Tickets are now on sale for The Vancouver Writers Festival 2020 Fall Programming. Adapted to the Covid era the line-up of 40+ virtual events is designed to entertain, provoke and inspire, including the flagship Festival, running October 19-25, as well a host of events from September to December. As Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig says of…
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Word Vancouver Festival Returns For Its 26th Year, Free Online
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…
Vancouver Writers Fest Youth Writing Contest
As Spring Break comes to an end but school closures live on, families may be looking for ways to keep children entertained but also keeping them stimulated while limiting screen-time. The Vancouver Writers Fest’s annual youth writing contest is open to all BC students enrolled in grades 8-12. To enter, young writers can submit previously…
30th Annual Vancouver International Writer’s Festival
The Vancouver International Writer’s Festival (VIWF) opened this week for the 30th edition of the renowned festival of the written word. In this age of quick and instant media the full house at Performance Works on opening night proved that readers and writers are still going strong. While the Writer’s Festival holds events all year…