Five events at the 2024 Vancouver Writers Fest will include ASL interpretation. Join us for the following events!
Standard tickets are $27. If the cost of tickets presents a barrier to attending, you can also request $10 or $0 tickets. Please call our box office at 778-658-0462 or email boxoffice@writersfest.bc.ca to request these ticket prices, as well as to reserve seating within sightline of the ASL interpreters.
- Scarily Brilliant: An Evening of Literary Horror
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2024/14
October 22 at 7:30 PM — The NEST
Horror authors Elliott Gish, Yeji Y. Ham, and Adam Pottle will discuss the process of craft: honouring and breaking from tradition; probing what is truly scary, on and off the page; and using fear to explore our shared humanity. Moderated by Jen Sookfong Lee.
- What I’ve Done For Writing
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2024/42
October 24 at 5:30 PM — Performance Works
The creation of art inevitably encroaches on life—whether through family schisms, professional divides, or controversy. Authors Heather O’Neill, Brandon Taylor, and Jenny Heijun Wills join Guest Curator Kim Thúy to discuss what it means to write honestly—and what they have sacrificed in order to do so.
- The City of Vancouver Book Award Ceremony
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2024/56
October 25 at 1:00 PM — Revue Stage
Once again, this year’s Vancouver Book Award will be hosted at the Festival, and you won’t want to miss this afternoon of literary wonder. This FREE event will include live readings from the shortlisted authors, and the announcement of the 2024 Book Award Winner. Thanks to the City of Vancouver for providing ASL interpretation for this event.
- The Knowing, with Tanya Talaga
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2024/60
October 25 at 7:30 PM — Granville Island Stage
The Knowing is another essential read from Tanya Talaga: the unfolding of Canadian history unlike anything we have read before. It is the history of the country through an Indigenous lens, and Church-sanctioned disenfranchisement and genocide. Talaga speaks with Candis Callison.
- Rebuilding Pillars of Society
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2024/69
October 26 at 1:30 PM — Granville Island Stage
The issues of healthcare and housing are always top of mind for Canadians, and key issues in this year’s provincial election. Gregor Craigie and Jane Philpott offer practical and politically savvy solutions to ensure these basic human rights are available to all. Moderated by André Picard.
