The Vancouver Writers Festival is on: October 21 – 27. Among the many writers featured are two award-winning authors and faculty from UBC English Language and Literatures: Dallas Hunt, Assistant Professor of Indigenous Literature and Daniel Heath Justice, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Literature and Expressive Culture.
In the festival event “Voices for Change,” Daniel Heath Justice will be among the presenters discussing the role literature plays in Indigenous justice and resurgence, and how to write powerfully for change.
Dallas Hunt will be among the writers featured in “Best Canada Poetry,” an event that will give a snapshot of contemporary Canadian poetry.