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Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts

Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts

August 14-17, 2025 | Rockwood Centre, Sechelt, BC, Canada

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Category: Festival Line-Up

Programming change

The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts regrets to announce that due to unforeseen and unfortunate circumstances, Kyo Maclear (Event #6) has had to withdraw from the Festival, and Naomi Klein will no longer be in conversation with the featured author. Instead, bestselling novelist Iona Whishaw will be featured in a solo event on … Continue reading “Programming change”

Posted July 25, 2024July 25, 2024Categories: Festival Line-Up, Ticket Sales

Changes to Event #12 and #16

We regret to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances, Conor Kerr will not be able to join this year’s poetry panel, which also features award-winning writers Jen Currin and Cecily Nicholson. Jen and Cecily will share the stage to read from some of their newest work and discuss poetry and the writing life. Caroll Simpson, author … Continue reading “Changes to Event #12 and #16”

Posted August 19, 2023August 25, 2023Categories: Festival Line-Up

2023 Festival Writers

We are pleased to announce the writers/artists who will join us at the 41st Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. For full author bios, photos and a downloadable planner, please click here. Tickets go on sale June 5, 2023. If you would like to see the 2o23 brochure (we can email you the PDF … Continue reading “2023 Festival Writers”

Posted April 22, 2023August 30, 2023Categories: Festival Line-UpKeywords: Authors, Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts

Joshua Whitehead: Virtual Event

We regret to inform you that due to unforeseen circumstances, author Joshua Whitehead will not be able to attend the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts in person on Friday, August 12. His virtual event at 8:30 p.m. will take place in the Festival Pavilion and be projected live onto our big screen. While … Continue reading “Joshua Whitehead: Virtual Event”

Posted August 10, 2022August 14, 2022Categories: Festival Line-Up, Guest Information

2022 Festival Writers

We are pleased to announce the writers/artists who will join us at the 40th Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. Bios, schedule of events, and ticket information to come! Kamal Al-Solaylee S. Bear Bergman Columpa Bobb Cedar Bowers Tania Carter Ivan Coyote Farzana Doctor Norma Dunning Frances Ekwuyasi Shaena Lambert Marsha Lederman Jen Sookfong … Continue reading “2022 Festival Writers”

Posted April 1, 2022May 4, 2022Categories: Festival Line-Up

Newsletter – May 29, 2020

We miss you! We miss your calls and your visits to the office. We miss the energy that starts to build right about now. We even miss the chaos that erupts when the phone lines open and online sales go live.

Posted May 29, 2020August 19, 2020Categories: Festival Line-Up

Festival 2020 Reading List

Here’s a list of the wonderful books written by the writers we had hoped to present at the 2020 Festival. We’ve included a link to each book’s description on the publisher’s website.

Posted May 12, 2020August 19, 2020Categories: Festival Line-Up

2020 Festival Programming

The programming for the 2020 Festival of the Written Arts is now complete! You can find the list of writers and very brief biographical sketches here.

Posted March 6, 2020August 19, 2020Categories: Festival Line-Up

Programming Changes

We regret to announce that Dawn Dumont (Event #9) and James Maskalyk (Event #11) have withdrawn from the Festival. The following programming has been arranged to replace these writers. Event #9 – Starlight by Richard Wagamese Event #11 – Carys Cragg in conversation with Andreas Schroeder Tickets If you have purchased tickets for Dawn Dumont, they … Continue reading “Programming Changes”

Posted July 11, 2018July 14, 2018Categories: Festival Line-Up

Correction to Festival brochure

The names and bios of the authors in Events #12 and #17 were switched during the production phase of the Festival brochure and the error was not caught until after we sent 2,000 copies of the brochure out into the world. Please note: Event #12 features Ausma Zehanat Khan – Saturday, August 18 at 2:30 … Continue reading “Correction to Festival brochure”

Posted May 7, 2018July 14, 2018Categories: Festival Line-Up

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    • The Venue: Rockwood Centre
    • Location and Maps
  • Support the Festival
    • How You Can Support Us
    • Sponsors & Donors
    • Legacy of Literacy Donor Wall
    • Donation Form
    • Subscribe to the Festival
    • Volunteer
  • Festival News
    • What’s Happening
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