Meet the 2025 Writers

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Schedule of Events

1 Thursday, August 14 8:00 pm Jane Urquhart SOLD OUT
2 Friday, August 15 9:00 am Zoe Whittall  
3 Friday, August 15 10:30 am Gurjinder Basran  
4 Friday, August 15 1:00 pm Holly Hogan  
5 Friday, August 15 2:30 pm Caroline Adderson  
6 Friday, August 15 4:00 pm Steps toward Reconciliation: Bruce McIvor and David A Robertson with Daniel Heath Justice  
7 Friday, August 15 7:00 pm Nita Prose  
8 Friday, August 15 8:30 pm Guy Vanderhaeghe  
9 Saturday, August 16 9:00 am Brian Thomas Isaac with Daniel Heath Justice  
10 Saturday, August 16 10:30 am Coast Writes: andrea bennett and Charlotte Gill with Megan Cole  
11 Saturday, August 16 1:00 pm Susin Nielsen  
12 Saturday, August 16 2:30 pm David A. Robertson  
13 Saturday, August 16 4:00 pm Sarah Leavitt and Teresa Wong with Tara McGuire  
14 Saturday, August 16 7:00 pm Michael Crummey SOLD OUT
15 Saturday, August 16 8:30 pm Rockwood Lecture: Carol Off SOLD OUT
16 Sunday, August 17 9:00 am Eddy Boudel Tan  
17 Sunday, August 17 10:30 am Garry Gottfriedson and Evelyn Lau with Tara McGuire  
18 Sunday, August 17 1:00 pm Amal Elsana Alh’jooj  
19 Sunday, August 17 2:30 pm New Voices: Deirdre Simon Dore and Ardra Shephard with Megan Cole  
20 Sunday, August 17 4:00 pm Timothy Caulfield  
21 Sunday, August 17 7:30 pm Ryan McMahon