Western Canada’s largest free literary festival, Word Vancouver, is returning for its 26th year from September 19 – 27, 2020. The Festival brings authors and readers together to share stories, fictional accounts, poems, tall-tales, picture books and points-of-view. In these difficult times of the COVID-19 precautions, the Festival organizers are providing nine days of free online…
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Harrison Festival Of The Arts : July 12 – 20, 2014
Known as ‘the best little fest in the West’, the Harrison Festival of the Arts is a perfect summertime festival for the resort town of Harrison. For 36 years, the Harrison Festival of the Arts has been bringing the world to the lakeside town. This year’s festival hits town on July 12th to July 20th….
BC Book Prizes announce 2014 Shortlists
The 30th Annual BC Book Prizes recently announced their shortlists in each of the seven book categories. Established in 1985, the BC Book Prizes celebrate the achievements of British Columbia’s writers and publishers. Selected by the non-profit Book Prize society the finalists along with the recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence are…
Enter a World Of Words at the 2011 Vancouver International Writers Festival
Coming up next week is the Vancouver International Writers Festival. Named Canada’s best large literary festival by the Canadian Tourism Commission in 2010, this year’s event runs October 18-23 in venues throughout Granville Island. For 24 years the festival has attracted the best and brightest of the literary world, like: Margaret Atwood, Maeve Binchy, Roddy…