We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to all of those who attended the 2025 Sunshine Coast Festival for the Written Arts! ♥️

📸 Event #18 featuring author Amal Elsana Alh’jooj — photo by Phil Harrison.

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Indulge your fiction cravings on the Sunshine Coast with this roster of events featuring the best in fiction! Each of these authors will be sharing. Each of these authors will be sharing the thrilling inspirations behind their stories that will ignite your imagination.

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If nonfiction is more your speed, we’ve put together an itinerary for you full of fresh perspectives that will challenge, engage and inspire you. Plus! You can take the rest of the afternoon to visit the Sechelt Farmers' and Artisans' Market.

Tickets to all events available on our website!

Get a taste for what’s new and evolving with our itinerary of some of the new releases, stories and perspectives that will be at this year’s festival! You can use our itinerary as a guide for planning your perfect weekend of exploring, discussing and discover more the future of Canadian writers.

Looking for inspo on amazing events to attend at this year’s festival? If you want to experience a little taste of the thought-provoking work from writers across Canada that will surely create important conversations, we’ve put together the perfect itinerary for you.

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Susin Nielsen is the multiple-award-winning author of seven middle-grade novels. Her books have won the Governor General’s Literary Award, the UKLA Award and over a dozen Young Readers’ Choice Awards. Her books have been translated into more than fifteen languages.

Are you an aspiring or seasoned writer looking to sharpen your skills or learn how to write strong characters that will connect with your readers? Join author and National Magazine Award Gold Medal for Fiction winner, Caroline Adderson, for our fiction workshop kicking off on Saturday, August 16. 📖

A passionate activist and thinker bringing attention to issues facing Indigenous communities, especially those of Bedouin Palestinian heritage, Amal Elsana Alh’jooj will present her debut memoir, Hope Is a Woman’s Name at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts this August.

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Two distinct new voices are showcased in this event moderated by Megan Cole.

Be part of this festival favourite event on August 17 at 2:30pm. Tickets are available now at the link in bio.

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Engaging and honest, Ryan McMahon will be closing out this year’s festival with his unique blend of folk and rock. Don’t miss out on this electric event happening on August 17 at 7:30pm. Grab your tickets while they’re still hot now on our website at the link in our bio.

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Timothy Caulfield's newest book, The Certainty Illusion: What You Don’t Know and Why It Matters, lifts the curtain on the forces contributing to our information chaos and unpacks why it’s so difficult—sometimes even for experts—to escape the fake.

Tickets are available now at the link in bio.

Powerhouse graphic novelists Sarah Leavitt and Teresa Wong will discuss the unique joys and challenges of telling stories in the graphic form with moderator and author Tara McGuire. Learn more from these inspiring talents on August 16 at 4:00pm. Tickets are available on our website.

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Zoe Whittall is the author of five novels, including the recent bestseller The Fake, which was longlisted for the Toronto Book Award. The New York Times called her fourth novel, The Spectacular, “a highly readable testament to the strength of the maternal bond.”
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A Simon Fraser University Writer’s Studio alumna hailed by the CBC as one of “Ten Canadian women writers you need to read,” Gurjinder Basran will discuss her novel at the 43rd Sunshine Coast Festival for the Written Arts. Tickets are available now on our website, at the link in bio.

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