Author Readings
Established and emerging authors will draw you into their worlds as they read aloud from their written works and share their experiences. Ask questions, converse with fellow readers and learn about the process behind the books you already love or have yet to discover
Incite Series
Explore books and ideas with an exciting author readings series every January to May. In partnership with the Vancouver Writers Fest. Click to search for upcoming events.
Writers Showcase: Share Your Writing at the Library
Local writers with a few minutes to grab your attention and bring you into their world. The authors will showcase their works, published and unpublished. Click to search for upcoming events. If you are interested in being a reader at a Writers Showcase session, send us an email at programs@vpl.ca.
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Upcoming Events
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This Incite event is all about love—romantic, familial, tender, fierce, gut-wrenching, and wondrous love. Three LGBTQ+ authors join us on-stage to discuss their highly anticipated novels, which boldly explore love in all its expressions.
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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Hungry for change? Join award-winning children’s author Erin Silver for a special Earth Month presentation about how kids can fight climate change by wasting less food.
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, where he began his career over fifty years ago. It also marks his first return to the Vancouver Writers Fest since 2018. We are thrilled to connect the Booker Prize-winning author with Vancouver readers at this free Incite event.
7:00pm – 8:00pm
Central Library