september, 2019
Event Details
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF READING AND LITERACY This is Word Vancouver, Western Canada’s largest celebration of literacy and reading. Held during the week leading up to the last Sunday of September
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Event Details
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF READING AND LITERACY
This is Word Vancouver, Western Canada’s largest celebration of literacy and reading. Held during the week leading up to the last Sunday of September at various venues throughout the city, our festival promotes books and authors with free exhibits, performances, and hands-on activities for a wide range of ages and interests.
Check out the Children’s Stage!
STORIES OF OUR SIDEWALKS AND STREETS
11:30AM – 12:00PM
Councillor Michael Wieb, Councillor Lisa Dominato. Councillor Jean Swanson:What favourite local children’s books are the City Councillors reading?
Dawn the Juggler
A flying show of letters
STORYTELLING WITH DRAG QUEENS FOUNDATION
12:05 – 12:35PM
BIGGER THAN WORDS
12:40 – 1:40PM
Nicola Campbell, A Day with Yayah (Tradewind Books)
Robert Budd, One Eagle Soaring (Harbour Pubishing)
Tiffany Stone, Tallulah Plays the Tuba (Annick Press)
Chelsea O’Byrne, Hello, Crow! (Greystone Books)
MOVING ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND
1:45 – 2:45PM
Grade School 1-3:
Kallie George, Anne’s Kindred Spirit (Penguin Random House)
Rachel Poliquin, Moles (Superpower Field Guide) (HMH Books for Young Readers)
Norma Charles, Tree Musketeers (Ronsdale Press)
BETWEEN WORLDS
2:50 – 3:50PM
Middle Grade 4-7:
Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Mya’s Strategy to Save the World (Penguin Random House)
Lee Edward Fodi, The Secret of Zoone (HarperCollins)
Mahtab Narsimhan, Embrace the Chicken (Orca Books)
TAKING CHANCES
4:00 – 5:00PM
Young Adult:
Faith Erin Hicks, Pumpkinheads (Raincoast Books)
Kit Pearson, Be My Love (HarperCollins)
Nhung N. Tran Davies, A Grain of Rice (Tradewind Books)
WORD VANCOUVER 2019 | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 TO SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2019.
Time
(Sunday) 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
Library Square
