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Self-Portrait of Translation: George McWhirter in Conversation

The Nest Festival House, 1398 Cartwright St 3rd Floor, Vancouver, British Columbia

Poet, translator, and teacher George McWhirter was Vancouver’s first Poet Laureate, and holds a startlingly impressive list of awards and honours since then, most recently as translator from Spanish of the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Winner, Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence by Mexican novelist, activist, and journalist Homero Aridjis. In conversation with author …

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Vancouver Writers Fest

The 38th annual Vancouver Writers Fest takes place from October 20–26, 2025, featuring a scintillating lineup of exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue in 87 events. Our 2025 Festival Guest Curator is the brilliant, multi-award-winning poet and novelist Canisia Lubrin. She has curated four events for us in a program called Cycling and Renewal …

Masterclass with Canisia Lubrin and Jillian Christmas

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This Masterclass is an extraordinary double-bill, featuring two icons of contemporary Canadian poetry. Canisia Lubrin is the author of the multi-award-winning Code Noir and The World After Rain, a poetry collection epic in its vision and intimate in its exploration of grief and loss. Jillian Christmas is a spoken word poet, author of The Gospel of Breaking, and …

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