Irish Halloween Hooly Cruise
A spooky Halloween Cruise on Vancouver’s Waters with a Carvery Buffet Dinner, Games and Drinks! Halloween harks back to the Celtic Festival Samhain, where it was believed the spirit world opened up and our ancestors roamed the earth for one night. The Ancient Irish protected themselves with bonfire celebrations, music and rituals. These have turned […]
VAM Symphony Orchestra: Postcards from Afar
Come herald VAMSO’s 2019/20 season with an exciting opening bound to captivate the imagination, starting with Strauss’ Overture to ‘Die Fledermaus’ and the beautiful, sweeping interplay of melody and harmony in Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1. Filled with warm harmonies and engaging melodies, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 transports you to the bright and sunny landscapes […]
VWF – An Earthling’s Guide to Outer Space
Join one of CBC’s most beloved personalities, Bob McDonald, for a mind-expanding, imagination-popping exploration of the universe. Answering some of our biggest questions about life on our big blue planet and our galactic neighbours—from Martian caves to storm clouds on Jupiter to the nebulae at the far end of the universe—he’ll share behind-the-scenes-at-the-space-station facts. You’ll […]
VWF- The Interviews with Marsha Lederman
Marsha Lederman, Western Arts Correspondent for The Globe & Mail, has a talent for bringing out revealing truths behind remarkable work. Now, Lederman interviews three of the Festival’s most buzzed about authors. Aleksandar Hemon’s divided memoirs My Parents/This Does Not Belong to You provide a raw glimpse into how cultural touchstones, family anxieties and inheritances […]
VWF – Mystery Three Ways
Craving hair-raising whodunits? Look no further than these three masters. Filled with mysterious aristocrats and doublecrossing spies, critics praise Iona Whishaw’s A Deceptive Devotion as cementing her place “among the finest mystery writing in Canada.” The legacy of Blanche Potter’s infamous father, cult leader and killer Chuck Varner, returns to haunt her in Journey Prize […]
VWF – A Morning of Cozy Classics For Youth
Whether Pride and Prejudice or The Empire Strikes Back, Holman Wang’s beautifully-detailed books abridge literary and cinematic classics into just 12 words and 12 needle-felted images. These original, exquisite and joyful interpretations have earned accolades in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, People, and The Globe & Mail, amongst others. Who would guess […]
VWF – Best Canadian Poetry
Every year, The Best Canadian Poetry series collects the fifty finest Canadian poems published across journals and magazines. A stellar snapshot of contemporary Canadian poetry today, this event features leading Canadian poets, including 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize winner Billy-Ray Belcourt (NDN Coping Mechanisms), Gerald Lampert Award winner Kayla Czaga (Dunk Tank), Assistant Professor of Indigenous […]
VWF – YA Rising For Youth
Full of immersive, emotional trials, young adult novels are beloved by readers of all ages for tackling issues of identity and belonging with spirit and passion. Three of YA’s most exciting voices are from our own province: Nafiza Azad (The Candle and the Flame), Sabina Khan (The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali) and Governor […]
VWF – The Pictures of Adult Life
Mental illness and murdering madams might not strike one as obvious subjects for an absorbing graphic novel, but Sarah Leavitt and Teresa Wong test the boundaries of the genre, using it to share stories that are equally surprising, entertaining and moving. A 2019 CBC writer to watch, Wong captures the candid realities of motherhood in […]
VWF – Naomi Klein in Conversation with Kathryn Gretsinger
The #1 international and New York Times bestselling author Naomi Klein speaks to the most pressing issue of our time: how bold climate action is essential—not only for environmental survival but also for a just and thriving society. Her latest book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, gathers more than a […]
