Step into the new year with one of January’s most-anticipated releases: Gutter Child by literary powerhouse and FOLD Artistic Director Jael Richardson. In conversation with the Globe and Mail’s Western Arts Correspondent, Marsha Lederman, this will be an evening in appreciation of the compelling, oftentimes harrowing power of the dystopian novel, and the real-world devastations […]

There are certain stories and characters that reach far beyond the pages of the books they inhabit. Join us for a riveting evening of discussion with some of the literary world’s most buzzworthy authors of the season, including Rumaan Alam (Leave the World Behind; HarperCollins Canada), Ashley Audrain (The Push; Penguin Random House Canada) and […]

Think you know Vancouver’s hidden history? Put your knowledge to the test with a night of books celebrating the city’s wildest bygone days. Intrepid reporter and acclaimed author Eve Lazarus peels back the layers of Vancouver’s forgotten and consistently weird architecture in Vancouver Exposed (Arsenal Pulp Press). Bestselling author, musician, and cultural historian Aaron Chapman […]

Join Vancouver Writers Festival on March 31 for a special edition of Incite featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Salt Sugar Fat, Michael Moss, as he takes us on a journey to discover how food companies have exploited our most fundamental evolutionary instincts to get us hooked on processed foods. In this special presentation, […]

Urbanarium is a local non-profit that hosts public dialogue on city planning and urban design. This public studio will explore the idea of connecting Granville Island to the Granville Bridge… by a staircase. Come share your ideas and meet like-minded urban enthusiasts. Open to everyone. Register at urbanarium.org