2021 Digital Festival Pass

Our 2021 Digital Pass is the easiest way to enjoy 35 digital events at the Vancouver Writers Festival the week of October 18, 2021. 

When you purchase a Digital Pass, we'll provide you with access to all of the events listed below in one convenient package. Skip booking tickets individually to all of these digital events, and don't worry about searching through multiple emails to find your event link. The Digital Pass arrives in your email within 2-3 days after your purchase, with everything you need to enjoy the digital lineup.

Can't make it to the livestream? Want to watch an event again? At the conclusion of the Festival you will receive recordings of the events, which you can watch on demand until the end of October.

Please note that some of our Festival events must be booked separately, as indicated below.

 

How it works

 

You will receive a confirmation email at time of purchase to verify that you've been registered for a 2021 Digital Pass. The pass itself will arrive separately by email, issued manually with a slight delay.

Keep the email containing your 2021 Digital Pass handy throughout the Festival. Each time one of our event streams is about to begin, you will click on that event in your pass email to join the stream.

You'll be prompted to provide a separate email address for each pass that you purchase. The pass will be registered to the email address submitted. Please enter a valid and unique email address for each passholder.

If you have trouble finding your pass email after October 1st please reach out to boxoffice@writersfest.bc.ca for assistance.

 

The following events are included in our 2021 Digital Pass:

 

Monday

Kaleidoscope: Brian Selznick (10/18/2021 at 8:00am)

Sunny Days Inside: Caroline Adderson (10/18/2021 at 9:30am)

When You Get The Chance: Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson (10/18/2021 at 11:00am)

Walking in Two Worlds: Wab Kinew (10/18/2021 at 2:00pm)

Maria Stepanova in Conversation with Aislinn Hunter (10/18/2021 at 6:00pm)

 

Tuesday

On The Trapline: David A. Robertson (10/19/2021 at 9:30am)

Home Truths With Jen Sookfong Lee and Lois Peterson (10/19/2021 at 11:00am)

Word! With Janice Jo Lee, Sofia Fly, and Cassandra Myers (10/19/2021 at 2:00pm)

On Animals: Susan Orlean in Conversation with Mark Medley (10/19/2021 at 7:00pm)

 

Wednesday

Burt the Beetle Doesn’t Bite: With Ashley Spires (10/20/2021 at 9:30am)

Fierce and Bold Heroines of YA: With Sarah Raughley and Xiran Jay Zhao (10/20/2021 at 11:00am)

Pax, Journey Home: With Sara Pennypacker (10/20/2021 at 2:00pm)

Family Ties that Bind: With Francisco Goldman, Atticus Lish, and Ruth Ozeki (10/20/2021 at 6:00pm)

Entre Nous: With Elisa Shua Dusapin, Anne Serre, and Valérie Perrin (10/20/2021 at 7:30pm)

 

Thursday

The Great Bear: The Misewa Saga: With David A. Robertson (10/21/2021 at 9:30am)

Marvellous Stories for YA: With Susin Nielsen and Peyton Thomas (10/21/2021 at 11:00am)

Linked: With Gordon Korman (10/21/2021 at 2:00pm)

The Vanishing Half: Brit Bennett in Conversation with Jael Richardson (10/21/2021 at 4:00pm)

Heaven, Breasts and Eggs: Mieko Kawakami in Conversation with Christina Laffin (10/21/2021 at 6:00pm)

Permanent Astonishment: Tomson Highway in Conversation with (10/21/2021 at 8:00pm)

 

Friday

Complex Histories: With Gary Barwin, Roy Jacobsen, and Kathleen Winter (10/22/2021 at 10:00am)

Black Literature on the Prairies: With Cheryl Foggo and Karina Vernon (10/22/2021 at 12:00pm)

The Intricate Craft of Poetry: With Brandon Wint, Liz Howard, and Adam Sol (10/22/2021 at 2:00pm)

China Unbound: Joanna Chiu in Conversation with Doug Saunders (10/22/2021 at 6:00pm)

On Freedom: Maggie Nelson in Conversation with Baharak Yousefi (10/22/2021 at 8:00pm)

 

Saturday

Bewilderment: Richard Powers in Conversation with Eleanor Wachtel (10/23/2021 at 11:00am)

Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury: Evan Osnos in Conversation with Omar El Akkad (10/23/2021 at 1:00pm)

The Lying Life of Adults: Ann Goldstein in Conversation with John Freeman (10/23/2021 at 3:00pm)

The Mystery of Right and Wrong: Wayne Johnston in Conversation with Hal Wake (10/23/2021 at 5:00pm)

The Threads of Family and Resilience: With Te-Ping Chen and Pik-Shuen Fung (10/23/2021 at 7:00pm)

 

Sunday

The International Sunday Brunch: With Joshua Ferris, Claire Fuller, Jeff VanderMeer, Jaap Robben, Linda Boström Knausgård, and Pilar Quintana (10/24/2021 at 11:00am)

The Magician and the Mayflies: One-to-One with Colm Tóibín and Andrew O’Hagan (10/24/2021 at 1:00pm)

Emerge (10/24/2021 at 1:30pm)

Animal: Lisa Taddeo in Conversation (10/24/2021 at 3:30pm)

Yusef Salaam in Conversation with Matt Galloway (10/24/2021 at 5:00pm)

 

Exclusions

Events not included in the digital pass include all events happening in person at a theatre, as well as these Pivot Events (events originally announced as theatre events, which have since pivoted to digital): One-to-one with Lisa Bird-Wilson, Hunting by Stars: Cherie Dimaline in Conversation with David A. Robertson, and One-to-One With Linwood Barclay and Beverley McLachlin