Vancouver Writers Fest
@writersfest.bc.ca
Connecting people to exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue.
📚 Special Events Year-Round
🖥️ Digital Festival Dec 16–Feb 2
📖 2026 Festival Oct 19–25
📚 Special Events Year-Round
🖥️ Digital Festival Dec 16–Feb 2
📖 2026 Festival Oct 19–25
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2025 Vancouver Writers Fest Digital Festival — 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.
🎟️ Sliding scale pricing. Get your pass at writersfest.bc.ca
Featuring 26 full-length events, the Digital Festival offers hours of entertainment and inspiration.
🎟️ Sliding scale pricing. Get your pass at writersfest.bc.ca
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 Candy’s closest friends and colleagues—including Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, Steve Martin, Catherine O’Hara, and Martin Short—to celebrate the comedian’s 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 Candy’s closest friends and colleagues—including Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, Steve Martin, Catherine O’Hara, and Martin Short—to celebrate the comedian’s life and unparalleled talent.
Literary conversations are back on Granville Island. On Wednesday, January 21, don’t 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 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 comedy’s…
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January 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Literary conversations are back on Granville Island. On Wednesday, January 21, don’t 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 can’t wait to welcome you back in 2026! 🎉
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 can’t wait to welcome you back in 2026! 🎉
It’s 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
It’s 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, we’re 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! 🎄🎁🕯️ 🕎
From all of us at the Vancouver Writers Fest, we wish you a bright and merry holiday season! 🎄🎁🕯️ 🕎
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
As we reflect on another spectacular year, we’re 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! 🎄🎁🕯️ 🕎
From all of us at the Vancouver Writers Fest, we wish you a bright and merry holiday season! 🎄🎁🕯️ 🕎
Uh oh! It’s Christmas Eve, and you’ve 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.
🎁 writersfest.bc.ca/event/digital-festival-2025
🎁 writersfest.bc.ca/event/digital-festival-2025
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Uh oh! It’s Christmas Eve, and you’ve 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.
🎁 writersfest.bc.ca/event/digital-festival-2025
🎁 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.
🎟️ Tickets: writersfest.bc.ca/event/paul-m...
🎟️ 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.
🎟️ Tickets: writersfest.bc.ca/event/paul-m...
🎟️ 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.
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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...
We’ve appreciated all the literary news shared by Quill & Quire throughout the year! Subscribe to your favourite Canadian media outlets; it’s a great way to support local book news.
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
We’ve appreciated all the literary news shared by Quill & Quire throughout the year! Subscribe to your favourite Canadian media outlets; it’s a great way to support local book news.
In @quillandquire.bsky.social, Canada’s book community—including VWF Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig, among other members of our local community—shares some of their favourite titles from 2025.
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Canada’s 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 they’re still thinking about as the ye...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In @quillandquire.bsky.social, Canada’s book community—including VWF Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig, among other members of our local community—shares 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?
📸 Photos: Dillon Byrne
Were you in the audience for this momentous occasion?
📸 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?
📸 Photos: Dillon Byrne
Were you in the audience for this momentous occasion?
📸 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.
🎟️ Sliding scale pricing. Get your pass at writersfest.bc.ca
Featuring 26 full-length events, the Digital Festival offers hours of entertainment and inspiration.
🎟️ Sliding scale pricing. Get your pass at writersfest.bc.ca
2025 Vancouver Writers Fest Digital Festival — 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.
🎟️ Sliding scale pricing. Get your pass at writersfest.bc.ca
Featuring 26 full-length events, the Digital Festival offers hours of entertainment and inspiration.
🎟️ 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 — 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 Lee’s fascinating and subversive conversation with Mattea Roach at #VWF2025, available now on CBC’s 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.
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hear Canadian authors Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mona Awad, and Jen Sookfong Lee’s fascinating and subversive conversation with Mattea Roach at #VWF2025, available now on CBC’s 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 😄
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 😄
Reposted by Vancouver Writers Fest
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 📚
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 📚
🎟️ Sliding scale pricing for this all-access pass.
🎁 Give the gift of literature! Gift certificates available.
💛 Presented in partnership with BCIT School of Business + Media and Libro.fm, and with the generous support of Hotfusion Communications Inc.
🎁 Give the gift of literature! Gift certificates available.
💛 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 — get front-row,…
writersfest.bc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🎟️ Sliding scale pricing for this all-access pass.
🎁 Give the gift of literature! Gift certificates available.
💛 Presented in partnership with BCIT School of Business + Media and Libro.fm, and with the generous support of Hotfusion Communications Inc.
🎁 Give the gift of literature! Gift certificates available.
💛 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 lineup—including many events that were sold out at #VWF2025! 📚 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 lineup—including many events that were sold out at #VWF2025! 📚 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 instructors—Saunders at Syracuse University, and Ohlin at UBC—and 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 instructors—Saunders at Syracuse University, and Ohlin at UBC—and this conversation will be filled with essential insights for readers and writers, and all of us living through these patently absurd times.
📣 Just announced! Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders joins us in Vancouver with his anticipated new novel, Vigil.
🗓️ Friday, February 6 at 7:30 PM
📍 St. Andrew's Wesley United Church
Tickets:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/george...
🗓️ Friday, February 6 at 7:30 PM
📍 St. Andrew's Wesley United Church
Tickets:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/george...
writersfest.bc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📣 Just announced! Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders joins us in Vancouver with his anticipated new novel, Vigil.
🗓️ Friday, February 6 at 7:30 PM
📍 St. Andrew's Wesley United Church
Tickets:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/george...
🗓️ Friday, February 6 at 7:30 PM
📍 St. Andrew's Wesley United Church
Tickets:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/george...
Congratulations to #VWF2025 author @vincebeiser.bsky.social who has won the Writers' Trust of Canada Balsillie Prize for Public Policy for his book, Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future.
Book on the future of metal extraction wins $70K Canadian prize for public policy writing | CBC Books
Vancouver writer Vince Beiser's Power Metal is the 2025 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy winner.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Congratulations to #VWF2025 author @vincebeiser.bsky.social who has won the Writers' Trust of Canada Balsillie Prize for Public Policy for his book, Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future.