Vancouver Writers Fest

Vancouver Writers Fest

@writersfest.bc.ca

Connecting people to exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue. 📚 Special Events Year-Round 💡 Books & Ideas series January–June 📖 2026 Festival Oct 18–25

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Welcome to the 39th annual Vancouver Writers Fest! 📚🎉 From October 18–25, join us on Granville Island and across Vancouver to gather with literary community; exchange ideas and dialogue; and discover the latest works from 150+ local and international authors. 🎟️ Tickets at writersfest.bc.ca

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A small sample of Oct 23 at #VWF2026: Douglas Stuart and Damian Barr filled St. Andrew’s-Wesley with Scottish wit, in conversation with Bill Richardson. Also pictured: the eager audience! Rollie Pemberton made us think differently about music, in his riveting conversation with Elamin Abdelmahmoud.

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Ece Temelkuran joined us virtually, after her Canadian visa was delayed, in a powerful conversation with BCOHRC Commissioner Kasari Govender. Canadian women’s hockey legends Cassie Campbell-Pascall and Jennifer Botterill delighted a crowd of fans at their event, moderated by Karin Larsen.

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A mere slice of daytime magic on Oct 22 at #VWF2026: Rachael King, Emilie Christie Burack & Erin Bow at their panel event with France Perras. Moderator Rachel Sargeant, Aaron Cully Drake, Ahmad Saber, and Tanya Boteju shared a stage selfie from their YA event. (Photo: Rachel Sargeant)

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Our crew of staff and volunteers welcomed the final school groups of #VWF2026 to Granville Island! So the Story Goes with Dina Del Bucchia, Chanel Sutherland, Amal El-Mohtar & moderator Corinna Chong. This year’s posters (artwork by Gina Ortiz, creative direction by ZAK) fill up with signatures.

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It is always a joy to celebrate the opening of the Festival with our authors, friends, and partners in one room. Thank you to our opening reception sponsors, and to Amanda Nahanee for offering a traditional welcome to the land. ❤️ 📸 Photos: Helen He

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Continued highlights from Oct 21 at #VWF2026: Vivek Shraya and Kai Cheng Thom gave a moving tribute to Andrea Warner, who passed away last month. (Photo: Paola Tolentino) Ruth Ozeki enthralled a sold out crowd, in conversation with Margaret Gallagher. (Photo by Amber Charlotte)

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Audience members worked on writing exercises at UBC Night Class, presented w/ UBC School of Creative Writing. Leilani Farha, this year’s Massy Lecturer, addressed the audience before speaking w/ Jackie Wong. Eleanor Wachtel returned to our stage to interview award-winning author Valeria Luiselli.

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A note about event 51: this is a hybrid style event, with Ece Temelkuran appearing virtually on screen in conversation with BC’s Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, who will appear in-person.

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Part 1 of some of the dazzling highlights from Oct 21 at #VWF2026! Jackie Morris displayed a gorgeous piece, painted with a raven feather live at her event. Coltrane Seesequasis, Elle Tesch, and Rachael King signed books after their event w/ moderator France Perras. (📸 Photo by Amber Charlotte)

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This year’s events open with a welcome video from Hereditary Chief Ian Campbell of the Squamish Nation. (Photo: Tom Jones) Authors signed books for eager young fans! Pictured: Kung Jaadee. Word! performers fanny kearse, Ayda Niknami, and Brandon Wint with Jillian Christmas. (Photo: Tom Jones)

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The first full day of #VWF2026 on October 20 brought acclaimed authors to our stages from around the world. We ended the night with a soothing bedtime story from the Bedtime Story Hotline. Ready for the remaining week of literary discovery and brilliance!

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Our friendly raffle volunteers are selling tickets all week, so say hello and purchase a ticket to support free and subsidized access to youth events with inspiring authors.

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✏️ A note about youth events: these are curated for school groups, and open to all! If you're a parent bringing a child, or an adult interested in reading/writing books for youth, you're always welcome in our audience.

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Event 26. Andrew Sean Greer has unfortunately been cancelled, as Andrew Sean Greer is no longer able to join us due to a personal family matter. We wish him well and hope he can join us again in the future.

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Tanya Boteju (Lake Life), Ahmad Saber (Ramin Abbas Has MAJOR Questions), and Aaron Cully Drake (When the World Was Twice as Big) discuss how they depict complicated relationships with nuance, in conversation with moderator Rachel Sargeant. P.S. Zoom in to see the mini chocolates of their books. 👀

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The pop-up 📚Festival Bookstore📚 is open now on Granville Island! Managed by our official bookseller Book Warehouse / Black Bond Books. 📍 The Fishbowl, 100–1398 Cartwright St. 🗓️ October 20–24: 10am – 10pm 🗓️ October 25: 10am – 7pm

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Ece Temelkuran, who was scheduled to appear tonight at event 01. Grand Openings: Read, Resist, Repair, Rejoice, can no longer join us due to a delay from Canadian authorities in issuing her visa. The dissident Turkish author shared this powerful and poignant statement about her absence.

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We still look forward to welcoming Ece on-screen to event 51. Ece Temelkuran in Conversation with Commissioner Kasari Govender on October 23 at 10:00 AM. writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...

writersfest.bc.ca51. Ece Temelkuran in Conversation with Commissioner Kasari Govender | Vancouver Writers FestUpdate: Ece Temelkuran is unfortunately no longer able to join us in-person due to an unforeseen visa delay. However, we’re happy to share that the event will proceed with Temelkuran appearing…
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Sold out! 💥 Patrick deWitt joins us with Dodge City at event 10. Patrick deWitt in Conversation, organized in collaboration with the Canada Council for the Arts. The finalists for the 2026 #GGBooks Awards will be announced on October 28; winners will be announced on November 12.

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You may recall that deWitt won the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction in 2011, for The Sisters Brothers. We are excited to welcome him back to the Vancouver Writers Fest, and grateful to the Canada Council for their collaboration and support!

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The Bedtime Story Hotline is LIVE! ☎️😴 From October 18–25, call at any time of day from anywhere to hear Festival-exclusive readings of bedtime stories, narrated by acclaimed authors from the #VWF2026 guest lineup. 📞 778-369-BOOK(2665)

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🌙 The Three Billy Goats Gruff read by Mark Medley 🌙 Moonlight Sonata read by Jay Odjick 🌙 The Book with No Pictures read by Carol Off 🌙 Poems by A. A. Milne read by Sara O’Leary 🌙 Guess How Much I Love You read by Rollie Pemberton 🌙 Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen read by Iain Reid

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🌙 The Bunney-Fluffs’ Moving Day read by Anakana Schofield 🌙 Durin’s Song read by Coltrane Seesequasis 🌙 We All Love read by Monique Gray Smith 🌙 The Giving Tree read by Kai Cheng Thom 🌙 102 read by Jack Wong

Vancouver Writers Fest
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The Bedtime Story Hotline is LIVE! ☎️😴 From October 18–25, call at any time of day from anywhere to hear Festival-exclusive readings of bedtime stories, narrated by acclaimed authors from the #VWF2026 guest lineup. 📞 778-369-BOOK(2665)

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🌙 Wherever You Go read by Elamin Abdelmahmoud 🌙 This is Sadie read by Anita Rau Badami 🌙 This Land is a Lullaby read by Sharon Bala 🌙 Three poems read by Damian Barr 🌙 Lisa’s Airplane Trip read by Emilie Christie Burack 🌙 A Lion in the Meadow read by Catherine Chidgey

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🌙 I Have To Go read by Gregor Craigie 🌙 Boy Soup read by Sarah Ellis 🌙 The Piper and the Puca read by Kevin Hardcastle 🌙 Goodnight Moon read by Nazanine Hozar 🌙 Poems from Consolations II read by Clara Hughes 🌙 Eleven Stars over Andalusia read by Salma Hussain 🌙 Maya read by Canisia Lubrin