Festival Launch Reading

For eight years, VFA has hosted authors from across Canada, and we've welcomed you to join us for a celebration of reading and writing. Our ninth annual festival, from October 16 to 20, 2024, will be much the same. As with last year, our festival will be a hybrid, offering in-person programming of regional authors, most offered by livestream for those viewing from home, as well as virtual programming of authors from around Canada. And make sure not to miss our pre-fest weekend on September 21-22, with workshops offered by four of our region's most exciting authors, and a festival launch reading the night of the 22nd. Save the date!

Victoria Festival of Authors

with Maia Caron, Jen Currin, Susan Juby, + open mic!

Canadian College Of Performing Arts

Victoria Festival of Authors 2024

Welcome to Victoria Festival of Authors, Vancouver Island’s largest, and liveliest, celebration of books and book lovers.

Sit back and relax as our three workshop leaders read from their recent works. Maia Caron’s The Last Secret centers on two unforgettable women—a Ukrainian resistance fighter in 1944 Ukraine and a reclusive artist on Salt Spring Island in 1972—and their inextricable link to each other. Jen Currin’s Disembark, features queer characters navigating new worlds, new circumstances, and new methods of relating to the people around them. In Susan Juby’s sequel to Mindful of Murder, A Meditation on Murder, Butler-detective Helen Thorpe returns to help a wannabe influencer get her life in order—and solve the murders of her fellow content creators. They will be joined by Joseph Kakwinokanasum reading from work by the late Darrel McLeod.This evening will begin with an open mic featuring some of our workshop participants.

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