02. Word! 1

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. 

Our Spoken Word event series, curated and hosted by award-winning poet and spoken word artist Jillian Christmas, is a highlight of our youth programming every year—and so popular and quick to sell out, that this year we’re offering three chances to catch it. This Word! event features three exceptional performers: Brandon Wint, a sought-after performer who has presented across Canada and in Australia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Jamaica; poet and producer fanny kearse, who fuses their experience as a social worker and lived experiences as a marginalized human to express their activism through art; and Ayda Niknami, whose work explores Iranian diasporic subjectivity, love, and relational autonomy. Grades 8–12. 

Explore the full Festival line up on our website: writersfest.bc.ca

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.