TRAFFORD, TANYA

Tanya Trafford is an editor with over twenty years of experience in book publishing, both in-house and as a freelancer, with traditional multinational and independent publishers as well as those operating under a hybrid model. Before moving back to Vancouver Island, she was Senior Editor at Random House Canada, where she edited award-winning fiction and […]

2019 Festival Reading List

We’re delighted to announce the 2019 Festival Reading List! This collection of featured books and authors will be presenting ideas for discourse in multiple events October 17 – 20, 2019, at the Whistler Writers Festival. Books are available through Armchair Books, or online.

AGM & Writing Workshop with Susan Juby

The Whistler Writing Society welcomes all members of the community to attend our Annual General Meeting Wednesday August 21st from 6 – 7 p.m. at the Whistler Public Library. Light refreshments will be served. Following the meeting award-winning author and humourist Susan Juby will lead a creative writing workshop Poke the Soufflé from 7 – […]

TIM WYNNE-JONES

TIM WYNNE-JONES has written 37 books for people of all ages. He has won The Governor General’s Award twice and been short-listed six times. He has also won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award twice, the Arthur Ellis Award of the Crime Writers of Canada, twice, and the Edgar Award presented by the Mystery Writers of […]

WILSON, BRAD

UPDATE: Brad Wilson will not be able to attend the festival, and we are pleased to welcome editor Patrick Crean in his place. BRAD WILSON is an Editorial Director at HarperCollins Canada, where he heads up the Collins imprint. With a focus on nonfiction and illustrated books, his list includes such authors as William Davis, […]

WHISTLER MULTICULTURAL NETWORK

WHISTLER MULTICULTURAL NETWORK is a grassroots community group of immigrants supported by the Whistler Welcome Centre. Through their monthly Multicultural Community Kitchen program, local immigrant volunteer chefs share recipes, and lead participants in cooking a meal from their culture before everyone shares a meal and stories together. The Community Kitchen team also prepares food for […]

WEBB-CAMPBELL, SHANNON

SHANNON WEBB-CAMPBELL is a mixed-Indigenous (Mi’kmaq) settler poet, writer and critic. Her first book, Still No Word (2015) was the inaugural recipient of Egale Canada’s Out In Print Award. Her work has appeared in many anthologies and publications including The Globe and Mail, Geist, The Malahat Review, Canadian Literature, Room, and Quill and Quire. In […]

VANECKOVA, BARBORA

BARBORA VANECKOVA is a Multicultural Outreach Worker at the Whistler Welcome Centre where she leads the Multicultural Community Kitchen program. She is a keen chef, and one of her recipes is featured in Whistler’s Multicultural Cookbook, created by the Whistler Multicultural Network.