Join us for the Victoria Festival of Authors Lit Pen podcast series this spring! Learn more about the featured authors and share your writing exercises in our Facebook group.
New podcasts are released weekly starting February 15th!
- Lit Pen with Jane Billinghurst
This week on Lit Pen we’ll hear from Jane Billinghurst, an alumnus of VFA 2022. Jane has written seven books and translated the New York Times bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees by German forester Peter Wohlleben. She and Peter collaborated to … Read more - Lit Pen with Larissa LaiThis week on Lit Pen we’ll hear from Larissa Lai, an alumnus of VFA 2022. Larissa’s books include the The Lost Century, The Tiger Flu, Iron Goddess of Mercy and Salt Fish Girl. Recipient of the Duggins Novelist’s Prize, the Lambda Award, the Astraea Award, … Read more
- Lit Pen with Jack WangThis week on Lit Pen we’ll hear from Jack Wang, an alumnus of VFA 2020. Jack is the author of We Two Alone, winner of the 2020 Danuta Gleed Literary Award for best debut collection in English and longlisted … Read more
- Lit Pen with Leanne DunicThis week on Lit Pen we’ll hear from Leanne Dunic, an alumnus of VFA 2017 and VFA2020. Leanne Dunic is a multidisciplinary artist. She’s the fiction editor at Tahoma Literary Review and the leader of the band The Deep Cove. … Read more
- Lit Pen with Richard Van CampThis week on Lit Pen we’ll hear from Richard Van Camp, an alumnus of VFA 2019. Richard is a proud Tlicho Dene from Fort Smith, NWT. He is the author of 27 books these past 27 years … Read more
- Lit Pen with Lorna CrozierThis week on Lit Pen we’ll hear from Lorna Crozier, an alumnus of VFA 2018 and 2020. AnOfficer of the Order of Canada, Lorna Crozier’s latest book is Through the Garden: A Love Story (with Cats), singled out by … Read more
- Lit Pen with Brian FrancisThis week on Lit Pen we’ll hear from Brian Francis, an alumnus of VFA 2019. Brian Francis’s most recent book, Missed Connections: A Memoir in Letters Never Sent, was a finalist for the 2022 Trillium Book Award. His 2019 YA … Read more