Incite: An Exploration of Books and Ideas
The Vancouver International Writers Festival presents
7:30 pm every second Wednesday, Free*
Alice MacKay Room, Central Library*
Event details and writers listed below, click on the dates for additional information.
*Please note, our event with Pico Iyer is located at the Improv Centre on Granville Island and admission is by donation
Wednesday, February 22: Ojibway author and storyteller Richard Wagamese reads from Indian Horse, BC author Anne DeGrace reads from Flying with Amelia and Robert Hough shares his latest work, Dr. Brinkley’s Tower.
Wednesday, March 7: BC author Steven Price reads from his new collection of poetry, Omens in the Year of the Ox, poet Julie Bruck shares her latest work, Monkey Ranch, and Vancouver-based W.H. New reads from his latest book of poetry, YVR.
Wednesday, March 21: Tamara Faith Berger reads from her third novel Maidenhead, and Anakana Schofield and Ben Wood read from their debut novels, Malarky and The Bellwether Revivals.
Wednesday, April 4: Will Ferguson takes readers behind the scene of the world’s most insidious internet scam in 419 and Journey Prize-winner Yasuko Thanh reads from her new collection of short stories, Floating like the Dead.
Wednesday, April 18: Irish novelist John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, reads from The Absolutist, Buffy Cram reads from her debut collection of short stories Radio Belly and Owen Laukkanen shares his debut thriller The Professionals.
Wednesday, May 9: CBC personality Linden MacIntyre and Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures author Vincent Lam take to the stage to discuss their latest books.
Tuesday, May 15: Richard Stursberg in conversation with Marsha Lederman.
*Please note, this event takes place on Tuesday.
Wednesday, May 23: Noah Richler reads from his latest book, What We Talk About When We Talk About War, and Trevor and Debbie Greene discuss March Forth, the inspiring true story of a Canadian soldier’s journey of love, hope and survival.
*Please let us know you're coming by registering in advance. Please note that registration is so that we know how many people to expect. Admission on the night is always on a first-come-first-served basis.
Click here for information on past Incite events.
Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.
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