’s luminous creation myth\, which has been included in lists of the most anticipated new books by The Globe and Mail\, CBC Books\, Publishers Weekly\, The A.V. Club\, Vulture\, and more. \nIncite events are free and open to the public\, but an RSVP is required. We encourage you to pick up Pure Colour at your favourite independent bookseller. \nThis is an online\, live event. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/sheila-heti
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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SUMMARY:Incite: Marlon James in Conversation with Cherie Jones
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library and TELUS. \nMarlon James’ Black Leopard\, Red Wolf was a show-stopping tour de force of literary fantasy\, an instant bestseller\, and the first book in what has now become a highly-anticipated series\, the Dark Star Trilogy. James returns to shelves—and the Vancouver Writers Fest’s virtual stages—with Moon Witch\, Spider King\, heralded by writers such as Neil Gaiman and Salman Rushdie\, and praised by Buzzfeed as “even more brilliant than the first” and “the literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe” by The New York Times. This is sure to be one of the most anticipated events of the season. As the Washington Post reports: “Stand aside\, Beowulf.” \nJoined by Cherie Jones\, 2021 Festival guest and the acclaimed\, award-winning author of How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House\, this spectacular Incite event will explore rich narratives and powerful reimaginings\, emotive writing and more\, from two of the industry’s most respected visionaries. Submit your questions in advance! \nFrom the publisher: In Black Leopard\, Red Wolf\, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared. In Moon Witch\, Spider King\, Sogolon takes center stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy\, and how she plotted and fought\, triumphed and failed as she looked for him. It’s also the story of a century-long feud—seen through the eyes of a 177-year-old witch—that Sogolon had with the Aesi\, chancellor to the king. It is said that Aesi works so closely with the king that together they are like the eight limbs of one spider. Aesi’s power is considerable—and deadly. It takes brains and courage to challenge him\, which Sogolon does for reasons of her own. \nBoth a brilliant narrative device—seeing the story told in Black Leopard\, Red Wolf from the perspective of an adversary and a woman—as well as a fascinating battle between different versions of empire\, Moon Witch\, Spider King delves into Sogolon’s world as she fights to tell her own story. Part adventure tale\, part chronicle of an indomitable woman who bows to no man\, it is a fascinating novel that explores power\, personality\, and the places where they overlap. \nIncite events are free and open to the public\, but an RSVP is required. We encourage you to pick up Moon Witch\, Spider King at your favourite independent bookseller. \nThis is an online\, pre-recorded event. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/marlon-james
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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SUMMARY:INCITE: Hot Bestsellers with Nita Prose and Jessamine Chan
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library. \nGet ready for some of the most talked about books of the season! Our second Incite event features two new instant bestsellers: Nita Prose delivers a Clue-like\, locked-room mystery in her debut novel The Maid\, and Jessamine Chan’s The School for Good Mothers follows a young mother who lands in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance. They’ll speak with Ashley Audrain\, internationally bestselling author of The Push\, in a livestream event on February 9 at 7pm PT. \nThe Maid follows twenty-five-year-old Molly Gray\, who struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others\, but delights in her work as a hotel maid. Molly’s orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black\, only to find him dead in his bed. Molly’s unusual demeanour has the police targeting her as their lead suspect\, while friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black. But will they be able to find the real killer before it’s too late? \nNamed one of the most anticipated books of the year by Glamour\, W magazine\, PopSugar\, The Rumpus\, Book Riot\, The Globe and Mail\, Chatelaine\, and Canadian Living\, The Maid is a heartwarming debut\, which reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart. \nThe School for Good Mothers is a taut and explosive page-turner that has been called “horrifyingly unbelievable and eerily prescient all at once” (Vogue) and “impossible to put down and impossible to forget” (Library Journal). \nFrida Liu is struggling. She doesn’t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents’ sacrifices. She can’t persuade her husband\, Gust\, to give up his wellness-obsessed younger mistress. Only with Harriet\, their cherubic daughter\, does Frida finally attain the perfection expected of her. Harriet may be all she has\, but she is just enough. \nUntil Frida has a very bad day. Because of one moment of poor judgment\, a host of government officials will now determine if Frida is a candidate for a Big Brother-like institution that measures the success or failure of a mother’s devotion. Jessamine Chan’s debut is a transgressive novel of ideas about the perils of “perfect” upper-middle class parenting; the violence enacted upon women; the systems that separate families; and the boundlessness of love. \nThis conversation is sure to be just as riveting as the authors’ page-turning novels. RSVP now! \nIncite events are free and open to the public\, but an RSVP is required. We encourage you to purchase the books at your favourite independent bookseller\, or use our Festival Bookstore partner\, kidsbooks. \nThis is an online\, live event. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/hot-bestsellers
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220126T190000
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SUMMARY:INCITE: Damon Galgut in Conversation with John Freeman
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library. \nThe new year has come\, and with it\, a dazzling new season of Incite! Kick off the 2022 season with Damon Galgut\, in celebration of his 2021 Booker Prize win for his novel\, The Promise\, in conversation with beloved Festival moderator and editor\, John Freeman.  \nIn an exclusive pre-recorded event streamed from dual locations in South Africa and the UK\, Galgut will share insights from both the process and pages of his recent tour de force\, set in the town of his birth. Raved about in media\, including The Guardian\, Harper’s Magazine and The New York Times (Editor’s Choice)\, The Promise is an incisory\, kaleidoscopic look at grief and guilt during a white family’s decline amidst South Africa’s transition out of apartheid—and the deterred promise the family has failed to keep for one of their servants. \nThis won’t be an event to miss! RSVP early. \nFrom the publisher: Haunted by an unmet promise\, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch. Adrift\, the lives of the three siblings move separately through the uncharted waters of South Africa; Anton\, the golden boy who bitterly resents his life’s unfulfilled potential; Astrid\, whose beauty is her power; and the youngest\, Amor\, whose life is shaped by a nebulous feeling of guilt. \nReunited by four funerals over three decades\, the dwindling family reflects the atmosphere of its country—one of resentment\, renewal\, and\, ultimately\, hope. The Promise is an epic drama that unfurls against the unrelenting march of national history\, sure to please current fans and attract many new ones. \nIncite events are free and open to the public\, but an RSVP is required. We encourage you to pick up The Promise at your favourite independent bookseller\, or use our Festival Bookstore partner\, kidsbooks. \nThis is an online\, pre-recorded event. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-damon-galgut
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Incite Event
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SUMMARY:The Human Connection: With Hiromi  Goto and Will McPhail
DESCRIPTION:Update: We’re pleased to announce that this event has been rescheduled for Wednesday\, November 10\, at 6 pm PT. The event will be prerecorded and released on YouTube\, where it will be available to watch on demand for 1 week!\nIf you’ve already purchased a ticket to this event\, you don’t need to do anything else! Just sit back and you’ll receive the link in your email. If you don’t have your ticket yet\, they are Pay What You Can and available for purchase now. \n  \nIt’s an understatement to say that we have each explored and understood isolation in different ways over the past 18 months. Unexpectedly\, suddenly\, and universally we were alone. As we slowly emerge from such seclusion\, two exceptional graphic novelists talk about the need for human connection\, and how that manifests in various forms. Hiromi Goto shares an empowering tribute to older women in Shadow Life\, sharing the story of Kumiko: a 76-year-old bisexual widow up for anything… including a smack-down with Death. The New Yorker cartoonist\, Will McPhail\, offers an equally exquisite work about the other end of the age spectrum\, as a millennial attempts to evolve from performative actions in life to truly connecting with people with In. Each author has built a career exploring the absurdities and complexities of being human. In this warm\, relatable conversation they discuss why connection is essential for our nature\, too. \n\n\n\n\nModerated by Taylor Brown-Evans. \n \n 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/the-human-connection-with-hiromi-goto-and-will-mcphail
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Digital
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SUMMARY:The Vanishing Half: Brit Bennett in Conversation with Jael Richardson
DESCRIPTION:Brit Bennett’s second novel\, The Vanishing Half\, achieved what many authors can only fathom: a page-turning\, instant summer classic and a remarkable story of literary merit. Assured\, magnetic\, dazzling: the title may suggest disappearing but Bennett is now a major name\, a centrepiece\, of US contemporary literature. She speaks with FOLD Festival Director and author of Gutter Child\, Jael Richardson\, about her tale of race and family. The Vignes twin sisters are identical but when they run away from a small\, southern Black community\, their daily lives as adults become radically different as one lives as a black woman and the other passes as white. Bennett has written extensively about racism\, protest\, and social justice\, and has been featured in the most prominent media outlets in the continent. This is an opportunity to hear from a bold\, exacting mind about topics that matter most.  \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 cannot be watched at our  in-person cinema\, The Nest. \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-vanishing-half-brit-bennett-in-conversation-with-jael-richardson
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Digital
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SUMMARY:Linked With Gordon Korman
DESCRIPTION:Gordon Korman proves time and again why he’s such a beloved author through the 80+ books and 28 million copies he’s sold. In his latest work\, Linked\, three friends deal with the consequences of hate-speech vandalism in their school when a swastika is discovered. Michael is the first person to see it\, so he’s the first suspect. But Link\, who’s popular\, is expected by everyone else to figure it out. Dana’s the only Jewish girl in town\, and now everyone’s treating her like an outsider. Korman shows readers that the most common question—Who did it?—isn’t nearly as important as why. In an immersive\, thought-provoking\, and highly-engaging presentation\, Korman shares the themes of this compelling new book for middle grade students. \n \n\n\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 cannot be watched at our  in-person cinema\, The Nest. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events \nThemes: Paleontology\, anti-racism\, anti-Semitism\, the Holocaust\, mystery\, and humour.\nCurriculum Connections: English Language Arts 3-7\, Physical and Health Education 4-7\, and Social Studies 4-7. Suitable for Grades 3-7.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/linked-with-gordon-korman
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Digital,Youth Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T110000
DTSTAMP:20260416T223448
CREATED:20210907T041217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T223816Z
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SUMMARY:Marvellous Stories for YA with  Susin Nielsen and Peyton Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Spend a captivating hour with a highly-celebrated children’s writer and an emerging author spotlighted as one to watch. Susin Nielsen is a favourite of the Festival; a Governor General’s Literary Award-winning author whose stories balance whimsy and sincerity. In her latest\, Tremendous Things\, Wilbur hopes to replace humiliation with true romance on a band trip to Paris\, the City of Love. Peyton Thomas’ Both Sides Now is a warm and witty novel about a trans teen finding his place in the world. Finch is ready to win the National Speech and Debate Tournament\, but standing in the way is the final topic for debate: transgender rights. Will he need to argue against his own humanity? Or is who you are not up for debate? Audiences will hear from each of these authors in conversation on stories which celebrate authenticity and love. \n\n\n\n\nModerated by Tanya Lloyd Kyi. \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\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 cannot be watched at our  in-person cinema\, The Nest. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events \nThemes: Friendship\, intergenerational community\, humour\, identity\, and transgender rights.\nCurriculum Connections: English Language Arts 8-9\, Spoken Language 10-12\, Explorations in Social Studies 11\, Social Justice 12\, Career Education\, and Physical and Health Education 8-9. Suitable for Grades 8-12.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/marvellous-stories-for-ya-with-susin-nielsen-and-peyton-thomas
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Digital,Youth Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211021T093000
DTSTAMP:20260416T223448
CREATED:20210907T041000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T223801Z
UID:10000196-1634808600-1634808600@writersfest.bc.ca
SUMMARY:The Great Bear: The Misewa  Saga with David A. Robertson
DESCRIPTION:David A. Robertson’s The Misewa Series blends Narnia-like world building with traditional Indigenous stories of the sky and constellations to produce an epic\, middle-grade fantasy series\, nominated for multiple awards and featured as a “Best Book” by media outlets across the country. The Great Bear is the second book\, following the bestselling The Barren Grounds\, in which Eli and Morgan journey once more to Misewa to visit their animal friends. In conversation with classrooms\, Robertson can speak to the inspiration behind an Indigenous fantasy series\, the lessons that his characters learn from others on their journey\, and some of the ways we can face challenges in our lifetimes. \n \n\n\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 cannot be watched at our  in-person cinema\, The Nest. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events \nThemes: Fantasy\, Indigenous perspectives\, time travel\, friendship\, natural world\, and resilience.\nCurriculum Connections: English Language Arts 6-9\, and Social Studies 5-8. Suitable for Grades 5-8.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/the-great-bear-the-misewa-saga-with-david-a-robertson
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Digital,Youth Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211020T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211020T140000
DTSTAMP:20260416T223448
CREATED:20210907T034303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T223747Z
UID:10000189-1634738400-1634738400@writersfest.bc.ca
SUMMARY:Pax\, Journey Home With Sara Pennypacker
DESCRIPTION:Following the international success of Amazon Best Book of the Year\, Pax\, Sara Pennypacker follows up with an anticipated sequel\, Pax: Journey Home\, in which Peter and his pet fox\, Pax\, must journey towards home\, healing\, and each other after a series of misadventures and challenges. Illustrated by celebrated artist Jon Klassen\, this is a captivating title for middle grades\, and will make for compelling storytelling followed by a Q&A with Pennypacker. \n \n\n\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 cannot be watched at our  in-person cinema\, The Nest. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events \nThemes: Family\, nature\, environmental education\, friendship\, animals\, and social emotional learning.\nCurriculum Connections: English Language Arts 3-7\, Science 4-6\, and Social Studies 8. Suitable for Grades 3-7.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/pax-journey-home-with-sara-pennypacker
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Digital,Youth Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211020T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211020T110000
DTSTAMP:20260416T223448
CREATED:20210907T033920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T223733Z
UID:10000188-1634727600-1634727600@writersfest.bc.ca
SUMMARY:Fierce and Bold Heroines of  YA with Sarah Raughley and Xiran Jay Zhao
DESCRIPTION:One event\, two exhilarating authors and titles for YA readers to devour. Sarah Raughley’s latest release\, The Bones of Ruin\, features Iris\, an African tightrope dancer in Victorian London with an unnatural power—she cannot die. But her fate becomes complicated when she enters the apocalyptic battle “the Tournament of Freaks” and old\, forgotten memories begin to surface. In Xiran Jay Zhao’s Iron Widow\, the boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with the girls who pilot giant\, transforming robots that can battle aliens… but who die from mental strain in doing so. But Zetian herself is an Iron Widow—someone who can sacrifice boys to power up robots instead. Can she stop others from being sacrificed? Find out how these authors create the worlds that take their readers to new heights. \n\n\n\n\nModerated by Sukhmani Purewal. \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\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 cannot be watched at our  in-person cinema\, The Nest. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events \nThemes: Science fiction\, post-apocalyptic\, action and adventure\, robotics\, social justice\, and feminism.\nCurriculum Connections: English Language Arts 8-12\, Social Studies 8 & 9\, Explorations in Social Studies 11\, and Social Justice 12. Suitable for Grades 8-12.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/fierce-and-bold-heroines-of-ya-with-sarah-raughley-and-xiran-jay-zhao
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Digital,Youth Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211020T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211020T093000
DTSTAMP:20260416T223448
CREATED:20210907T033258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T223712Z
UID:10000187-1634722200-1634722200@writersfest.bc.ca
SUMMARY:Burt the Beetle Doesn’t Bite  With Ashley Spires
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading and conversation with bestselling children’s author Ashley Spires. She brings her signature deadpan humour to Burt the Beetle Doesn’t Bite: a hilarious story about one bug’s quest for greatness! Spires shows children why being special is just as much about who you are as it is about your abilities. This is sure to be a charming morning of science fun. \n \n\n\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 cannot be watched at our  in-person cinema\, The Nest. \nCheck out our Festival FAQ for Festival & box office information.\nView our full lineup or just our digital events \nThemes: Self-esteem\, insects\, resilience\, and humour.\nCurriculum Connections: English Language Arts K-3\, Science K\, 1\, and 3. Suitable for Grades K-3. \n\n\n\n\n \nPresented in collaboration with the Vancouver International Children’s Festival.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/burt-the-beetle-doesnt-bite-with-ashley-spires
LOCATION:Digital (YouTube)
CATEGORIES:Digital,Youth Program
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