Poetry and readings in Vancouver this weekend
46 events from Friday, October 23 to Sunday, October 25, 2026. Free: 2. Busiest venues: Vancouver Writers Fest, Granville Island, Upstart & Crow.
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
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1:30 PM
The Dating Game: Romance Novel Edition
Katrina Kwan · Danielle McKechnie · Joss Richard · Rachel Sargeant
$28 Tickets
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1:30 PM
Vancouver: A Field Guide
Steve Burgess · Christopher Cheung · Justin McElroy · Sam Wiebe
$28 Tickets
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5 PM
Beauty and Terror: Kevin Hardcastle and Zak Jones in Conversation
Kevin Hardcastle · Zak Jones
$28 Tickets
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8 PM
The Responsibility of War
Jamaluddin Aram · Sally Hayden · Nazanine Hozar · Minelle Mahtani
$28 Tickets
Sunday, October 25, 2026
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10:30 AM
Food for Thought
Brian Goldman · Kathryn Gretsinger · Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho · Kirsten Johnson · Turi King · Justin McElroy · Jody…
$55 Tickets
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1:30 PM
Women's Voices from Europe
Camille de Peretti · Petra Hůlová · Anna Ling Kaye · Carolina Pihelgas
$28 Tickets
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3:30 PM
The Afternoon Tea
Anita Rau Badami · Patricia Finn · Melissa Harrison · Nazanine Hozar · Bill Richardson · Eden Robinson ·…
$55 Tickets
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Time not announced
Closing Night: True Patriot Love with Carol Off
Closing Night: True Patriot Love · Carol Off
