Writers! Give @TWSSFU a follow & enter into your 2025 calendars the upcoming #TWSsprints and #TWSOchat sessions. Twitter Sessions: 2nd Sunday of each month -- TWS Twitter Chats #TWSOchat 4th Sunday of each month -- TWS Writing Sprints #TWSsprints

It's been a week since we all gathered at UBC Robson Square for panels, workshops, and kinship. The day could not have happened without the team behind it, starting with Bonnie and leading to every person who attended. 🎉to another year of celebrating literature in BC!

Well, that was a wonderful week of celebrating literature with our community. It would not have been possible without the support of our partners. Big thank you to all of these organizations who make Word happen. #wordvancouver #WordVancouver2025 #gratitude #bcbooks

Thank you to @wordvancouver.bsky.social for an amazing day at Robson Square. Your organizational efforts are much appreciated here at Anvil. The book fair vibe was chill and buzzy at the same time - so fun to chat all day with authors, book lovers, colleagues, and more! We can't wait till next year!

Some great words & people found at @wordvancouver.bsky.social Great to meet Gary Jones who hosted @wongski.bsky.social & I on our books about #Vancouver music and venues. …And honoured to moderate a discussion w/ #scottalexanderhoward & @jensookfonglee.bsky.social on their new books!

I wast at @wordvancouver.bsky.social today. I didn’t know we have poems on buses! Discovered some incredible local poets and authors. @readlocalbc.bsky.social

This book nerd in his natural habitat @wordvancouver.bsky.social #kidlit

Need a little reprieve? The Silent Writing Room has space to decompress.

Poetry Bus on-site 😍

All set up for @bellpressbooks.bsky.social at @wordvancouver.bsky.social and the day looks promising!

Today's program for quick reference.

Blue skies + Literature? Heck yeah!

One more day until Word Vancouver! If you’re looking for your next read, we have just the thing for you. Here’s a selection of what we’ll have for sale tomorrow. Join us and the rest of the @wordvancouver.bsky.social attendees at Robson Square, Saturday, September 20th from 11–5.

So thrilled to be reading at the @deathridesaunicorn.bsky.social Seventeen Syllable Slam at @wordvancouver.bsky.social for a third year in a row! ✨🎉✨ See you at 12:30pm tomorrow at UBC Robson Square, Vancouver! ❤️❤️ www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-sevent...

I'm at Word Vancouver Exhibitor Fair today, meeting readers and supporting my fellow Children's authors. Come say hi! #kidlit @wordvancouver.bsky.social

Vancouver! This Saturday, come visit us at the @wordvancouver.bsky.social Exhibitor Fair, 11–5 at UBC Robson Square. We'll be displaying the latest books from UBC Press, our imprints, and our distribution publishers! www.wordvancouver.ca

This Saturday (Sept 20) @wordvancouver.bsky.social and @readlocalbc.bsky.social celebrate the 29th year of Poetry in Transit! Join us from 2:00 to 3:30 pm to hear readings from our featured poets, followed by discussion and Q&A. Hosted by Poet Laureate, Elee Kraljii Gardiner ✨ poetryintransit.ca

Saturday will be a day full of appreciation of BC Literature for humans of all ages. At the Children's tent, along with some amazing authors, there will also be face painting, crafts, and a giant tablecloth for coloring! All free! #WordVancouver #WordVancouver2025 #DowntownVan #YVRFamilies

Congratulations @jessicaleemcmillan.com Fabulous reading tonight. Winner of Muriel’s Journey poetry prize. @wordvancouver.bsky.social @moritherapy.bsky.social Happy to be able to watch it live

Yes, poetry can be written, read, crafted, and exhibited. There are so many ways to play with and weave words into our daily existence. Come and explore the merge of analog and digital poetry-crafting with Natasha Boskic. #WordVancouver #WordVancouver2025 #VancouverEvent #Vancouver

I’m reading with honourees for Muriel’s Journey Poetry prize for Word Vancouver’s free, online event Sept 14 from 6:00-7:30. Thanks @moritherapy.bsky.social for running this contest—as well as Kyle Hawke— and thanks @wordvancouver.bsky.social! Register here: www.wordvancouver.ca/online/murie...

Don't miss the bus! Join us on Saturday September 20, 2-3:30 PM at @wordvancouver.bsky.social for readings from this year's poetry in Transit authors ✨ Hosted by Vancouver's Poet Laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner ✨ More info at poetryintransit.ca #PoetryInTransit #WordVancouver #ReadLocalBC

I'm totally psyched (remember that, 80's kids!) to be invited to give a presentation for @wordvancouver.bsky.social's classroom visits at Surrey Central Library, with my novel My Summer Camp Has Mega Sloths. I love getting the kids stoked about reading and adventuring! ✍️🐻🐾📗📕📘 @orcabook.bsky.social

We're excited to be an exhibitor at this year's @wordvancouver.bsky.social event. Swing by our table at Robson Square on September 20th to say hi, buy a book from on of our published authors, or sit in on one of the many talks and presentations! www.wordvancouver.ca

Hi all, our next reading is coming up! We're excited to be part of the @wordvancouver.bsky.social festival for this one. The afternoon will feature @roblucastaylor.bsky.social, Hope Lauterbach, @drobnies.bsky.social, and Carleigh Baker! See you at Outsiders and Others at 3pm on September 14th!

looking forward to being back at @wordvancouver.bsky.social this year, sharing all my best tips on how to pitch (number one: please don't write "Dear Sir/Madam" at the top): www.wordvancouver.ca/room-c420/pi...

This unique poetry prize celebrates the legacy of Downtown Eastside poet-activist Muriel Marjorie. The submission fee for this prize? Community activism. Join us as to celebrate the winners 🏆 Registration is FREE but required: www.eventbrite.com/e/muriels-jo...

Need advice on your writing or a nudge in the right direction? ✏️ The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University is offering a free 25-minute in-person consultation on up to five pages of your poetry or prose. 👉🏻To book your consult please email [email protected]👈🏾

We’re back! 📚✨ It’s been over 30 years since “Word on the Street” (IYKYK) + we’re thrilled to have been able to foster the joy of the written word and inspire creativity for the last three decades. The entire event is FREE and has something for everyone (truly!). More Info: www.wordvancouver.ca

Will we see you tomorrow? Join authors Lydia Kwa, Carrie Mac, and Candie Tanaka at Cross & Crows Books as they discuss their own unique processes for "Writing the Queer" in Literature. Register: www.wordvancouver.ca/upcoming-eve... #WordVancouver #VancouverLiteraryEvent #VancouverBC

It’s National Book Lovers Day! To celebrate, BC authors are sharing their must-reads.  First up, Eddy Boudel Tan, author of three novels, including The Tiger and the Cosmonaut and After Elias. He recommends Danny Ramadan's memoir Crooked Teeth. More below 👇

We are dying to know. 👀 Haven't purchased your 50/50 tickets yet? Make your dreams (and ours) come true! wordvancouver.rafflenexus.com?fbclid=PAQ0x... #wordvancouver #vancouver #vancouverwriters #vancouvercharity #moneymindset #bookquotes #vancouver #vancouverbc

For the first time, a LiterASIAN event is taking place in Ottawa! On Monday, September 15, 7:00-8:30, come celebrate Asian-Canadian authors at Perfect Books, 258A Elgin Street. Grateful for the support of Canada Council for the Arts, LiteraSIAN, ACWW, the Writers' Union of Canada & more!