Vancouver Writers Fest
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π Special Events Year-Round
π₯οΈ Digital Festival Dec 16βFeb 2
π 2026 Festival Oct 19β25
π Special Events Year-Round
π₯οΈ Digital Festival Dec 16βFeb 2
π 2026 Festival Oct 19β25
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2025 Vancouver Writers Fest Digital Festival β Trailer
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The Digital Festival is live NOW! For a limited time, watch highlights from #VWF2025 online.
Featuring 26 full-length events, the Digital Festival offers hours of entertainment and inspiration.
ποΈ Sliding scale pricing. Get your pass at writersfest.bc.ca
Featuring 26 full-length events, the Digital Festival offers hours of entertainment and inspiration.
ποΈ Sliding scale pricing. Get your pass at writersfest.bc.ca
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I'm giving away a pair of tickets to this @writersfest.bc.ca event on January 21st with pulmyears.bsky.social Paul Myers, author of John Candy: A Life in Comedy
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GIVEAWAY Paul Myers on John Candy
The Vancouver Writers Fest presents Paul Myers, author of book John Candy: A Life in Comedy on January 21st and you can enter to win tickets.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I'm giving away a pair of tickets to this @writersfest.bc.ca event on January 21st with pulmyears.bsky.social Paul Myers, author of John Candy: A Life in Comedy
#vancouver
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It is with great sadness we announce the passing of former Artistic Director Hal Wake, one of the great champions of Canadian literature, books, and ideas. Read more: mailchi.mp/writersfest.....
January 8, 2026 at 11:17 PM
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of former Artistic Director Hal Wake, one of the great champions of Canadian literature, books, and ideas. Read more: mailchi.mp/writersfest.....
In John Candy: A Life in Comedy, Paul Myers draws on exclusive interviews with many of Candyβs closest friends and colleaguesβincluding Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, Steve Martin, Catherine OβHara, and Martin Shortβto celebrate the comedianβs life and unparalleled talent.
January 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
In John Candy: A Life in Comedy, Paul Myers draws on exclusive interviews with many of Candyβs closest friends and colleaguesβincluding Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, Steve Martin, Catherine OβHara, and Martin Shortβto celebrate the comedianβs life and unparalleled talent.
Literary conversations are back on Granville Island. On Wednesday, January 21, donβt miss bestselling biographer Paul Myers in conversation with Charlie Demers.
Community partner: @viffest.bsky.social
Tickets: writersfest.bc.ca/event/paul-m...
Community partner: @viffest.bsky.social
Tickets: writersfest.bc.ca/event/paul-m...
Books & Ideas: Paul Myers on John Candy | Vancouver Writers Fest
Community Partner: VIFF Β Books & Ideas returns to Granville Island in the new year with headliner cultural icons: Paul Myers, Charlie Demers, and the enduring figure of John Candy. One of comedyβsβ¦
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January 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Literary conversations are back on Granville Island. On Wednesday, January 21, donβt miss bestselling biographer Paul Myers in conversation with Charlie Demers.
Community partner: @viffest.bsky.social
Tickets: writersfest.bc.ca/event/paul-m...
Community partner: @viffest.bsky.social
Tickets: writersfest.bc.ca/event/paul-m...
To the volunteers, authors, publishers, booksellers, moderators, partners, attendees, and all the rest of our amazing community, thank you for being here with us. We canβt wait to welcome you back in 2026! π
December 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
To the volunteers, authors, publishers, booksellers, moderators, partners, attendees, and all the rest of our amazing community, thank you for being here with us. We canβt wait to welcome you back in 2026! π
Itβs been a monumental year, with 125+ year-round and Festival events, that reached over 33,000 attendees in-person and online. There was no end to difficult topics to grapple with in a rupturing world; we found countless moments of lightness, humour, connection, and dancing too.
December 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Itβs been a monumental year, with 125+ year-round and Festival events, that reached over 33,000 attendees in-person and online. There was no end to difficult topics to grapple with in a rupturing world; we found countless moments of lightness, humour, connection, and dancing too.
As we reflect on another spectacular year, weβre filled with gratitude for the community that shows up again and again to participate in the invaluable exchange of ideas.
From all of us at the Vancouver Writers Fest, we wish you a bright and merry holiday season! πππ―οΈ π
From all of us at the Vancouver Writers Fest, we wish you a bright and merry holiday season! πππ―οΈ π
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
As we reflect on another spectacular year, weβre filled with gratitude for the community that shows up again and again to participate in the invaluable exchange of ideas.
From all of us at the Vancouver Writers Fest, we wish you a bright and merry holiday season! πππ―οΈ π
From all of us at the Vancouver Writers Fest, we wish you a bright and merry holiday season! πππ―οΈ π
Uh oh! Itβs Christmas Eve, and youβve left a book-loving friend off your gift list. Purchase a pass for the VWF Digital Festival and you can deliver it instantly, granting your gift recipient access to 26 full-length literary events.
π writersfest.bc.ca/event/digital-festival-2025
π writersfest.bc.ca/event/digital-festival-2025
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Uh oh! Itβs Christmas Eve, and youβve left a book-loving friend off your gift list. Purchase a pass for the VWF Digital Festival and you can deliver it instantly, granting your gift recipient access to 26 full-length literary events.
π writersfest.bc.ca/event/digital-festival-2025
π writersfest.bc.ca/event/digital-festival-2025
Last minute gift idea for book/film lovers! Get thee with haste to a bookstore and pick up a copy of John Candy: A Life in Comedy, to pair with tickets to our upcoming January 21 event with author Paul Myers in conversation with Charlie Demers.
ποΈ Tickets: writersfest.bc.ca/event/paul-m...
ποΈ Tickets: writersfest.bc.ca/event/paul-m...
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Last minute gift idea for book/film lovers! Get thee with haste to a bookstore and pick up a copy of John Candy: A Life in Comedy, to pair with tickets to our upcoming January 21 event with author Paul Myers in conversation with Charlie Demers.
ποΈ Tickets: writersfest.bc.ca/event/paul-m...
ποΈ Tickets: writersfest.bc.ca/event/paul-m...
Books & Ideas returns to Granville Island in the new year with headliner cultural icons. Paul Myers join us with John Candy: A Life in Comedy, in conversation with Charlie Demers.
Jan 21 at the Revue Stage on Granville Island.
writersfest.bc.ca/event/paul-m...
Jan 21 at the Revue Stage on Granville Island.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Books & Ideas returns to Granville Island in the new year with headliner cultural icons. Paul Myers join us with John Candy: A Life in Comedy, in conversation with Charlie Demers.
Jan 21 at the Revue Stage on Granville Island.
writersfest.bc.ca/event/paul-m...
Jan 21 at the Revue Stage on Granville Island.
writersfest.bc.ca/event/paul-m...
Weβve appreciated all the literary news shared by Quill & Quire throughout the year! Subscribe to your favourite Canadian media outlets; itβs a great way to support local book news.
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Weβve appreciated all the literary news shared by Quill & Quire throughout the year! Subscribe to your favourite Canadian media outlets; itβs a great way to support local book news.
In @quillandquire.bsky.social, Canadaβs book communityβincluding VWF Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig, among other members of our local communityβshares some of their favourite titles from 2025.
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Canadaβs book community shares some of their favourite titles from 2025 - Quill and Quire
The Q&Q team reached out to reviewers, editors, authors, booksellers, and others in the publishing industry from across the country to find out which 2025 titles theyβre still thinking about as the ye...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In @quillandquire.bsky.social, Canadaβs book communityβincluding VWF Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig, among other members of our local communityβshares some of their favourite titles from 2025.
quillandquire.com/omni/canadas...
quillandquire.com/omni/canadas...
Some memories from our sold out event with Margaret Atwood, last week at the Orpheum. How lucky we were to end the year in her witty, luminous company.
Were you in the audience for this momentous occasion?
πΈ Photos: Dillon Byrne
Were you in the audience for this momentous occasion?
πΈ Photos: Dillon Byrne
December 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Some memories from our sold out event with Margaret Atwood, last week at the Orpheum. How lucky we were to end the year in her witty, luminous company.
Were you in the audience for this momentous occasion?
πΈ Photos: Dillon Byrne
Were you in the audience for this momentous occasion?
πΈ Photos: Dillon Byrne
The Digital Festival is live NOW! For a limited time, watch highlights from #VWF2025 online.
Featuring 26 full-length events, the Digital Festival offers hours of entertainment and inspiration.
ποΈ Sliding scale pricing. Get your pass at writersfest.bc.ca
Featuring 26 full-length events, the Digital Festival offers hours of entertainment and inspiration.
ποΈ Sliding scale pricing. Get your pass at writersfest.bc.ca
2025 Vancouver Writers Fest Digital Festival β Trailer
YouTube video by VancouverWritersFest
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The Digital Festival is live NOW! For a limited time, watch highlights from #VWF2025 online.
Featuring 26 full-length events, the Digital Festival offers hours of entertainment and inspiration.
ποΈ Sliding scale pricing. Get your pass at writersfest.bc.ca
Featuring 26 full-length events, the Digital Festival offers hours of entertainment and inspiration.
ποΈ Sliding scale pricing. Get your pass at writersfest.bc.ca
You can watch many more events like this one in the VWF Digital Festival, available online starting next week.
Passes on sale now: writersfest.bc.ca/event/digita...
Passes on sale now: writersfest.bc.ca/event/digita...
2025 Digital Festival | Vancouver Writers Fest
Presented in partnership with BCIT School of Business + Media and Libro.fm, and with the generous support of Hotfusion Communications Inc. Binge-watching worthy of book lovers β get front-row, online...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
You can watch many more events like this one in the VWF Digital Festival, available online starting next week.
Passes on sale now: writersfest.bc.ca/event/digita...
Passes on sale now: writersfest.bc.ca/event/digita...
Hear Canadian authors Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mona Awad, and Jen Sookfong Leeβs fascinating and subversive conversation with Mattea Roach at #VWF2025, available now on CBCβs Bookends.
www.cbc.ca/books/booken...
www.cbc.ca/books/booken...
3 Canadian authors on the power of depicting the female experience through horror | CBC Books Bookends
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mona Awad and Jen Sookfong Lee joined Mattea Roach at the Vancouver Writers Fest.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hear Canadian authors Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mona Awad, and Jen Sookfong Leeβs fascinating and subversive conversation with Mattea Roach at #VWF2025, available now on CBCβs Bookends.
www.cbc.ca/books/booken...
www.cbc.ca/books/booken...
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@margaretatwood.bsky.social packed out Vancouver's Orpheum and was just so witty in conversation with @caroloff.bsky.social at the @writersfest.bc.ca last night.
December 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
@margaretatwood.bsky.social packed out Vancouver's Orpheum and was just so witty in conversation with @caroloff.bsky.social at the @writersfest.bc.ca last night.
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Fantastic night at @writersfest.bc.ca, watching @margaretatwood.bsky.social teach @caroloff.bsky.social how to be a windmill π
December 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Fantastic night at @writersfest.bc.ca, watching @margaretatwood.bsky.social teach @caroloff.bsky.social how to be a windmill π
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A remarkable and memorable @writersfest.bc.ca evening, featuring @margaretatwood.bsky.social in a lively conversation with @caroloff.bsky.social - it's an evening that I'll remember forever. I can't wait to read her book and learn more about her life π
December 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A remarkable and memorable @writersfest.bc.ca evening, featuring @margaretatwood.bsky.social in a lively conversation with @caroloff.bsky.social - it's an evening that I'll remember forever. I can't wait to read her book and learn more about her life π
ποΈ Sliding scale pricing for this all-access pass.
π Give the gift of literature! Gift certificates available.
π Presented in partnership with BCIT School of Business + Media and Libro.fm, and with the generous support of Hotfusion Communications Inc.
π Give the gift of literature! Gift certificates available.
π Presented in partnership with BCIT School of Business + Media and Libro.fm, and with the generous support of Hotfusion Communications Inc.
2025 Digital Festival | Vancouver Writers Fest
Presented in partnership with BCIT School of Business + Media and Libro.fm, and with the generous support of Hotfusion Communications Inc. Binge-watching worthy of book lovers β get front-row,β¦
writersfest.bc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ποΈ Sliding scale pricing for this all-access pass.
π Give the gift of literature! Gift certificates available.
π Presented in partnership with BCIT School of Business + Media and Libro.fm, and with the generous support of Hotfusion Communications Inc.
π Give the gift of literature! Gift certificates available.
π Presented in partnership with BCIT School of Business + Media and Libro.fm, and with the generous support of Hotfusion Communications Inc.
Presenting the VWF Digital Festival lineupβincluding many events that were sold out at #VWF2025! π From December 16, 2025 to February 2, 2026, watch 26 full-length events online, from anywhere in the world.
View the full details and get your pass:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/digita...
View the full details and get your pass:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/digita...
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Presenting the VWF Digital Festival lineupβincluding many events that were sold out at #VWF2025! π From December 16, 2025 to February 2, 2026, watch 26 full-length events online, from anywhere in the world.
View the full details and get your pass:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/digita...
View the full details and get your pass:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/digita...
Photo: Victoria San Martin
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Photo: Victoria San Martin
Significant cuts to public arts funding are affecting organizations across the country, including the Vancouver Writers Fest.
Support the stories that make us who we are. Please consider making a one-time or monthly donation this Giving Tuesday.
writersfest.bc.ca/donate
Support the stories that make us who we are. Please consider making a one-time or monthly donation this Giving Tuesday.
writersfest.bc.ca/donate
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Significant cuts to public arts funding are affecting organizations across the country, including the Vancouver Writers Fest.
Support the stories that make us who we are. Please consider making a one-time or monthly donation this Giving Tuesday.
writersfest.bc.ca/donate
Support the stories that make us who we are. Please consider making a one-time or monthly donation this Giving Tuesday.
writersfest.bc.ca/donate
Saunders speaks with acclaimed author Alix Ohlin. Both authors are also revered writing instructorsβSaunders at Syracuse University, and Ohlin at UBCβand this conversation will be filled with essential insights for readers and writers, and all of us living through these patently absurd times.
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Saunders speaks with acclaimed author Alix Ohlin. Both authors are also revered writing instructorsβSaunders at Syracuse University, and Ohlin at UBCβand this conversation will be filled with essential insights for readers and writers, and all of us living through these patently absurd times.
π£ Just announced! Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders joins us in Vancouver with his anticipated new novel, Vigil.
ποΈ Friday, February 6 at 7:30 PM
π St. Andrew's Wesley United Church
Tickets:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/george...
ποΈ Friday, February 6 at 7:30 PM
π St. Andrew's Wesley United Church
Tickets:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/george...
writersfest.bc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
π£ Just announced! Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders joins us in Vancouver with his anticipated new novel, Vigil.
ποΈ Friday, February 6 at 7:30 PM
π St. Andrew's Wesley United Church
Tickets:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/george...
ποΈ Friday, February 6 at 7:30 PM
π St. Andrew's Wesley United Church
Tickets:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/george...