Above: At the closing event of the Festival, The Fugitives invited authors on stage to honour the retiring AED Jane Davidson. From left: Carly Frey, Farzana Doctor, S. Bear Bergman, Adrian Glynn, Ivan Coyote, Francesca Ekwuyasi, Cedar Bowers, Isabella Wang, Megan Cole, Jael Richardson, Chris Suen. Not pictured: Brendan McLeod.
Literary Festivals
- Galiano Literary Festival (Galiano | February)
- Cherie Smith JCCGV Jewish Book Festival (Vancouver | February)
- Growing Room: A Feminist Literary Festival (Vancouver | March)
- Words on the Water (Campbell River | March)
- Lit Fest New West (New Westminster | April)
- North Shore Writers’ Festival (North Vancouver | April)
- Sidney LitFest (Sidney | April)
- Word on the Lake Writers Festival (Salmon Arm | May)
- BC Writer’s Summit (online | May)
- Bookfest: Vancouver Island Children’s Book Festival (Nanaimo | June)
- Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival (Denman Island | July)
- Elephant Mountain Literary Festival (Nelson | July)
- Sunshine Coast Art & Words (Gibsons | annual)
- Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts (Sechelt | August)
- LiterASIAN (Vancouver | September)
- Word Vancouver (Vancouver | September)
- Victoria Festival of Authors (Victoria | September)
- Wine Country Writer’s Festival (Penticton | September)
- Surrey International Writers’ Conference (Surrey | October)
- Vancouver Writers Fest (Vancouver | October)
- Whistler Readers and Writers Festival (Whistler | October)
Reading Series
- BC Libraries
- Bolen Books (Victoria)
- Community Salon Reading Series (Victoria)
- Dead Poets Reading Series (Vancouver | bi-monthly)
- Fat Oyster Reading Series (Fanny Bay)
- Indigenous Brilliance (Vancouver | quarterly)
- Locution: UBC Creative Writing Reading Series (Vancouver | monthly,
Sept–Apr ) - Lunch Poems at SFU (Vancouver | monthly, Sept–June)
- Massy Arts Society (Vancouver)
- Noir at the Bar (Vancouver)
- On Edge Reading Series – Emily Carr University of Arts + Design (Vancouver | monthly)
- Royal City Literary Arts Society (New Westminster)
- Planet Earth Poetry (Victoria | weekly)
- Poets Corner Reading Series (Vancouver, monthly)
- Portfolio Reading Series (Nanaimo | monthly, Sept-March)
- Real Vancouver Writers Series (Vancouver | quarterly)
- Sidney LitFest’s Seasonal Literary Events (Sidney | Fall/Spring)
- Sunshine Coast Arts Council’s Seasonal Literary Events (Sechelt | Fall/Spring)
- Spiritual Path to Awakening (SPA) Reading Reconciliation Series
(Abbotsford) - The SFU Writer’s Studio Reading Series (Vancouver | monthly)
- Twisted Poets Literary Salon (Vancouver | monthly)
- Unbound Reading Series (Lower Mainland | annual)
- Words in the ‘Burbs (Port Coquitlam | monthly)