39. Meet My Family

This is an in-person Youth Event. 

For full information about school group bookings, including subsidy information, please visit our Information for Teachers page.

For the free digital livestream version of this event, please visit our website. 

Meet different families and cultures whose traditions create a loving home for kids, through these colourful picture books for young readers. Cemetery Game by author Alan Woo, with illustrations by Rachel Wada, explores the ancestor-honouring rituals of the Chinese spring festival Ching Ming, and how to find fun in them, too. Eat and explore with a young Indigenous girl visiting her family's reserve in Kim Spencer’s Springtime in Kitkatla. A boy learns how to say goodbye to a member of his own family—the koi fish he’s always cared for—in Jack Wong’s Goodbye, Koi, illustrated in the tradition of Chinese brush painting. This cozy storytime with sequential presentations will inspire little ones to reflect on their own family traditions, and approach others’ with curiosity. 

Grades 1–3

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BOX OFFICE INFO

Please purchase enough tickets for your entire group, including all adults. 

Not booking for a school group? Please purchase a General admission ticket. All ages are welcome!

Complete Festival Box Office information can be found on our website: writersfest.bc.ca/box-office 

Need to talk to Box Office staff? Please reach out to boxoffice@writersfest.bc.ca, or call 778-658-0426.

Having trouble completing your online order? Showpass support can be reached at 1 (844) 307-7469.

ACCESSIBILITY INFO

Complete Festival accessibility information can be found on our website: writersfest.bc.ca/accessibility

We do our best to make our events low-barrier, accessible experiences for our community. If you have accessibility needs, please reach out to boxoffice@writersfest.bc.ca, or call 778-658-0426.