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SUMMARY:Victoria Festival of Authors
DESCRIPTION:Since 2016\, Victoria Festival of Authors (VFA) has been the largest celebration of books and book lovers on Vancouver Island. Each fall we invite authors from our region and beyond to share their books and ideas with Victoria’s readers. We showcase established and emerging poets\, prose writers\, and other storytellers\, with artistic achievement\, creative innovation and a diversity of voices driving our mandate. Our traditional five-day festival includes author readings\, discussion panels and workshops. Since 2021\, VFA has been a hybrid festival\, with in-person and virtual-only events. Most of our in-person events are livestreamed\, with recordings available on VFA’s YouTube channel. \nThis year VFA is focused on accessibility and inclusion; we are addressing all barriers to participation\, including financial barriers. As such\, tickets for all virtual events and most in-person events will have sliding-scale pricing\, with a “no fee” option. All events will be captioned\, with ASL translation upon request.
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LOCATION:Langham Court Theatre\, 805 Langham Court\, Victoria\, BC\, V8V 4J3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Whistler Writers Festival
DESCRIPTION:The annual Whistler Writers Festival is Oct. 12 to 15\, 2023 in Whistler. Hear the newest\, enthralling works from favourite local\, Canadian\, and international authors\, connect with literary agents and publishers\, take workshops\, and enjoy live music. Select events available online. Visit whistlerwritersfest.com for the latest information & tickets. Tickets on sale August 21\, 2023. #WhistlerWritersFest
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LOCATION:Fairmont Chateau Whistler\, 4599 Chateau Blvd\, Whistler\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Reuniting with Strangers by Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio with Guests
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 12th at 6pm\, join Massy Arts\, Massy Books and Douglas & McIntyre in celebrating the launch of Reuniting with Strangers\, a novel by Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio. Jennilee will be joined by Kawika Guillermo\, Leah Ranada\, Vincent Ternida\, and Christine Añonuevo. \nThis project has been made possible by the Government of Canada. Ce projet a été rendu possible grâce au gouvernement du Canada. \nVenue & Accessibility \nThe event will be hosted at the Massy Arts Gallery\, at 23 East Pender Street in Chinatown\, Vancouver. \nRegistration is free and required for entrance. \nThe gallery is wheelchair accessible and a gender-neutral washroom is on-site. Please refrain from wearing scents or heavy perfumes. \nFor more on accessibility including parking\, seating\, venue measurements and floor plan\, and how to request ASL interpretation please visit: massyarts.com/accessibility \nCovid Protocols: Masks keep our community safe and are mandatory (N95 masks are recommended as they offer the best protection). We ask if you are showing symptoms\, that you stay home. Thank you kindly. \nAbout the author: \nJennilee Austria-Bonifacio’s work as a school board consultant\, researcher\, journalist\, Little Manila tour guide\, and settlement worker led to her novel\, Reuniting with Strangers. As the founder of Filipino Talks\, she builds bridges between Canadian educators and Filipino families. Her stories have been published in Geist\, TAYO Literary Magazine\, Changing the Face of Canadian Literature\, and Magdaragat: An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing. She was a finalist for the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Authors Award. As a founding member of Pluma\, a collective of Toronto-based Filipino writers\, she loves launches that are a celebration of multiple Filipino-Canadian books! \nHer favourite Tagalog word is “kwan” because it’s a brilliant filler for many words! \nAbout the host: \nKawika Guillermo is an award-winning author of two novels and the just-released prose-poetry book\, Nimrods: a fake-punk self-hurt anti-memoir (2023). Under his patrilineal name\, Christopher Patterson\, he is an Associate Professor in UBC’s Social Justice Institute\, and is the author of the nonfiction books Transitive Cultures and Open World Empire. \nHis favourite Filipino word is “pogi” because someone called him that once and it made his day. \nAbout the readers: \nLeah Ranada’s stories have been published in On Spec\, Room Magazine\, Santa Ana River Review\, emerge 2013\, and elsewhere. Her writing is informed by her childhood in Metro Manila and eventual move to Vancouver in 2006\, where she made writing her permanent home. \nIn 2013\, she attended The Writer’s Studio (TWS) at SFU. She released her debut novel\, The Cine Star Salon (NeWest Press)\, in 2021. She is honoured to have her work included in Magdaragat: An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing. \nHer favourite Tagalog word is “kilig” (a shiver of pleasure) which has no translatable word in English. \nVincent Ternida is the author of the novella The Seven Muses of Harry Salcedo. His essays\, articles\, and poetry have appeared in several publications including The Polyglot\, The British Columbia Review\, rabble.ca\, Rappler\, Voice and Verse Poetry Magazine\, and PR&TA Journal. Acacia\, a short story he developed in Diaspora Dialogues has been selected in Magdaragat: An Anthology Filipino-Canadian Writing; published by Cormorant Books in 2023. He lives in Vancouver. \nHis favorite Filipino phrase is “Bahala Na”. Reframing the usual dismissive usage for said term\, he sees it more as an absurdist rebellion against late stage capitalism’s kafkaesque rules and mores we mindlessly adhere to everyday; wherein he can just say “Bahala Na”\, do the said activity anyway\, throwing all of his faith to either\, knowing that everything will be just fine. \nChristine Añonuevo is a writer\, community organizer & PhD candidate in Human and Health Sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia. Christine dwells in South Hazelton on the unceded and ancestral territory of the Gitxsan nation. She enjoys long walks with her dog Ruckus along the Skeena river. Her favourite pastime is prying her kids away from their electronic devices to teach them how to write cursive\, read analogue watches and identify constellations. \nShe loves the Tagalog word “tadhana” because it evokes our relationship with the cosmos.
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