The artistic director of the Vancouver Writers Fest Leslie Hurtig previews this year’s festival, which starts Monday, 17 October (through to 23 October) 2022, with Joseph Planta.

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Leslie Hurtig joins me again. The artistic director of the Vancouver Writers Fest, the 35^th annual one, calls in the weekend before it all starts this Monday, 17 October 2022, running to Sunday, 23 October 2022. There are some 80 events, with over 115 authors from across the country and around the world. There’ll be events in person on and around Granville Island, as well as virtual events, ones where you pay what you can, and as we say every year, events for everybody. I’ll get Leslie to give us some insight into her job as artistic director, her collaborators this year (guest curator Omar El Akkad, and Spoken Word Curator Jillian Christmas), as well as the events she’s looking forward to. The website for more is at www.writersfest.bc.ca. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Leslie Hurtig; Ms. Hurtig, good morning.

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