Free Verse seeks to bring the voices of incarcerated writers to the Vancouver community through a public presentation of their writing in an effort to expand the literary community, build empathy, and leverage the power of storytelling to instigate change.

This is a non-competitive group writing, sharing, feedback session where novice to established writers who are interested in spoken word poetry are invited to come share some space.

With a deep vulnerability, Jinwoo Park, Grace Kwan, and Eddy Boudel Tan offer work that defies genre and expectation.

Experience a moving celebration of truth, imperfection, and emotional bravery as Tanya Boteju and Léa Taranto read their bold, boundary-pushing YA fiction. Boteju chronicles queer self-discovery in a Catholic high school with humour and heart.