Autumn is a busy season for BC’s writing community! Scroll down to read the latest events and announcements from around the province.
If you’ve missed them, be sure to check out September Events UPDATED and October and Beyond for more fall news.
Note: the Federation of BC Writers is not directly affiliated with the following organizations or groups.
Submit your event or announcement to our next blog post here, or contact Rachel at rachel@bcwriters.ca.
Silent Auction: Word Vancouver
ONLINE
Open until September 23, noon PT
Bid on great items and experiences, and help keep Word Vancouver a FREE event!
Word Vancouver 2023 Silent Auction
Word Vancouver was a HYBRID festival. Many of its events were recorded, and can be viewed for FREE here: https://www.youtube.com/@wordvancouver3/streams
Finding Your Audience: Masterclass
Wednesday, September 27, 5:00 – 6:00 PM PDT
Online Workshop
Joy Kogawa House and Asian Canadian Writers Workshop present Chris from The Idea Shop, a publicist and marketeer with decades of experience with books and authors in Canada. Moderated by award-winning author Wayne Ng, current writer-in-residence at Joy Kogawa House. Chris will offer simple strategies authors can use to promote and market their work, and tips on working with and without a publicist
Sign up on Eventbrite here.
Book Launch: Uncontrolled Flight
Thursday, September 28, 7:00–9:00 pm
Canadian Memorial Centre for Peace, 1825 West 16th Ave., Vancouver, BC
Free and open to the public
More information: https://newestpress.com/
Come celebrate the publication of Frances Peck’s novel Uncontrolled Flight at this in-person event. Part tragedy, part mystery, Frances’s second novel is built around the rarely explored worlds of BC firefighting pilots and accident investigation. Frances will be in conversation with writer/host Tara McGuire, whose acclaimed Holden After and Before also deals with grief and sudden loss. Drop by for an evening of
literary conversation, refreshments, and mingling in the spacious Great Hall. Books sales by 32 Books & Gallery.
Business of Freelancing Experts Panel – Negotiating Better Rates (Part 1)
Canadian Freelance Guild (CFG)
Thursday, September 28, 2023, 3 pm PT (6 pm ET)
ONLINE: https://canadianfreelanceguild.ca/en/page/page-content/calendar-2
NOTE: REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 12 PM ET ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT
What am I worth? How do I get the rates I deserve?
CFG Members – $5.00; CWA Canada Associates; FBCW Members – $10.00 (Registration discount code required – contact hello@bcwriters.ca); Public – $15.00
Non-Members are invited to join the CFG. Membership includes full access to the Job Bank, a free LinkedIn Learning account, and costs just $150 per year.
Call for Jurors: Crime Writers of Canada 2024 Awards of Excellence
Crime Writers Canada (CWC) is recruiting 30 jurors and 5 alternate jurors who are passionate and willing to contribute to the success of the Awards of Excellence (AE). We are seeking a diverse pool of crime/mystery enthusiasts to ensure broad linguistic, cultural, ethnic, gender identity and geographic representation from across Canada.
Sitting on a 3-panel team, the judges begin their adjudication process in November and end with the selection of the AE finalists in ten (10) categories. The winners will be announced in May 2024.
NOTE: Starting this year, all submissions will be received in digital format.
To read more about volunteering to serve as an AE juror, click here: https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/awards/annual-awards/judging-process
For more specific information, contact the CWC Awards Manager, Ludvica Boota, at awards@crimewriterscanada.com
Tickets On Sale Now
Victoria Festival of Authors
October 11-15, 2023
In-person (various Victoria, BC venues) and online
Sliding Scale Pricing – including Free Option
During the 8th edition of the Victoria Festival of Authors, thirty-five festival authors will appear on stage, on trails, and online. For the first time, the festival is offering sliding scale pricing, with a free option, for all virtual events and for the five in-person events taking place at Langham Court Theatre.
The festival is Vancouver Island’s largest, and liveliest, celebration of books and book lovers. With a focus on regional authors, the festival brings together emerging and established writers of poetry and prose for five days of readings and conversation.
Visit https://victoriafestivalofauthors for the latest news and announcements.
Munro’s Books Presents: Mona Awad and Lauren Groff in Conversation with Kathryn Marlow
Saturday, October 21st, 7:00 p.m.
Dave Dunnet Theatre, 2121 Cadboro Bay Rd, Victoria, BC
Tickets: $20
Join Munro’s Books in celebrating the release of two highly anticipated new novels by critically acclaimed writers Mona Awad and Lauren Groff, in conversation with CBC Radio’s Kathryn Marlow!
From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes Mona Awad’s Rouge, a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother’s unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty.
Lauren Groff’s new novel, The Vaster Wilds, is at once a thrilling adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a new way of living in a world succumbing to the churn of colonialism.
Purchase tickets: https://awadgroff.eventbrite.ca
Gabriola Library Writers Open Mic Author Reading:
Friday, October 27, 1:00 – 2:15 pm
Gabriola Island Library, Folk Village, 575 North Rd, Gabriola Island, BC
Join author Maryanna Gabriel as she presents her book Walking the Camino; On Earth as It Is, the story of her solo 800-kilometre pilgrimage on the Camino in Spain, the challenges she faced and the obstacles she overcame. Gabriel is an artist and author who works from her studio on Salt Spring Island. Walking the Camino was the second-place winner of the Pottersfield Prize for Creative Nonfiction.
Read Locally Book Fair: Independent Writers and Publishers
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
First Met Hall, 932 Balmoral Rd, Victoria, BC
Rent a table for $25 or half a table for $12.50. Please contact Edeana Malcolm at dnmlclm3@gmail.com for more information, or visit https://victoriawriters.ca/
