SCHEDULES
AND REGISTRATION
If you are interesting in exhibiting at the Pacific Festival of the Book, you
can register by downloading the Registration Flyer: here
Or you can book a table here
SCHEDULE (Specifics subject to change)
Note the change in schedule of
Downbeat back to Friday evening,
May 15!
Sorry for any confusion. A potential scheduling conflict at the location of
the event has been cleared up.
You can find a PDF version of this schedule here.
Monday, May 4
Emerging Voices: Youth Writing
Victoria Community Arts Council Gallery
G6 1001 Douglas Street (at Broughton)
7:00 pm
The Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria and the Pacific Festival of the
Book present a reading of young writers from schools in the Victoria region.
Wednesday, May 6
Poetry and Nature
Esquimalt Recreation Centre
527 Fraser Street, Esquimalt
7:00 pm
Open to the public
Join prize-winning Canadian poet Maleea Acker for an evening of poetry and discussion
at the May meeting of the Victoria Writers’ Society.
Friday, May 8
Open Book
Victoria Public Library, Main Branch
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm.
Free!
Noon hour reading hosted by Linda Rogers with M.A.C Farrant, Pauline Holdstock,
Harold Rhenisch, student Victoria poets and Ontario poet and songwriting sensation
Robert Priest.
Saturday, May 9
Festival Extravaganza and Literary Marketplace
St. John Hall, Church of St John the Divine, 1611 Quadra Street, enter on Balmoral
Road
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
$5.00 at the door.
A Workshop with Ken Steacy and friends on the Present and Future of the Graphic
Novel, The Writing of the Beats, an Open Mic, Words for the Young at Heart with
Robert Priest, an Editing Workshop and much much more. Check here
for a list of Festival exhibitors.
lower hall
10:00 - 1:00 The Graphic Novel: Past, Present and Future with Ken Steacy and
friends
1:00 - 2:00 The Writer/editor Relationship with Mavis Andrews
2:00 - 4:00 The Graphic Novel continued
rectory lounge
10:00 - 11:00 Words amd songs for the young at heart with Robert Priest
11:00 - 12:30 Panel on the Writer and Responsibility
1:00 - 2:30 Panel on the Writing of the Beats
2:30 - 3:00 The Picture Book: Author, Editor and Illustrator
3:00 - 4:00 Featured readers: Stephen Scobie, Gary Geddes, Stephen Henighan,
Rhonda Batchelor
main hall
10:00 - 11:00 Open Mic
11:00 - 12:00 Featured Readers: Yvonne Blomer, Jordan Zinovich, Hans Plomp
12:00 - 1:00 Dynamic Trio
1:00 - 2:00 Open Mic
2:00 - 3:00 Featured Readers: Janet Rogers, Rhona McAdam, Walter Hildebrandt
3:00 - 4:00 Open Mic
The Beat Thing: A Tribute to the Beats
Church of St John the Divine, 1611 Quadra Street
Saturday, May 9, 7:30pm-10pm
$5.00
Gala concert including performances by San Francisco beat poets Michael Rothenberg,
David Meltzer, with Jim Christy, Holland’s Hans Plomp, and Victoria’s
Speakeasy.
Sunday, May 10
Heartbeat: Words and Music for Mother's Day
Centennial Square
2pm-4pm
Free!
Poetry and music by poet Robert Priest, Victoria’s Slam Poets, Carol Ann
Sokoloff, Miles Lowry, and the band Light Sweet Crude playing songs based on
poetry. This is a Poet-Laureate-sponsored Mother’s Day concert and families
are welcome to enjoy free music, poetry and refreshments. Bring a chair or blanket.
Free gifts for mothers!
Paradise Now
Camas Bookstore, 2590 Quadra St
7pm
The Pacfic Festival of the Book presents the world premiere of a remastered
film by Marty Topp produced by Ira Cohen: Paradise Now.
Monday, May 11
The Last Anarchists
Victoria Community Arts Council Gallery
G6 1001 Douglas Street (at Broughton)
7:00 pm - 9:00pm
Authors Jim Christy discusses Jack Kerouac, Hans Plomp discusses activism in
Holland and both read from new works.
Tuesday, May 12
Four Voices: David Watmough, Miles Lowry, Mike Doyle and Brian Brett
Martin Batchelor Gallery
712 Cormorant Street
7pm
A reading featuring performances by novelist and poet David Watmough, artist/poet
Miles Lowry, Mike Doyle and Brian Brett.
Write, Publish and Market Your Book: An Overview
Intrepid Studio
1609 Blanshard Street
1pm-3pm
Free!
Publishers and authors Richard Olafson and Carol Ann Sokoloff take you on a
journey through the life of your book.
Wednesday, May 13
Editing Your Work
Intrepid Studio
1609 Blanshard Street
1pm-3pm
Free!
Playwright's Cabaret
Theatre Inconnu
Fernwood Little Hall
1923 Fernwood Rd , Victoria, BC
7:30pm
Admission by donation to Theatre Inconnu: $5.00 donation suggested
Performances by playwrights Ellen Arrand, Charles Tidler and puppeteer Tim Gosley.
All proceeds from this event go to supporting Theatre Inconnu.
Thursday, May 14
Self-Publishing: How to Make a Book
Intrepid Studio
1609 Blanshard Street
1pm-3pm
Free!
This workshop will provide you with the insight needed to maintain ownership
and control of your book; understand the digital printing process; determine
what areas are best left to a designer or a desktop publisher; what areas you
can handle yourself, and how to avoid extra costs and unnecessary delays along
the way.
Friday, May 15
Downbeat
Intrepid Studio
1609 Blanshard Street
7pm
Free!
Downbeat - the wrap, featuring music by Sweet Papa Lowdown and a hot lineup
of poets.
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Volunteer!
The Pacfic Festival of the Book needs volunteers. if you would like to participate
in a community celebration of writers and the book please e-mail Shayndelynne
Zeldin at pacificbookfestival
@gmail.com
Or come to our office in the Maynard Building at 733 Johnson Street, Suite
220, Victoria, BC.
There is more information on the volunteers
page.