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Vancouver Writers Fest
Granville Island, Vancouver
Vancouver Writers Fest is an annual October book festival centred on Granville Island, with author conversations, readings, poetry nights, masterclasses and children's sessions spread across several theatres. The 2026 edition runs from 18 to 25 October, with a few extra special evenings at larger downtown halls, and mixes Canadian and international writers.
Coming up
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Oct 18 · 7:30 PM
Barbara Kingsolver in Conversation
Allen Ding · Barbara Kingsolver · Marsha Lederman
$50 Tickets
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Oct 19 · 7:30 PM
Grand Openings: Read, Resist, Repair, Rejoice
Elamin Abdelmahmoud · Ayad Akhtar · Cory Doctorow · Tayari Jones · Ruth Ozeki · Ece Temelkuran · John…
$45 Tickets
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Oct 20 · 10:15 AM
Masterclass with Gregor Craigie: How to Fight Misinformation
Gregor Craigie
$12 Tickets
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Oct 20 · 10:15 AM
Coming of Age
Tanya Boteju · Salma Hussain · Ahmad Saber · Kim Spencer
$12 Tickets
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Oct 20 · 1 PM
Middle Grade Heroes
Erin Bow · Stacey Matson · Shannon Ozirny · Robin Stevenson
$12 Tickets
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Oct 20 · 1 PM
Graphic Novel Masterclass with Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra
Ian Boothby · Pia Guerra
$12 Tickets
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Oct 20 · 6 PM
Up Next: Debuts to Watch
Théodora Armstrong · Marian Botsford Fraser · Jess Gibson · Jane Park
$28 Tickets
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Oct 20 · 8:30 PM
Iain Reid and Ellie Foumbi: Horror in Hollywood
Tom Charity · Ellie Foumbi · Iain Reid
$28 Tickets
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Oct 20 · 8:30 PM
Canary in A Coal Mine
Louise K. Blight · Laura Lynch · Jackie Morris · Briony Penn
$28 Tickets
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Oct 21 · 10:15 AM
Us Against the World
Tessa Barbosa · June Hur · Sarah Suk · Emily Varga
$12 Tickets
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Oct 21 · 1 PM
Of Magic and Monsters
Rachael King · France Perras · Coltrane Seesequasis · Elle Tesch
$12 Tickets
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Oct 21 · 1 PM
Standing Up for Ourselves
Jay Odjick · Shannon Ozirny · Robin Stevenson · Kai Cheng Thom
$12 Tickets
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Oct 21 · 8 PM
More than Human: Wildlife in an Age of Extinction
Neil Griffin · Laura Lynch · Dan Werb · Andrew Westoll
$28 Tickets
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Oct 21 · 8 PM
UBC Night Class
Taylor Brown-Evans · Nalo Hopkinson · Zac Hug · Frances Koncan · Sarah Leavitt · A.E. Osworth
$28 Tickets
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Oct 21 · 8 PM
The World We Long For with Vivek Shraya and Kai Cheng Thom
Vivek Shraya · Kai Cheng Thom
$28 Tickets
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Oct 22 · 10:15 AM
Of Love and Lies
Tanya Boteju · Aaron Cully Drake · Ahmad Saber · Rachel Sargeant
$12 Tickets
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Oct 22 · 1 PM
So the Story Goes
Corinna Chong · Dina Del Bucchia · Amal El-Mohtar · Chanel Sutherland
$28 Tickets
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Oct 22 · 5:30 PM
Kim Echlin: Storytelling for a World in Turmoil
Kim Echlin · Aislinn Hunter
$28 Tickets
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Oct 22 · 5:30 PM
Kawai Strong Washburn in Conversation
Maria Reva · Kawai Strong Washburn
$28 Tickets
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Oct 22 · 5:30 PM
Crime Time Conversations
Marian Botsford Fraser · Liz Nugent · Alex Spring AKA Jared Bland · William Wodhams
$28 Tickets
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Oct 22 · 8:30 PM
The Poetry Bash
Jordan Abel · Gwen Aube · Elee Kraljii Gardiner · Jess Housty · Eve Joseph · Meghan Kemp-Gee · Canisia Lubrin…
$28 Tickets
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Oct 22 · 8:30 PM
A Haunting of Novels
Kim Fu · Doretta Lau · Robert Wiersema · Daniel Zomparelli
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 10 AM
Ece Temelkuran in Conversation with Commissioner Kasari Govender
Kasari Govender · Ece Temelkuran
Free Tickets
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Oct 23 · 10 AM
Good Reads
Catherine Chidgey · Amal El-Mohtar · Ferdia Lennon · Tara McGuire
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 10 AM
Storytelling from the Edge of Reality
Michelle Cyca · Portia Elan · Angélique Lalonde
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 1 PM
Rollie Pemberton: Ways of Listening
Elamin Abdelmahmoud · Rollie Pemberton
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 1 PM
Repair and Revive
Arno Kopecky · Jason Dove Mark · Robert Moor · John Vaillant
$28 Tickets
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Oct 23 · 1 PM
Verses of Transformation
Jordan Abel · Gwen Aube · Camilla Gibb · Jess Housty · Canisia Lubrin · Shani Mootoo · Lisa Robertson
$28 Tickets
