Field Reports: Four Writers Share Their Works in Progress

How do writers decide where to commit their attention and time? Are they dazzled, lured, ensnared by a subject, or is the drive from within -- a need to plumb, resolve, re-make. And how do they choose the approach – poetry, fiction, essay, hybrid – or does the form choose them? For this event, multi-genre writers and last year’s Victoria Book Prize finalists Katłıà Lafferty, Maleea Acker, Mary Bomford, and Pauline Holdstock check in from the field. They will read from their works in progress and discuss why these works, now; the discoveries and the muck; and how the work is changing how they write and how they experience the world.

Moderated by Sarah Cassidy

IMPORTANT DETAILS:

1.) Doors open at 7:00. Seating is not assigned.

2 .) For accessibility information please refer to the "accessibility" tab at victoriafestivalofauthors.ca.

3 .) There is no general parking at the theatre. Free parking is available on side streets (Moss Street, Linden Avenue, and Fort Street), as well as the Central Middle School parking lot on Fort Street. Please abide by parking signs; do not park where it is posted Residential Only, as you may be ticketed. Please give yourself plenty of time to find parking before your event.

4.) If you select to stream this event from home, the livestream link will be emailed the day before the event.

5.) Captioning is available for the livestream option. For the in-person option it is available through a link on your personal phone/ tablet device. Contact VFA by October 3 for ASL interpretation.

6.) If you are unwell, please stay home and enjoy the livestream.

Host or Publisher Victoria Festival of Authors