Many people attend Word Vancouver looking to find a community to enrich their writing and reading lives.

In this panel, the people behind three literary organizations built around fostering community talk about the importance of other people in the creative process and offer insights they’ve gathered over decades in the industry to help you find, build, and sustain a literary community of your own.

Location: Sunroom, UBC Robson Square

Sponsored by: The Federation of BC Writers · SFU Writers Studio

Moderator: Christina Myers

Readers: Bryan Mortensen, The Federation of BC Writers | Laura Farina, SFU Writers Studio | Bonnie Nish, Word Vancouver

Laura Fairna

Laura Farina is the author of two books of poetry and a picture book. A new book of poems is forthcoming from Coach House Books. She's the the recipient of the Archibald Lampman Prize and has appeared on the longlist for both the ReLit Award and the CBC Poetry Prize. She's also the program manager for The Writer's Studio, SFU's year-long creative writing mentorship program.