Founded by Stella Harvey, this is an annual event in Whistler, which TWWS started in 2002. It is a multi-venue, multi-artist, multi-day event, showcasing authors who are local, regional and from across Canada.

• Attendance: We welcome 1800+ guests every year.
• The program includes a masterclass workshop series for new and emerging writers on various topics of craft (e.g.: fiction, non-fiction, children’s & YA and more), reading events and panel discussions for the general public, and a Literary Cabaret combining music and readings. There is also workshop and readings geared to writers who are under 18, in partnership with the Whistler Public Library.

Since 2002, TWWS has hosted 100s of Canadian authors, who have performed, read or instructed in Whistler, including: Caroline Adderson, James Barber, Maude Barlow, Paulette Bourgeois, Joseph Boyden, E.R. Brown, John Burnside, Kevin Chong, Ivan E. Coyote, Charles Demers, William Deverell, Cherie Dimaline, Emma Donoghue, Patrick deWitt, Candas Jane Dorsey, Deborah Ellis, Katherine Fawcett, Charles Foran, Mark Forsythe, Damon Galgut, Stephen Galloway, Zsuzsi Gartner, Bill Gaston, Sue Goyette, Wayne Grady, Bruce Grierson, Genni Gunn, Ian Hamilton, Jennica Harper, Lee Henderson, Lawrence Hill, Miranda Hill, Mel Hurtig, Howard Johnson, Wayne Johnston, Susan Juby, Brian Kaufman, Thomas King, Arno Kopecky, Vincent Lam, Grant Lawrence, Sara Leach, Nancy Lee, Jen Sook Fong Lee, Janet Love Morrison, Annabel Lyon, Elizabeth Lyon, Carrie Mac, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Mary MacDonald, Alistair Macleod, Emily St. John Mandel, Margaret Macpherson, Lee Maracle, Lisa Moore, Kim Moritsugu, Claire Mulligan, Susan Musgrave, Sue Oakey Baker, Kit Pearson, Roberta Rich, Bill Richardson, Eden Robinson, Laisha Rosnau, Andreas Schroeder, Jane Silcott, Merilyn Simonds, Michael V. Smith, Madeline Sonik, Robin Spano, Mary Swan, Ania Szado, Tanya Talaga, Timothy Taylor, Madeleine Thien, Audrey Thomas, Meg Tilley, Michael Tippert, Miriam Toews, Richard Van Camp, Katherena Vermette, Richard Wagamese, Jack Whyte and Michael Winter.

Authors are hosted either as part of the Whistler Writers Festival, workshops, the writer in residence program, or in other contexts.

Organized and produced the annual writer-in-residence program since 2007: Paulette Bourgeois (2007), Candas Jane Dorsey (2008), Merilyn Simonds and Wayne Grady (2009), Brian Brett (2010), Sarah Selecky (2011), Fred Stenson (2012), Ania Szado (2013), Genni Gunn (2014), Michael Winter (2015), Susan Juby (2016), Caroline Adderson (2017),  Claudia Casper (2018), Cornelia Hoogland (2019), Joseph Boyden (2021), Shaena Lambert (2022), Cody Caetano (2023) and Jennifer Manuel (2024) .

• Organized and produced Authors in the Schools events for Sea to Sky elementary and high schools with Richard Wagamese (2013); Joseph Boyden, Katherina Vermette, Sue Oakey-Baker & Sara Leach (2014); Eric Walters, Stella Harvey, Katherine Fawcett, Patti Laboucane-Benson and Kelly Mellings (2015); Lisa Moore, Kenneth Oppel and Richard Van Camp (2016); Cary Fagan, Drew Hayden-Taylor and Susin Nielsen (2017); Penny Draper, Darren Groth, Simon Groth and Eden Robinson (2018); Cherie Dimaline, Deborah Ellis, Kit Pearson and Richard Van Camp (2019); Tanya Boteju, Zalika Reid-Benta and David Robertson (2020); Rebecca Wood Barrett, Xiran Jay Zhao and Tanya Talaga (2021); Jen Ferguson, Jamal Saeed, Ann Eriksson; Andrea Warner, Emily Pohl-Weary, Leslie Gentile (2023); and Adam de Souza, Marty Chan and Sarah Suk (2024).
• The inaugural event involving the late Richard Wagamese included grade 12 English classes studying his novel Indian Horse, followed by a session with Mr. Wagamese and the four area schools at the Squamish Lil’Wat Cultural Centre where students heard him speak, read and answer their questions. As a result of the program, Xet’olacw Community School students have since organized a book club for youth in their community focused on reading books by Indigenous authors.

• Produced a multi-disciplinary stage presentation in conjunction with the Whistler Museum, including writers, actors and musicians. This was to commemorate the centenary of the community of Alta Lake, which later became Whistler. It was staged in August 2011, and over 110 people attended.

• Hosted creative writing workshops in conjunction with Sea to Sky Corridor libraries.
• Organized and produced the Literary Leanings Reading series in 2002, which has evolved into the Spring Reading Series, and innovative public art installations such as the Collective Novel Experiment.
• Supported First Nations writers, through scholarships and mentorship, since 2007.
• Created an Amplifying Voices scholarship in 2021 for recipients to attend the festival or Writer in Residence program.
• Assisted writers in forming critique groups in Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton.

These have included: Access Copyright Foundation, AELAQ Roadmap, American Friends of Whistler, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Arts Now (Catalyst) funding, Arts Whistler, BC Fairs, Festivals & Events, BC Arts Council (Community Festival Grant Program, Innovations Grant, Canadian Heritage, Capacity and Sustainability, Professional Festivals, Youth Engagement Program), Canada Council for the Arts (Professional Festivals Project, Public Outreach Travel, Composite Grant, Writer in Residence Program grant), Cultural Capitals of Canada program, League of Canadian Poets, Province of BC (Community Gaming Grant), Real Estate Association of Whistler, Resort Municipality of Whistler Community Enrichment Program, Rotary Club Whistler Millennium, RMI Funding, TELUS, The Writers Union of Canada Reading Events program, the Vancouver Foundation, Whistler Blackcomb Epic Promise, Whistler Blackcomb Foundation and Whistler Community Foundation.