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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

That’s a wrap! We can’t believe it’s over 🥹Thank you to every one who attended the 44th annual Sunshine Coast Festival for the Written Arts! ♥️ The festival would not be what it is without your sincerest dedication in showing up, rain or shine, to support every author and artist. 📸 Ken McCann

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The fun has officially started! We hope you are dressed for the weather and are reading for three days of immersion in the best of BC arts and culture on the Sunshine Coast. ☀️📚

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

In his coming-of-age debut novel Black Cherokee, author Antonio Michael Downing introduces Ophelia Blue Rivers—“half Black, half Cherokee, and all mixed up”—a young woman searching for belonging in a landscape fractured by generations of social and racial divides.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Prepare to be inspired by the emerging voices redefining Canadian literature. 📚 Our New Voices authors this year offer powerful portraits of youth navigating upheaval and longing. Wiley and Iryn join the 44th Sunshine Coast Festival of Written Arts on August 16 at 11:30 a.m.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Individually, BTU—Barney Bentall, Tom Taylor, and Shari Ulrich—are accomplished, acclaimed award-winning musicians. 🎶 Together, they become a powerhouse trio of talent whose music melds folk, roots and acoustic singer songwriter traditions into something warm, intimate and deeply human.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Interested in trying out a bit of everything? This itinerary features a variety of conversations to help you explore the rich range of voices, stories, and perspectives across the festival for the best weekend in town.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

We can’t wait to host you at the 2026 Sunshine Festival of the Written Arts, Monique! It’s going to be an outstanding time to celebrate the uplifting stories, vignettes, and reflections in Sharing the Light to inspire gratitude, love, joy, and hope in navigating life in a changing world.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Immerse yourself in an itinerary of literary excellence, from gritty noir and true life stories to exquisite poetry that speaks to our times. We’ve planned the perfect weekend to discover new-to-you writers from across Canada.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Sharpen your pencils and join crime writer Sam Wiebe for a workshop on dialogue at the Rockwood Lodge Art Space. 📖 💬The workshop fee is $25.00. Be sure to register quickly, as space is limited!

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Fiction lovers are in for a real treat on the Sunshine Coast this summer! ☀️📚 We have so many wonderful authors presenting their unforgettable works (including an inaugural award show ✨) that you really won’t want to miss. Book this itinerary before the tickets for the individual shows are gone!

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Enjoy complimentary coffee and tea and live music from The Soporifics (Ken Dalgleish and Boyd Norman) while you share stories, talk books and mingle with other festival goers at the Festival of the Written Arts Coffee Hour. ☕ 🍵 No registration required! Find us at the Beside the Book Tent!

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Looking for a fun book event to attend? You can experience a few with us by booking this itinerary featuring Canadian trailblazers, authors, and thought leaders talking about their engaging work that will transform your perspective on people, nature, and the ever-changing world around us.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Bestselling Cree-Scottish author Monique Gray Smith returns to the Sunshine Coast with Sharing the Light, a new quietly profound collection of stories, vignettes and reflections that invites readers to cultivate gratitude, love, joy and hope while moving through a world that is both changing.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

✨We are excited to announce the shortlist for the inaugural Al and Eurithe Purdy BC Award for Excellence.✨ These authors are the inaugural selection for a new annual prize for an outstanding book of fiction or non-fiction written by a BC author and traditionally published by a BC-based publisher.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Beloved comedian and author Charles Demers brings us The Eh Team: A Celebration of Canadianisms from Elbows Up to Poutine, a laugh out loud guide to the quirks and charm of our uniquely Canadian foods, expressions and turns of phrase that define who we are. 🍁

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Georgia Toews’s novel Nobody Asked for This follows 23-year-old comedian Virginia as she navigates grief, a collapsing friendship, and a date gone wrong. A rich, darkly comic, raw portrait of early adulthood, trauma and the limits of humour as a coping mechanism.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

This year’s Rockwood Lecture features a powerful voice on healing and change. ✨ Drawing on his decades of experience, Dr. Alika Lafontaine’s The Outrage Cure offers a groundbreaking exploration of how anger and betrayal deepen into outrage when we lose hope that change is possible.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

In his memoir, The Road to Bard, Bard on the Beach founder Christopher Gaze recounts a life in the theatre, sharing vivid stories of acting, fundraising, leadership and community building, revealing with warmth and humour how a bold vision grew into one of Canada’s great theatre companies.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Author of Five Little Indians, Michelle Good returns with her highly anticipated second novel, Eliza Sunshine, a sweeping, intergenerational Cree family saga tracing three generations of women whose lives are shaped by colonial violence, resilience and the enduring power of story.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Two atmospheric mystery stories on PIs tackling corruption, crime and dark secrets come together in this exciting event for mystery fiends. 🫆🔎 Join Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson and Sam Wiebe in conversation with fellow author Antonio Michael Downing as they delve into their new crime novels.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Two poets attuned to nature and language examine the forest, its role in our lives and our impact on it at this not-to-be-missed event. 🗓️ Elee and bronwyn will join the 44th Sunshine Coast Festival of Written Arts on August 15 at 11:30 a.m. Buy your tickets for this event and more on our website.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Two-time Stephen Leacock Medal winner Terry Fallis returns to the 44th annual Sunshine Coast Festival for the Written Arts with The Marionette, a comic thriller featuring Fallis’s signature satirical wit. Terry joins the festival on August 14 at 8:00 p.m. Buy your tickets on our website.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Did you know our official Festival bookseller is Tale Wind Books? For the duration of the Festival from August 13-16, the team will have a fabulous pop-up shop on-site (the Book Tent). They also manage the author signings that take place after each event!

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Tickets for the 44th annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts are on sale now! 🎟️ Buy your tickets online today on our website, or you can purchase by telephone at (604) 885-9631 or 1-800-565-9631. We can’t wait to see you! \

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Named the Best Canadian Poetry Book of 2025 by CBC Books, The Idea of An Entire Life delivers an intimate examination of twenty-first-century anguish, love, queerness, and political possibility. Billy-Ray Belcourt will be joining the festival on August 14 at 3:30pm.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

In Tell It to the Water, Donna Morrissey crafts a voice-driven family memoir capturing the grief that engulfs her family after her mother’s death. Donna joins the 44th Sunshine Coast Festival of Written Arts on August 14 at 6:30 p.m. Buy your tickets for this event and more on our website.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Still making your summer bucket list? 😎📚 The 44th annual Sunshine Coast Festival for the Written Arts is back from August 13-16. Bring your friends and family along and join your fellow book lovers on the Sunshine Coast!

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

We’re gearing up to launch the best literary festival for readers this summer! There are over 20+ events for you to explore featuring writers and artists who represent the best of BC literature—both established and exciting emerging voices. We can’t think of a better way to spend a weekend. ☀️

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The SCFWA festival officially kicks off with wry flair as comedy icon Mary Walsh takes the stage! The Gemini-winning star of This Hour Has 22 Minutes presents Brassy Bit of Aging Crumpet, a vulnerable, hopeful, wickedly funny memoir-in-essays celebrating her colourful life and career.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Join us to celebrate the inaugural shortlist for the Al and Eurithe Purdy BC Award for Excellence. ✨📚 The countdown to the winner of the prize kicks off at the 44th Sunshine Coast Festival of Written Arts on August 14 at 2:00pm. Buy your tickets for this event and more on our website.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Meticulous research, propulsive prose, intricately layered narratives and long-buried secrets unite Janie Chang’s The Fourth Princess and Genevieve Graham’s The Chambermaid’s Key. Imperiled female protagonists navigate extortion, murder and mysteries in these gripping reads.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Author Betty Baxter played Olympic volleyball and was one of the rare women to coach the sport internationally. She was a member of the National Advisory Council on Fitness and Amateur Sport (1977–79), a founder of Canadian Women & Sport (1981), and the National Coaching School for Women (1987).

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It’s never a dull summer on the Sunshine Coast! General ticket sales for the 44th Sunshine Coast Festival of Written Arts go live on June 1 at 8:30 a.m. PT. 😱 Stay tuned to our social pages to learn more about the 2026 lineup!

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to all of those who attended the 2025 Sunshine Coast Festival for the Written Arts! ♥️ 📸 Event #18 featuring author Amal Elsana Alh’jooj — photo by Phil Harrison. #LiteraryFestival #CanLit #SCWFA #SCWFA2025

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Indulge your fiction cravings on the Sunshine Coast with this roster of events featuring the best in fiction! Each of these authors will be sharing. Each of these authors will be sharing the thrilling inspirations behind their stories that will ignite your imagination. #SCFWA #SCFWA2025

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

If nonfiction is more your speed, we’ve put together an itinerary for you full of fresh perspectives that will challenge, engage and inspire you. Plus! You can take the rest of the afternoon to visit the Sechelt Farmers' and Artisans' Market. Tickets to all events available on our website!

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Get a taste for what’s new and evolving with our itinerary of some of the new releases, stories and perspectives that will be at this year’s festival! You can use our itinerary as a guide for planning your perfect weekend of exploring, discussing and discover more the future of Canadian writers.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Looking for inspo on amazing events to attend at this year’s festival? If you want to experience a little taste of the thought-provoking work from writers across Canada that will surely create important conversations, we’ve put together the perfect itinerary for you. #SCFWA #SCFWA2025

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Susin Nielsen is the multiple-award-winning author of seven middle-grade novels. Her books have won the Governor General’s Literary Award, the UKLA Award and over a dozen Young Readers’ Choice Awards. Her books have been translated into more than fifteen languages.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Are you an aspiring or seasoned writer looking to sharpen your skills or learn how to write strong characters that will connect with your readers? Join author and National Magazine Award Gold Medal for Fiction winner, Caroline Adderson, for our fiction workshop kicking off on Saturday, August 16. 📖

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

A passionate activist and thinker bringing attention to issues facing Indigenous communities, especially those of Bedouin Palestinian heritage, Amal Elsana Alh’jooj will present her debut memoir, Hope Is a Woman’s Name at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts this August. #SCFWA2025

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Two distinct new voices are showcased in this event moderated by Megan Cole. Be part of this festival favourite event on August 17 at 2:30pm. Tickets are available now at the link in bio. #SCFWA #SCFWA2025 #SunshineCoastBC #CoastWrites #SunshineCoast #LiteraryFestival #SecheltBC

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Engaging and honest, Ryan McMahon will be closing out this year’s festival with his unique blend of folk and rock. Don’t miss out on this electric event happening on August 17 at 7:30pm. Grab your tickets while they’re still hot now on our website at the link in our bio. #SCFWA #LiteraryFestival

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Timothy Caulfield's newest book, The Certainty Illusion: What You Don’t Know and Why It Matters, lifts the curtain on the forces contributing to our information chaos and unpacks why it’s so difficult—sometimes even for experts—to escape the fake. Tickets are available now at the link in bio.

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Powerhouse graphic novelists Sarah Leavitt and Teresa Wong will discuss the unique joys and challenges of telling stories in the graphic form with moderator and author Tara McGuire. Learn more from these inspiring talents on August 16 at 4:00pm. Tickets are available on our website. #SCFWA

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Zoe Whittall is the author of five novels, including the recent bestseller The Fake, which was longlisted for the Toronto Book Award. The New York Times called her fourth novel, The Spectacular, “a highly readable testament to the strength of the maternal bond.” In her newest book,

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scwrittenarts.bsky.social @scwrittenarts.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

A Simon Fraser University Writer’s Studio alumna hailed by the CBC as one of “Ten Canadian women writers you need to read,” Gurjinder Basran will discuss her novel at the 43rd Sunshine Coast Festival for the Written Arts. Tickets are available now on our website, at the link in bio. #SCFWA2025

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