Audio Archives

Photo credit: Tim Matheson 2009 The VIWF presents audio archives of Festival events with Canadian and international writers. Each event listed below has a short ‘teaser’ clip you can listen to for a taste of the full recording. Click on the Listen to the Full Recording >> next to each event for the full audio segment and to read more about the event and the writer.

A new archive recording will be added each week leading up to the 2010 Vancouver International Writers Festival in October. Please check back regularly to listen to highlights of Festivals-past.

Listing of Audio Archives available:

Still Waters: Sarah Waters in Conversation with Bill Richardson

Bill Richardson and British novelist Sarah Waters are at the top of their game in this conversation about Waters' novel The Little Stranger.

Recorded at The Vancouver International Writers Festival on October 24, 2009

Listen to a clip (2:10):

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Lisa Moore

Lisa Moore reads from her novel February, the story of a fictional Newfoundland family affected by a real-life tragedy.

Recorded at The Vancouver International Writers Festival’s Sunday Brunch on October 22, 2006

Listen to a clip (1:36):

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Andrea Levy, Live to Air with Bill Richardson

No one reads quite like Andrea Levy. Sit back and enjoy her on stage interview with Bill Richardson.

Recorded at the Vancouver International Writers Festival on October 21, 2004

Listen to a clip (3:50):

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Kate Braid

Kate Braid, accompanied by musician Clyde Reed, reads here from her collection Turning Left to the Ladies - an autobiographical account of her experiences building homes and high rises.

Recorded at The Vancouver International Writers Festival’s Mini-Poetry Bash on October 23, 2009

Listen to a clip (1:02):

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Gillian Slovo: Live to Air with Bill Richardson

Gillian Slovo talks to Bill Richardson about led her to write not a historical novel, but a novel set in history.

Recorded at the Vancouver International Writers Festival on October 21, 2004

Listen to a clip (1:48):

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A Crack in the Edge of the World: Simon Winchester in Conversation with Hal Wake

One of the most entertaining writers ever to grace a VIWF stage, Simon Winchester tells the dramatic story of the San Francisco earthquake as only he can.

Recorded at the Vancouver International Writers Festival on October 21, 2005

Listen to a clip (2:52):