Past Incite Events
The Vancouver International Writers Festival presents
Past Incite @ VPL Event
An Exploration of Books and Ideas
7:30 pm every second Wednesday, Free*
Alice MacKay Room, Central Library
For current Incite events click here.
Incite 2012
Monday, February 20: Pico Iyer in conversation with Louise Dennys.
*Please note, this event takes place at the Improv Centre on Granville Island and admission is by donation.
Wednesday, February 8: Tess Gallagher reads from Midnight Lantern, a collection of her indispensable work from forty years of writing poetry, and award-winning Ontario writer Merilyn Simonds reads from A New Leaf.
Wednesday, January 25: William Gibson discusses his latest work of non-fiction, Distrust That Particular Flavor .
Incite 2011
Wednesday, December 7: Canadian writer Heather Jessup discusses her debut novel The Lightning Field and journalist JJ Lee discusses his new memoir, Measure of a Man.
Wednesday, November 23: Ray Robertson discusses his latest work of non-fiction, Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live and writers Cathy Stonehouse and Rebecca Rosenblum read from their latest short story collections, Something About the Animal and The Big Dream.
Wednesday, November 9: Join us for an evening with the award-winning author of The Birth House, Ami McKay and BC author Frances Greenslade.
Wednesday, September 28: Vancouver-based ER Physician and author of six medical thrillers, Daniel Kalla, shares the stage with poet Julia McCarthy and BC author Ashley Little.
Wednesday, September 14: An evening with Chilean-Canadian author, poet, educator and political social activist Carmen Rodriguez, and Vancouver-based theatre artist and writer Carmen Aguirre.
Wednesday, May 25: Award-winning novelist Madeleine Thien reads from her latest book, Dogs at the Perimeter, with authors Patrick deWitt and Jen Sookfong Lee.
Wednesday, May 11: Zsuzsi Gartner discusses her latest book, Better Living Through Plastic Explosives, and singer-songwriter Sylvia Tyson reads from her debut novel, Joyner's Dream.
Monday, May 9: A special Incite event with Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader.
Wednesday, April 20: An evening with award-winning authors Joyce Carol Oates and Johanna Skibsrud.
Wednesday, April 6: Multimedia presentation by bestselling writer Timothy Taylor, and novelists Gurjinder Basran and Rupinder Gill in conversation with Hal Wake.
Wednesday, March 23: An evening with Canadian poet and storyteller Lorna Crozier, historical novelist, short fiction writer and essayist Pauline Holdstock, and bestselling author Susan Juby with her first novel for adults.
Wednesday, March 9: Dianne Warren talks to John Burns about her first novel Cool Water, which won the Governor General's Literary Award. With readings from poets Aurian Haller and Evelyn Lau.
Wednesday, February 23: Steven Galloway interviews Alexander MacLeod about his long-awaited collection of short fiction, Light Lifting. Readings by Gabriella Goliger and Théodora Armstrong.
Wednesday, February 9: A discussion of Making Waves: Reading BC and Pacific Northwest Literature with editor Trevor Carolan and contributing writers Colin James Sanders, Russell Thornton and Hilary Turner.
Wednesday, January 26: Join us for the launch of Incite, featuring readings from Michael Christie, Amber Dawn and Andrew Pyper.
Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library.
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