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Book Review: Huge
Book Review: Huge Best known for his hit TV series Corner Gas, which ran for six seasons on CTV and spawned a spinoff movie and animated series, award-winning Saskatchewan-born actor, comedian, and...
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Whistler Writers Festival is about more than books
Whistler Writers Festival delves into comedy, music, culture and more with special new events SEPTEMBER 22, 2023: Whistler, BC — The Whistler Writers Festival is so much more than a book festival....
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Book Review: Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart
Book review: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke my Heart is much more than Jen Sookfong Lee’s commentary on five decades of television, art, music, and popular celebrities...
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Connecting Through Story: stories help us remember
Connecting Through Story: stories help us remember who people are The theme of the 2023 Whistler Writers Festival is “Connecting Through Story.” Eve Lazarus, a guest author this year, shares what this...
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Connecting Through Story: technology can help us find our own stories
Connecting Through Story: technology can help us with our own stories The theme of the 2023 Whistler Writers Festival is “Connecting Through Story.” Paige Maylott, a guest author this year, shares...
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Connecting Through Story — it gives us empathy and understanding
Connecting Through Story gives us empathy and understanding The theme of the 2023 Whistler Writers Festival is “Connecting Through Story.” Iona Whishaw, a guest author this year, shares what this...
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Book review: three poetry volumes
Book review: three poetry must-reads In an essay environmental writer Barry Lopez wrote for Orion Magazine, he asked the question if it is “still possible to face the gathering darkness and say to the...
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Book Review: Everyone Here is Lying
Book Review: Everyone Here is Lying It’s hard to feel for a character when, right out of the gate, they slap a nine-year-old girl. However, as this page-turner, thriller unravels you might start to...
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Connecting Through Story: finding community
Connecting Through Stories ties us to the past and our community The theme of the 2023 Whistler Writers Festival is “Connecting Through Story.” Nick Marino, a guest author this year, shares what this...
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Book review: Inside the Belly of an Elephant
Book review: Inside the Belly of an Elephant The death of a loved one is difficult to endure. But when you’re in Africa, sharing an epic journey with your amazing older brother, only to witness him...
View ArticleTake the Plunge with an open mic night
Take the Plunge and join us for open mic night Special spring event offers a night of creativity and community, and an opportunity for readers to get their hands on some books while supporting the...
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Whistler Writer in Residence announced
Jennifer Manuel is the latest Whistler Writer in Residence Jennifer Manuel, author of celebrated books The Heaviness of Things That Float and The Morning Bell Brings the Broken Hearted, is the...
View ArticleOpen mic night & writers retreat in June
Open mic night is back and so is the One Day Writing Retreat Back by popular demand, the Whistler Writers Festival offers a second open mic night and author reading in June, where storytellers can...
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Everyone has a story to tell: Hannah Mary McKinnon
The story behind Only One Survives Everyone has a story to tell — and here, Hannah Mary McKinnon shares the inspiration, and the story, behind her latest thriller, Only One Survives. The very first...
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Book review: Izzy Wong’s Nose for News
Book review: compelling story for young readers When somebody floods the toilets at Forest Lawn Elementary, Izzy Wong is ready to hunt down the story for her new podcast. Armed with recording...
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Book review: Queers Like Me
Dry humour and sarcastic wit can't be missed in latest collection Queers Like Me is Michael V. Smith’s seventh published book, with his assembly consisting of four poetry collections, a memoir, and...
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Everyone has a story to tell: Carly Butler
Stories are not just good vs. evil — they are so much more Carly Butler, author of Apocalypse Child, shares her take on this year’s theme, Everyone has a story to tell.Many of our favourite stories...
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Everyone has a story to tell: Rhea Tregebov
Poems come from moments of listening to stories from others Rhea Tregebov, author of Talking to Strangers, shares her take on what Everyone has a story to tell means.About a decade ago, I told myself...
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Everyone has a story to tell: Natalie Sue
Learning to see the story behind the facades we wear at work Author Natalie Sue shares the story behind her workplace fiction, I Hope This Finds You Well.I used to word in a typical office, and if...
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Book review: Sonnets from a Cell
Book review: Sonnets mirror the rigidity of the cell in collection of poems This collection of poems, Sonnets from a Cell by Bradley Peters, drops the reader into the horror of the prison-industrial...
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