You can still find (and even listen to!) these stories for a while longer at select locations on the Island:

Upstart & Crow
Opus Art Supplies
Kasama Chocolate

In conversation with journalist and author André Picard.
Tickets include a copy of Final Orbit (a value of $39).

Presented in partnership with Book Warehouse, and with the support of Penguin Random House Canada and SFU.

📸 Photos:
Victoria San Martin - 1
Carlos M Bonmati via BCIT - 3
Paola Tolentino - 4

📸 Photos by Paola Tolentino, Salem Paige Maskell, and VWF staff.

2025 Festival photos by Dillon Byrne (top row); Paola Tolentino (bottom row).

3. Musqueam-Chinese Elder Larry Grant shares his powerful story in Reconciling, interviewed by Scott Steedman. Photo: @carolwong007

4. Susan Orlean interviewed by Matt Galloway—a brilliant conversation, available soon on CBC ‘s The Current.

Many more photos and reflections to come!

3. Terry O’Reilly in his sold out conversation with Kathryn Gretsinger. Photo: @thebernunithk

4. Local short story authors take the stage. Pictured: Clea Young, a former VWF staff on the programming team, in a photo taken by current programming coordinator Sarah Wang. ❤️

83. A Trio of Vast Ideas
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86. Closing Night Event: Susan Orlean with The Current’s Matt Galloway
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87. The Crime Scene
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3. Mona Awad, Jen Sookfong Lee, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia delve into the feminine grotesque in a brilliant conversation with Mattea Roach. Photo: @elkebaysorensen

4. VWF authors are dropping into bookstores all across the city to sign their books! Pictured: Anne de Marcken at Book Warehouse.