Now on our podcast, number one NYT bestselling author Celeste Ng discusses her novel Our Missing Hearts with Jael Ealey Richardson—hear how the book, while grappling with topics such as anti-Asian racism and book banning, is about holding onto hope.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4ZIUMG…

Discover some of the season’s best in new short fiction at this May 15 Incite event Vancouver Public Library. Anioke Vincent (Perfect Little Angels), Carleigh Baker (Last Woman), and Shashi Bhat
(Death by a Thousand Cuts) speak with VWF Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig.

writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-s…

What a joy it was to bring Michael Ondaatje back to Vancouver last week at Incite, presented with Vancouver Public Library.

There are only two events remaining in this year’s Incite season, on May 15 and 29. Subscribe to our newsletter or stay tuned right here to learn how you can join us!

Upstart & Crow and VWF present renowned Australian author Alexis Wright and her latest novel, Praiseworthy, tonight at 7pm. Online!

eventbrite.ca/e/live-from-au…

If you missed our Whisky & Words fundraiser and its vibrant silent auction, you can still support our fundraising efforts by purchasing tickets for the 50/50 Raffle! 💛

Tickets are available at 10 for $10. Sales end on May 3, with the draw on May 6.
rafflebox.ca/raffle/viwfs

The W & C Archive is unique. To devote a whole hour to a single author, incl'g 14 Nobel winners, their voices in intimate, wide-ranging conversations. Poet Alastair Reid wrote “Voice is perhaps the most essential and lasting incarnation of any existence.”
cbc.ca/books/all-33-y…

Applications are open now for My Roots, VWF’s free one-day writing workshop for immigrants to Canada. Work with acclaimed author Eddy Boudel Tan to deepen and enrich your writing!

June 1. Apply by May 10:
writersfest.bc.ca/my-roots

Tomorrow is Canadian Independent Bookstore Day #CIBD2024 ! We’re lucky to work with a number of incredible Vancouver bookstores—including our official bookseller, book_warehouse / Black Bond Books—and are endlessly grateful for all they contribute. ❤️

indiebookstores.ca/cibd/

The Festival of Literary Diversity The FOLD is coming up soon, with a number of virtual events from April 28–May 1!

Discover the lineup: fold2024.vfairs.com/en/

Tonight! Michael Ondaatje joins us and Vancouver Public Library at Incite with A Year of Last Things.

RSVP for the link to watch online: writersfest.bc.ca/event/incite-o…

Don’t miss the VancouverPoetryHouse #VersesFestival keynote with Dub Poet, educator, and changemaker Poet Laureate Lillian Allen this Saturday! She’ll be speaking about spoken word, the movement ahead, and what is needed to continue the evolution of spoken word poets.

vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/public-k…

Here’s another peek at some of the distilleries that will be pouring award-winning drams at Whisky & Words this Friday.

You can find the full list of participating distilleries now at whiskywords.ca. Limited tickets remaining! 🥃🎟️

Only a handful of tickets remaining for this event!
writersfest.bc.ca/event/wade-dav…

Today marks 10 years of #BCBookDay ! Let's celebrate our province’s book & magazine publishers, authors, illustrators, bookstores, libraries, festivals, and literary prizes that connect us with local stories. Tag us and use the hashtag to share what you love about #BCBooks ! 📚

Check out a few of the distilleries that will be pouring at Whisky & Words this Friday.

Tickets are still available, but don’t delay: whiskywords.ca/tickets/

News Release: Are you Vancouver's next Poet Laureate? ⬇️ ow.ly/jZTi50RlvgS

Vancouver Writers Fest Vancouver Public Library
#PoetLaureate #CultureIShift #VanCulture

Vancouver Writers Fest Incite at the Vancouver Public Library, you were a dream!

Da Luv Jones Showcase is coming up this week at Verses Festival of Words! Enjoy a showcase of Black poetics, presented in partnership with Fade to Black Entertainment. This event will also be broadcast live on POETV!

April 24 at 9pm | Wise Hall
eventbrite.ca/e/da-luv-jones…