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Exhilarating conversations and ideas from the world’s greatest storytellers and luminaries. From the esteemed vaults of the Vancouver Writers Fest, located in beautiful British Columbia.

  1. Timothy Caulfield: The Certainty Illusion

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    Timothy Caulfield: The Certainty Illusion

    Telling what’s real from what’s fake should be easy. In today’s world, that’s far from the case. Bestselling author and Canada Research Chair Timothy Caulfield joined the Vancouver Writers Fest to speak with Marsha Lederman about his new book, The Certainty Illusion—along with misinformation, fake news, and the noble pursuit of truth in science, academia, politics, and life.

    1h 17m
  2. Canisia Lubrin and Dionne Brand in Conversation

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    Canisia Lubrin and Dionne Brand in Conversation

    Code Noir, the debut fiction work from acclaimed, award-winning poet, editor, and writer Canisia Lubrin was named a best book of 2024 by CBC and The Globe and Mail. Departing from the “Code Noir” historic decrees in 17th century France which defined the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire, the book of the same name has 59 linked fictions. In conversation with Dionne Brand, these two literary stars discuss Lubrin’s brilliant book, writing in the long shadow of imperialism, and the intellectual and emotional vigour behind each of these stories.

    1h 4m
  3. Honouring Murray Sinclair: With Tanya Talaga and Shelagh Rogers

    12/14/2024

    Honouring Murray Sinclair: With Tanya Talaga and Shelagh Rogers

    To honour the life and work of Murray Sinclair—trail-blazing Anishinaabe lawyer and senator, the first Indigenous judge appointed in Manitoba, and Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission—hear a conversation between Shelagh Rogers and Tanya Talaga at the 2024 Vancouver Writers Fest, celebrating and discussing his powerful memoir, Who We Are: Four Questions For A Life And A Nation. This event was recorded on October 24—shortly before Murray Sinclair passed away on November 4, 2024.

    53 min

  4. 09/01/2024

    Ali Velshi and Ian Hanomansing in Conversation

    Ali Velshi—Chief Correspondent for MSNBC, a weekly economics contributor to NPR, and host of his own news show, “Velshi”—joins us to discuss his new book Small Acts of Courage, a captivating family history that illustrates how small actions can have an outsized political impact. He speaks with Ian Hanomansing, host of CBC’s The National from Vancouver on Fridays and Sundays, about his family, the upcoming US election, and the risks of being a journalist today.

    1h 22m
  5. Andrey Kurkov: Diary of an Invasion

    08/02/2024

    Andrey Kurkov: Diary of an Invasion

    The Vancouver Writers Fest and Upstart & Crow Literary Arts Studio welcomed Ukraine’s most celebrated writer, Andrey Kurkov, to discuss his work with international correspondent for The Globe and Mail, Nathan VanderKlippe. Kurkov will be back at the Vancouver Writers Fest with his International Booker Prize-longlisted novel, The Silver Bone. Diary of an Invasion is a searing dispatch from the heart of Kyiv during the first year of the Russian assault. Kurkov’s award-winning novel, Grey Bees, is a dark foreshadowing of the devastation in the eastern part of Ukraine in which only two villagers remain in a village bombed to smithereens.

    1 hr
  6. Wade Davis: Beneath the Surface of Things

    07/02/2024

    Wade Davis: Beneath the Surface of Things

    Travel into the heart of humanity with one of the foremost thinkers of our time. Wade Davis’s awe-inspiring career includes being the renowned author of 24 books, Professor of Anthropology, Member of the Order of Canada, and former Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. He joins the Vancouver Writers Fest with Beneath the Surface of Things, a new collection that dives into a timely and eclectic array of topics from across the planet. He speaks with award-winning journalist Laura Lynch, host of CBC’s What On Earth.

    59 min
  7. Michelle Good: Truth Telling

    06/01/2024

    Michelle Good: Truth Telling

    Michelle Good has moved and inspired millions of people with Five Little Indians, the Canada Reads-winning novel that tells the story of a group of residential school survivors coming to terms with their past and finding a way forward. She joined us at the Vancouver Writers Fest on October 21st, 2023, in partnership with Talking Stick Festival, HarperCollins Canada Ltd, and the Peter A. Allard Law School at UBC, in conversation with author Carleigh Baker. Her latest work of non-fiction, Truth Telling, is a collection of essays about the contemporary Indigenous experience in Canada—from resistance and reconciliation to the resurgence and reclamation of Indigenous power.

    1h 8m
  8. Celeste Ng: Our Missing Hearts

    05/01/2024

    Celeste Ng: Our Missing Hearts

    Where does one start when listing the accolades and praise for Celeste Ng’s deeply felt, intelligent body of work? Little Fires Everywhere sold millions of copies worldwide and was adapted to a highly acclaimed series on Hulu. Of her latest, Our Missing Hearts, Stephen King shared that “it’s impossible not to be moved,” while TIME, NPR, People, The Globe and Mail, and more, listed it as a book of the year. Celeste Ng joined us at the Festival for a conversation with Jael Richardson.

    51 min
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    Exhilarating conversations and ideas from the world’s greatest storytellers and luminaries. From the esteemed vaults of the Vancouver Writers Fest, located in beautiful British Columbia.

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      Vancouver Writers Fest
    • Years Active
      2020 - 2025
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