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SUMMARY:Fall Digital Book Club: Emma Donoghue in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Presented in partnership with SFU Continuing Studies. \nLongtime Festival favourite and beloved novelist Emma Donoghue joins from Ireland to present her highly-anticipated release\, Haven\, for our Digital Book Club Fall selection. Called “a patient\, thoughtful novel with much to say about spirituality\, hope\, and human failure\, and about the miracle of mercy” by Esi Edugyan\, Haven\, set in the year 600\, follows three men in a small boat as they make their way toward an island their leader has seen in a dream. A Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize-winner and nominee for both the Man Booker and Orange Prizes\, Donoghue’s works regularly top international bestseller lists. Hear this fabulous storyteller in an intimate discussion speaking to craft\, the moors of Ireland\, and the roles of spirituality and faith in our fiction—and our lives. In conversation with bestselling author and columnist\, Robert Wiersema. \nTickets for our Digital Book Club include the price of admission\, as well as a hardcopy of Haven\, fulfilled by Kidsbooks. \nThis is a virtual event. 
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/fall-book-club-2022
LOCATION:Digital (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Digital
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SUMMARY:Virtual Summer Book Club: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Robyn Maynard in Conversation with Jónína Kirton
DESCRIPTION:A must-experience event. Three of the most revered authors and contemporary thinkers in Canada discuss essential questions of the 21st century.  \nWhen the world entered pandemic lockdown in spring 2020\, Robyn Maynard\, influential author of Policing Black Lives\, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson\, renowned artist\, musician\, and author of Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies\, began writing each other letters—a gesture sparked by a desire for kinship and connection in a world shattering under the intersecting crises of pandemic\, police killings\, and climate catastrophe. These letters soon grew into a powerful exchange about where we go from here\, and into one of the most anticipated books of the year\, Rehearsals for Living. \nIn this special event to celebrate the launch of their collaboration\, the writers join beloved Red River Métis/Icelandic poet\, author\, and facilitator\, Jónína Kirton. They’ll share their razor-sharp perspectives on histories of slavery and colonization and their ongoing legacies\, and explore what a different way forward looks like. More than simply an engaging discussion\, this event offers a new possibility for how we order our world — and an invitation to both demand and create it for our shared futures.\n \n— \nRehearsals for Living is a captivating and visionary work—part debate\, part dialogue\, part lively and detailed familial correspondence between two razor-sharp writers. By articulating to each other Black and Indigenous perspectives on our unprecedented here and now\, and reiterating the long-disavowed histories of slavery and colonization that have brought us to this moment\, Maynard and Simpson create something new: an urgent demand for a different way forward\, and a poetic call to dream up other ways of ordering earthly life. \n“What a pleasure and honor it is to read two such probing and principled minds in conversation and collaboration. Maynard and Simpson dare to confront the most wrenching challenges of our omnicidal times\, while finding joy and love along the way. A beacon of a book.” \n—Naomi Klein\, author of No Is Not Enough \n“In their inspired act of ‘writing together\, walking together\, witnessing these times together\,’ Robyn Maynard and Leanne Simpson illuminate in essential ways the entwined lives of Black and Indigenous peoples. Rehearsals for Living honours legacies of courageous revolt against the ongoing histories of dispossession\, incarceration\, and violence. It is a book of relation\, radical generosity\, and care – a book\, too\, of running children\, and the colour of the sky\, and of ‘holding within [ourselves] that nascent shimmering of possibility.’ Above all\, it is a book that poses and answers these most urgent questions: ‘how are we going to live and how are we going to live together?’” \n—David Chariandy\, author of Brother \n Prices include all taxes and fees. A copy of Rehearsals for Living ($32 value) is included in your ticket price\, and can be picked up at or shipped through Kidsbooks.  \nThis is a virtual event.  \nPresented in partnership with SFU Continuing Studies.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/summer-book-club-2022
LOCATION:Digital (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Digital
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SUMMARY:Winter Book Club: Heather O’Neill in Conversation with Claire Cameron
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Winter Book Club event\, featuring Canada Reads winner and the bestselling author of The Lonely Hearts Hotel\, Heather O’Neill\, for the release of her much-anticipated new work\, When We Lost Our Heads (HarperCollins). Tune in for this virtual\, live event on February 6 at 5pm PT\, moderated by Claire Cameron\, author of the #1 national bestselling novel\, The Bear. \nTicket buyers to our Winter Book Club will receive a hardcover of When We Lost Our Heads as part of their purchase. \nCalled a “dazzling\, delicious dream” by Mona Awad and “a lovely\, uncanny take on the historical novel\, told with O’Neill’s trademark wit and empathy for human foibles” by Scotiabank Giller Prize-winner Esi Edugyan\, O’Neill’s latest work is a masterpiece of beautiful\, alarming wonder. \nWhen We Lost Our Heads is a spellbinding story about two young women whose friendship is so intense it not only threatens to destroy them\, it changes the course of history. United by their passion and intensity\, Marie and Sadie attract and repel each other in ways that set them both on fire. Marie\, with her bubbly charm\, sees all the pleasure of the world\, whereas Sadie’s obsession with darkness is all-consuming. Soon\, their childlike games take on the thrill of danger and become deadly. \nJoin us for this exceptional dialogue on gender and power\, sex and desire\, class and status\, and the terrifying strength of the human heart when it can’t let someone go. \nA copy of When We Lost Our Heads (a value of $32.99 + tax) is included in your ticket price. Book delivery and pickup is fulfilled by kidsbooks. Books will be available for shipping or pickup around January 19\, but may ship later due to supply chain delays (official on-sale February 1). See your purchase confirmation email for full details.\n \nThis is an online event.  \nPresented in partnership with SFU Continuing Studies.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/heather-oneill-winter-book-club
LOCATION:Digital (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Digital
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SUMMARY:The Care We Dream Of with Zena Sharman\, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha\, jaye simpson\, and Joshua Wales
DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 24 for the ONLINE launch of The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health. CART (real-time captioning) and ASL interpretation are provided. \nFeaturing editor/author Zena Sharman in conversation with contributors Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha\, jaye simpson\, and Joshua Wales. \nZena Sharman\, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha\, jaye simpson and Joshua Wales come together to celebrate the launch of The Care We Dream Of. Join us for an evening of discussing what health and healing might look like if every aspect of our health care were rooted in a commitment to the flourishing and liberation of all LGBTQ+ people. LGBTQ+ health care doesn’t look like this today\, but it could. This is the care we dream of. \nAbout the book:\nThe Care We Dream Of is not quite an essay collection\, and not quite an anthology. Instead\, it’s a hybrid kind of book that weaves together essays on topics like queering health and healing\, transforming the health system\, kinship\, aging\, and death\, alongside stories\, poetry and non-fiction pieces. The book also includes interviews with activists\, health care workers and researchers whose work offers insights into what liberatory and transformative approaches to LGBTQ+ health can look like in practice. \nThis online event is Pay What You Can (starting at $0)!  Book a ticket to this event to receive a link to watch the livestream wherever you are. Can’t make the scheduled time? Ticket holders will receive access to a recording of the event\, including ASL and captioning\, which will be available to rewatch for one month. \nThis event is offered in partnership with Arsenal Pulp Press in celebration of Arsenal Pulp Press’s 50th anniversary! \nIron Dog Books is the local (Vancouver) bookselling partner for this event. If you’re near Vancouver\, please support Iron Dog by buying a copy of The Care We Dream Of in-store.  If you’re far\, please order your copy through your near-to-you local indie #shoplocal.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/the-care-we-dream-of
LOCATION:Digital (Zoom)
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SUMMARY:Emerge
DESCRIPTION:Join SFU Creative Writing to hear readings from emerge 21: the annual anthology from the students of The Writer’s Studio program at Simon Fraser University. You’ll receive a tantalizing taste of work from the emerging authors who have participated in the illustrious program this year\, and discover new voices in the writing community\, from novelists to poets to essayists. For aspiring authors\, hear from writers who have turned a dream of creating into a reality with the help of professional mentors. Join this immersive celebration of new talent! \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 \nPresented in collaboration with SFU Creative Writing.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/emerge
LOCATION:Digital (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Digital
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SUMMARY:Hunting by Stars:  Cherie Dimaline in Conversation  with David A. Robertson
DESCRIPTION:The Marrow Thieves is a slim volume with a sweeping story and expansive impact. Since publication in 2017\, it has won multiple awards\, been mentioned in countless “best of” lists\, and remained firmly on the bestseller list for not only months\, but years. It demonstrated that Cherie Dimaline is an astonishing literary gift; one of the most influential writers of her generation. She releases the sequel to the story to much anticipation. Hunting by Stars continues the adventure in a dystopian world where the Indigenous people of North America are being hunted for their bone marrow and ability to dream. In this intimate conversation\, Dimaline shares the themes and writing process behind this latest work\, the evolution of modern writing as she sees it\, and what’s next for this remarkable author. \nUpdated: Please note that this is now a DIGITAL event\, over Zoom. \n\nThis event is organized in collaboration with the Canada Council for the Arts to celebrate the finalists and winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards. \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 not included in the Digital Pass. \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/hunting-for-stars-cherie-dimaline-in-conversation-with-david-a-robertson
LOCATION:Digital (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Digital,Cinema & Streaming
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SUMMARY:One-to-One With Linwood Barclay  and Beverley McLachlin
DESCRIPTION:Listen to two of the most exciting crime writers speak to each other about their works in an intimate conversation between former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and bestselling author\, Beverley McLachlin\, and New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay. After her #1 debut\, Full Disclosure\, McLachlin offers another taut new thriller\, this time exploring what happens when Jilly Truitt\, a lawyer\, stumbles across a dark truth hanging over an accused family she’s defending. Will this new information result in the truth…or denial? In Barclay’s latest\, Find You First\, millionaire Miles is in a race against time against a terminal illness. As his potential heirs begin to vanish\, he must ask—who is the vicious killer\, and how close are they? Don’t miss this riveting discussion between authors who know how to turn pages. \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. \nBecause this is a Pivot event\, originally planned for in-person\, is not included in the Digital Pass.  \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/one-to-one-with-linwood-barclay-and-beverley-mclachlin
LOCATION:Digital (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Pivot Event
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SUMMARY:One-to-One With Lisa Bird-Wilson and Katherena Vermette
DESCRIPTION:Lisa Bird-Wilson’s stunning new novel\, Probably Ruby\, follows the spirited protagonist Ruby as she begins to search in the unlikeliest of places for her Indigenous identity. She speaks with award-winning novelist Katherena Vermette\, whose novel The Break won multiple awards and nominations. The Strangers\, Vermette’s latest\, is a staggering intergenerational saga that explores how connected we are\, even when we are forced apart. Two of the most celebrated Indigenous authors on Turtle Island explore key themes in their work\, including the experience of womanhood amidst trauma\, the importance of interconnectedness\, and the exceptional Indigenous voices emerging today. \nCurated by Guest Curator Lawrence Hill.  \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. \nBecause this is a Pivot event\, originally planned for in-person\, is not included in the Digital Pass.  \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/one-to-one-with-lisa-bird-wilson-and-katherena-vermette
LOCATION:Digital (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Pivot Event
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SUMMARY:Fall Book Club: Colson Whitehead in Conversation with Laura Lynch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Fall Book Club\, featuring Harlem Shuffle\, the highly-anticipated new release from Colson Whitehead\, a Festival favourite and the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad\, both of which were also instant\, #1 New York Times bestsellers. Whitehead will be joined by award-winning journalist and CBC What On Earth host Laura Lynch in an electrifying discussion of his latest work. \nA gloriously entertaining novel of heists\, shakedowns\, and rip-offs in the 1960s\, Harlem Shuffle is centered around the unassuming Ray Carney\, an upstanding furniture salesman\, making a decent life for himself and his family. But cash is tight\, so Ray joins his cousin Freddie to rob the Hotel Theresa. The heist doesn’t go as planned and Ray gets mixed up with assorted Harlem lowlifes\, thus beginning the internal tussle between Ray the striver and Ray the crook. Harlem Shuffle is a family saga posing as a crime novel\, a hilarious morality play\, a novel about race and power\, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem. \nBe one of the first to read this powerhouse of a novel. Ticket buyers to our Fall Virtual Book Club will receive a hardcover of Harlem Shuffle\, publishing September 14\, as part of their purchase. \nFulfilled by Kidsbooks \n\nPresented in partnership with SFU Continuing Studies.
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/harlem-shuffle-colson-whitehead-in-conversation-2
LOCATION:Digital (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Digital
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210915T190000
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SUMMARY:Jody Wilson-Raybould  in Conversation  with Dana Gee
DESCRIPTION:As one of the most high-profile political figures in Canada\, Jody Wilson-Raybould‘s experience in Trudeau’s Cabinet revealed important lessons about how we must continue to strengthen our political institutions and culture\, and the changes we must make to meet challenges such as racial justice and climate change. Inspirational and full of integrity\, Wilson-Raybould stood on principle at a critical juncture and resigned when the government failed to uphold its promises. \nIndian in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power is Wilson-Raybould’s story of getting into federal politics\, her experience as an Indigenous leader sitting around the Cabinet table\, her proudest achievements\, the very public SNC-Lavalin affair\, and how she got out and moved forward. Hear a riveting and timely conversation on the eve of Canada’s next federal election on the power of change\, and our capacity to implement it\, as Wilson-Raybould is joined by the Vancouver Sun journalist Dana Gee online with this exclusive book launch event\, including a live Q&A with the audience. \nIndian in the Cabinet is available to purchase now from our partner bookstores for this event: \nKidsbooks\nBlack Bond Books (BookWarehouse)\nMunro’s Books\nVolume One Bookstore\nTalewind Books\nMassy Books\nHager Books
URL:https://writersfest.bc.ca/event/jody-wilson-raybould-in-conversation-with-dana-gee
LOCATION:Digital (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Digital
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