The 2026 Festival is right around the corner! We are so excited to have these participants joining us for #VWF2026.
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@writersfest.bc.caThe 2026 Festival is right around the corner! We are so excited to have these participants joining us for #VWF2026.
@booksbc.bsky.socialThe 39th annual Vancouver Writers Fest is happening October 18-25. Connect with local and international writers at one of the most recognized literary festivals in North America. Learn more at writersfest.bc.ca @writersfest.bc.ca #vwf2026 #literaryevent
@writersfest.bc.caIn Housing Inc., and in this incisive #VWF2026 conversation, @leilanifarha.bsky.social reckons with a housing crisis four decades in the making. Moderated by Jackie Wong.
💛 Presented with VWF’s Official Accessibility Sponsor HeyYa Cart Rentals
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@writersfest.bc.caWe take great joy in spotlighting debut authors at the Festival. Join us at #VWF2026 to hear from Théodora Armstrong, Jane Park, and Jess Gibson, with moderator Marian Botsford Fraser.
October 20:
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@writersfest.bc.caLess than a week until the 2026 Festival begins! We are excited to see these authors at #VWF2026.
@writersfest.bc.caIs it fact, fiction, or a malleable third category, somewhere in between? Shani Mootoo, Eric Beck Rubin, and Damien Wilkins join us at #VWF2026 with standout works of autofiction. Moderated by Shaena Lambert.
October 23 at 5:00 PM
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@writersfest.bc.ca#VWF2026 is a week away, and we’d like to take a moment to share our deep appreciation for all of our sponsors and partners, without whom this Festival wouldn’t be possible. Thank you for your support. 💛
@writersfest.bc.caChantel Acevedo’s Cages is a searing portrait of a gay man living in Fidel Castro’s Cuba, where homosexuality was branded “counterrevolutionary.” Acevedo shares her illuminating book in conversation with Maria Reva at #VWF2026.
🗓️ October 21 at 5:30 PM
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@writersfest.bc.caGet excited! These authors join us very soon at #VWF2026, from October 18–25.
@writersfest.bc.caIn Tell Others: Storytelling for a World in Turmoil, Kim Echlin explores how literature offers solace, thwarts censorship, and incites meaningful acts of resistance against the darknesses of our world. She speaks with Aislinn Hunter at #VWF2026.
@writersfest.bc.caFiction wields the power to critique or disseminate political ideas, thus bending the course of history. Jordy Rosenberg, Lisa Robertson, and Geoffrey D. Morrison join us at #VWF2026 with novels that do just that. Moderated by David Moscrop.
@writersfest.bc.caLiterary award season is in full swing. 🏆 While every #VWF2026 author is a winner in our hearts, we’re thrilled to welcome a number of major award-winning and nominated fiction authors to the Festival, including (but not limited to!) these offerings. 🧵
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@writersfest.bc.caMeet more authors in the #VWF2026 line-up, including this year's guest curator, John Vaillant!
@writersfest.bc.caElite Canadian athlete Clara Hughes is the only person in history to have won multiple medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. She shares her story with Joanna Cheek at #VWF2026. Presented in partnership with Simon & Schuster Canada.
October 25
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@writersfest.bc.caWe can't wait to hear from these authors and many more at #VWF2026. Get your tickets now!
@writersfest.bc.ca🔥🎟️ 22 events at #VWF2026 have sold out, and these five might be next. With limited tickets remaining for these in-demand conversations, we recommend booking your seats ASAP at writersfest.bc.ca.
@writersfest.bc.ca🏒🥇 It’s Hockey Night at #VWF2026, where our stage will be graced by two Olympic legends who paved the way for women’s hockey in Canada: Cassie Campbell-Pascall and Jennifer Botterill. Moderated by Karin Larsen.
October 23 at 5:00 PM
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@writersfest.bc.caKim Fu, Daniel Zomparelli, and Doretta Lau join #VWF2026 with engrossing new novels that are haunted by the ghosts we’ve long known, along with the ones born out of our current techno-capitalist age. Moderated by Robert Wiersema.
October 22 at 8:30 PM
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@writersfest.bc.caMusic is the muse at these #VWF2026 events highlighting the power of song, through both fiction and nonfiction.
All tickets on sale now:
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📸 Last year’s Lit Cab (sold out in 2026!). Photo: Dillon Byrne
@writersfest.bc.caCome listen to these wonderful guest authors at #VWF2026! Purchase your tickets through writersfest.bc.ca 🎟️
