New Works
Come hear as-yet-unpublished work from four of Victoria’s most compelling writers: Ali Blythe, Danielle Geller, Neil Griffin and Yasuko Thanh in the VFA’s only process-based panel.
Wed Sept 28, 7:30 PM
Metro Theatre and Online
A Corrective Lens
A Night of Eco Poetry with Nancy Holmes, Cecily Nicholson and Jan Zwicky.
Thu Sept 29, 7:30 PM
Metro Theatre and Online
Navigating a Path Forward with Truth as the Inspiration
CBC host and Honorary Witness of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Shelagh Rogers, in Conversation with Monique Gray Smith on the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
Fri Sept 30, 7:30 PM
Victoria Event Center and Online
Forest to Poet/Tree Walk
Poetry on the trails of Mary Lake Nature Sanctuary featuring Joseph Dandurand, Justene Dion-Glowa, Tolu Oloruntoba and Anne-Marie Turza.
Sat Oct 1, 10:00 AM
Mary Lake Nature Sanctuary and Recording
Welcome to the Candy House
Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award Winner Jennifer Egan in conversation with Zsuzsi Gartner.
Sat Oct 1, 1:00PM
Online Event
The Magical Writer: QTIPOC Authors Dissect Magic Realism
QTIPOC writers Larissa Lai, Rasiqra Revulva and Josh Whitehea dissect magic realism. Curated and moderated by Danny Ramadan.
Sat Oct 1, 3:30 PM
Online Event
Epics and Echoes
Tibet after the Chinese invasion. Vancouver in the 1930s. Victorian London. Syria in 2003. A night of historical fiction with readings by Chelene Knight, Tsering Yangzom Lama, JM Miro and Danny Ramadan, and music by Jennifer Severtson.
Sat Oct 1, 7:30 PM
Metro Theatre and Online
Forest Walk with Jane Billinghurst
Take a walk through the trails of Mary Lake Nature Sanctuary with Jane. Learn surprising facts and scientific discoveries she has gleaned from her research while attuning yourself to the wonders of this dynamic ecosystem.
Sun Oct 2, 10:00 AM
Mary Lake Nature Sanctuary
Stories as a Form of Medicine
Curated and moderated by Monique Gray Smith, Chief Dr. Robert Joseph and Leona Prince share how stories, including the ones they write, have been medicine in their lives.
Sun Oct 2, 1:00 PM
Online Event
Climate Acts, Land Sings
Moderated by Rita Wong, a poet dedicated to questions of water justice, decolonization, ecology and climate justice, this panel of writers and activists discusses the question: “How can writing be an act of reciprocity and imagining the futures we need?” With Tawahum Bige, Alessandra Naccarato and Julie Sze.
Sun Oct 2, 3:30PM
Online Event
In Conversation with Bob McDonald
Quirks & Quarks host Bob McDonald presents his new book, The Future is Now: Solving the Climate Crisis with Today’s Technologies.
Sun Oct 2, 7:30 PM
Dave Dunnet Community Theatre