Poetry and readings in Vancouver this week
81 events from Wednesday, October 21 to Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Free: 3. Busiest venues: Vancouver Writers Fest, Granville Island, Upstart & Crow.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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1 PM
Of Magic and Monsters
Rachael King · France Perras · Coltrane Seesequasis · Elle Tesch
$12 Tickets
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1 PM
Standing Up for Ourselves
Jay Odjick · Shannon Ozirny · Robin Stevenson · Kai Cheng Thom
$12 Tickets
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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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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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8 PM
UBC Night Class
Taylor Brown-Evans · Nalo Hopkinson · Zac Hug · Frances Koncan · Sarah Leavitt · A.E. Osworth
$28 Tickets
Thursday, October 22, 2026
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10:15 AM
Of Love and Lies
Tanya Boteju · Aaron Cully Drake · Ahmad Saber · Rachel Sargeant
$12 Tickets
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1 PM
So the Story Goes
Corinna Chong · Dina Del Bucchia · Amal El-Mohtar · Chanel Sutherland
$28 Tickets
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5:30 PM
Crime Time Conversations
Marian Botsford Fraser · Liz Nugent · Alex Spring AKA Jared Bland · William Wodhams
$28 Tickets
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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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Friday, October 23, 2026
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10 AM
Ece Temelkuran in Conversation with Commissioner Kasari Govender
Kasari Govender · Ece Temelkuran
Free Tickets
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10 AM
Storytelling from the Edge of Reality
Michelle Cyca · Portia Elan · Angélique Lalonde
$28 Tickets
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1 PM
Verses of Transformation
Jordan Abel · Gwen Aube · Camilla Gibb · Jess Housty · Canisia Lubrin · Shani Mootoo · Lisa Robertson
$28 Tickets
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5 PM
Icons of the Ice: Jennifer Botterill and Cassie Campbell-Pascall
Jennifer Botterill · Cassie Campbell-Pascall · Karin Larsen
$28 Tickets
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7 PM
An Evening with the Scots: Douglas Stuart and Damian Barr
Damian Barr · Bill Richardson · Douglas Stuart
$28 Tickets
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8 PM
Dancing On My Own: Lyrics Night
Elamin Abdelmahmoud · Jordan Abel · Sharon Bala · Gary Barwin · Dina Del Bucchia · Aaron Cully Drake · Amal…
$45 Tickets
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8 PM
The Politics of Fiction
Geoffrey D. Morrison · David Moscrop · Lisa Robertson · Jordy Rosenberg
$28 Tickets
Saturday, October 24, 2026
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10:30 AM
Echoes of WWII: Resisting Fascism, Then and Now
Mark Braude · Jane Rogoyska · Robert Wiersema
$28 Tickets
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10:30 AM
Poets in Conversation
Derek Beaulieu · Aislinn Hunter · Eve Joseph · Canisia Lubrin
$28 Tickets
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10:30 AM
Roundtable on Canadian Sovereignty
Andrew Coyne · Max Fawcett · Patrick Lennox · Carol Off
$28 Tickets
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1:30 PM
Blending Genres
Elee Kraljii Gardiner · Camilla Gibb · Eric Beck Rubin · Anakana Schofield
$28 Tickets
