October 16 – 20, 2024
Writing for the Next Generation: the Importance of Indigenous Children’s Books
When it comes to our children’s understanding of the world, there are key factors that shape their knowledge, like the people that teach them, their interactions with others, and the books they read. Join us as we read more…
Field Reports
How do writers decide where to commit their attention and time? Are they dazzled, lured, ensnared by a subject, or is the drive from within — a need to plumb, resolve, re-make. And how do they choose the approach – poetry, fiction, essay, hybrid – or read more…
In Conversation: Nahlah Ayed with Ian Williams
For over 60 years, the Massey Lectures has been regarded as one of the most acclaimed lecture series in Canada. This annual five-part series, hosted in five cities across the country, is co-sponsored by CBC Radio, House of Anansi Press and read more…
Edge Effect: Poetry of Transgression and Transformation
Vivid and immersive, this night of poetry explores the negative space and electric potential of the off-limits, the outskirts, the interstices. Jody Chan, Leanne Dunic and Zehra Naqvi are read more…
Curated by Planet Earth Poetry
Forest Poet/Tree Walk
A much-loved event at the Victoria Festival of Author’s, the Forest to Poet/Tree Walk returns this year. Come explore W̱MÍYEŦEN (wh-my-eh-then: place of the deer) Nature Sanctuary (formerly known as Mary Lake) read more…
Re-Story Forest Walk
A new Victoria Festival of Authors land-based event, Re-Story Forest Walk at W̱MÍYEŦEN Nature Sanctuary (wh-my-eh-then: Place of the Deer) invites a renewed relationship to place as we explore the connection between land, read more…
What (Short) Stories Can Do
Come and join four authors of literary fiction as their read from their work and discuss what (short) stories can do. If a novel or a novella can patiently build up a whole world, variously real and imagined, for someone to dwell read more…
Curated by The Malahat Review
Beyond the Page: Redefining the Modern Writer’s Journey
Join us for “Beyond the Page,” an honest and transformative conversation about what it means to be a working writer today. This event will challenge traditional narratives and offer fresh solutions for the evolving landscape of writing. read more…
Let’s Do the Time Warp (or, Time After Time After Time)
Time Flies. Time is Relative. Time waits for no-one. Or – as some physicists have recently posited, time is an illusion, with the past, present, and future existing all at once. You will definitely want read more….
Memoirists Unite! A Conversation with Debut Memoir Writers
When it comes to writing a memoir, one is faced with a triangle of characters. Firstly, the Author Self, hoping to write a good compelling narrative. Then, the Present Self, the human behind the author hoping to offer read more…
Connection to Land as a Source of Resiliency
The panel will showcase Indigenous authors whose lives, strengths, and work motivate conversations of Indigenous environmental justice, decolonizing the approach to climate change, and the connection to land as a source of resiliency. read more…
Making Sense of the World Through Short Fiction
Join us for a conversation with Carleigh Baker, Debbie Bateman, and Shashi Bhat who will read from their exciting new story collections and discuss how they use the short form to grapple with read more…