KEYNOTE: BLURRING GENRES with Helen Humphreys

FLASH FICTION with Katie Bickell

TELLING THE TRUTH: CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CREATIVE NON-FICTION (SUMMIT EDITION)

WRITING HI-LO BOOKS FOR EDUCATION with Gail Anderson-Dargatz

FIRST PAGES with Editors BC

WRITING PRACTICES with Yasuko Thanh

WRITING NATURE with Helen Humphreys

IN/VERSE POETRY with Susan Alexander: Poet Laureates Edition

FIRESIDE CHAT with Darrel McLeod

WRITING YOUR BIO  with Ariel Hudnall

MAKING A LIVING AS A WRITER with Doretta Lau

EXPLORING GRAPHIC POETRY with Chantal Gibson

META-MISSION MEMOIR with JJ Lee

CULTURE WRITING FOR ONLINE PUBLICATIONS with Niko Stratis

QUERY LETTER SLUSHPILE with the Darling Axe

BOOKSTORES PANEL

FIRESIDE CHAT with Helen Humphreys & Megan Cole

PUBLISHERS PANEL 

WRITING SPRINT SERENADE with Andrew Sims

2022 BC WRITERS GALA featuring JJ Lee and the winners of the 2021 Literary Contests

FriesenPress is the only 100% employee-owned publishing service provider. Their mission is to embrace each book as their own and empower their authors to share their best stories with the world. From editing and book design to production, distribution, and promotion support, FriesenPress is the clear path to better books. Their unique process combines the professionalism and care of traditional publishing with the creative agility (and high author royalties) of DIY self-publishing. The result is a professionally bound and published book that’s 100% owned by the author.

HarperCollins Publishers is one of the world's leading English-language publishers with strengths in literary and commercial fiction, business books, children's books, cookbooks, narrative nonfiction, mystery, romance, reference, pop culture, design, health, wellness, and religious and spiritual books. HarperCollinsCanada is the proud home of many bestselling and award-winning authors, including upcoming BC Writers’ Summit keynote speaker Helen Humphreys.

Greystone Books is a trade book publisher that focuses on high-quality non-fiction books that appeal to regional, national, and international readers. The company is a leading publisher of books about nature and the environment, travel and adventure, sports, social issues, science, and health, as well as books that are exceptional literary expressions of personal passions.

Launched in 2015 by the Association of Book Publishers of BC, Read Local BC is a project that celebrates the vibrant community of authors, publishers, bookstores, and libraries that make up our province’s literary landscape. The vision: to highlight the diversity and accomplishments of BC publishers and to encourage reading, sharing, and buying of BC books year-round.

Located on Granville Island, one of Vancouver’s cultural hubs, Upstart & Crow are a vibrant intersection for curious readers and creative storytellers alike. Upstart & Crow are international in their outlook, and local in their sensibilities. They create opportunities to surface new talent and champion bold ideas through events, workshops, literary launches, unique partnerships — and yes, they also sell books! And gifts, and art.