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74: Scars of History
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WATERFRONT THEATRE
1412 Cartwright Street Vancouver, BC V6H 3Y5 CanadaRefund Policy
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ESI EDUGYAN, RAWI HAGE, ALIX HAWLEY
Moderator: Kathryn Gretsinger
Info: 8:00pm, WATERFRONT THEATRE
From shops operating out of half-shelled buildings to remnants of slave-trading blocks in city centres: some marks of our volatile history are visible. Others are hidden but no less insidious. Historical events make for some of the most compelling novels from modern writers, helping us better understand the complex lives of our forebears. Esi Edugyan (Washington Black), Rawi Hage (Beirut Hellfire Society) and Alix Hawley (My Name Is a Knife) share why they interpret history through their fiction and how the power of art can help us reassess our modern age. Sharing tales of the Deep South pre-abolition, the Lebanese Civil War, and the American frontier where Indigenous and white communities clash, these authors will spellbind and inform.
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Words shape our worlds. They can delight, inspire, provoke, comfort and unite—as do the authors, journalists and poets who wield them. At the Vancouver Writers Fest we encourage readers of all ages to explore the power of storytelling, and books, through our dozens of events with local and international writers. Our mission is to bring readers and writers together to reimagine our lives and our world, through story and vibrant dialogue. Our activities to achieve this include both year-round programming and our flagship, annual literary festival: one of the largest, and most prestigious, in North America which brings tens of thousand of audience members to see events with local and international authors during one week in October.