Books & Ideas Audio

Exhilarating conversations and ideas from the world’s greatest storytellers and luminaries. From the esteemed vaults of the Vancouver Writers Fest, located in beautiful British Columbia.

Books & Ideas Audio is a arts podcast hosted by Vancouver Writers Fest, with 60 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Carley Fortune: Our Perfect Storm

  Aug 13, 202637 min

  For years, #1 New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune was told that international readers weren’t interested in books with rural, authentic Canadian settings. And ever since she published her first novel in 2022, her meteoric success has told a different story. The Ontarian author joined the Vancouver Writers Fest with her latest book, Our Perfect Storm (set in Tofino!), in conversation with her best friend, Meredith Marino .

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  Indigenous Voices: A Steady Brightness of Being

  Jun 19, 20261h 11m

  Stephanie Sinclair , co-editor of A Steady Brightness of Being and publisher of McClelland & Stewart, hosts a panel conversation with award-winning contributors to the book from across Turtle Island: David A. Robertson , Kyle Edwards and Niigaan Sinclair . This first-of-its-kind anthology is a groundbreaking collection of letters from Indigenous writers, activists, and thinkers—to their ancestors, to future generations, and to themselves. Recorded at the Vancouver Writers Fest on October 24, 2025, and presented in partnership with Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week, Talking Stick Festival, and Full Circle: First Nations Performance.

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  George Saunders in Conversation

  May 2, 20261h 12m

  Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo , and one of Time ’s one hundred most influential people in the world, George Saunders writes books that are both irreverent and momentous—and utterly unique. He joined us to discuss his latest bestselling novel, Vigil, with acclaimed author Alix Ohlin. Both authors are also revered writing instructors—Saunders at Syracuse University, and Ohlin at the University of British Columbia—and this conversation is filled with essential insights for writers and readers.

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  Arundhati Roy in Conversation with Naomi Klein

  Mar 10, 20261h 16mS0

  <p>Arundhati Roy’s first novel, The God of Small Things, won the Booker Prize and made her an international household name. She has gone on to publish multiple acclaimed books—including The Ministry of Utmost Happiness—and to challenge injustices around the world as a prominent political and environmental activist. She joined us with her debut memoir, in conversation with award-winning author Naomi Klein. One of the best reviewed books of the year, Mother Mary Comes to Me is a soaring account of how Roy became the person and the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above all by her c...

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  Dionne Brand in Conversation with Kimberly Bain

  Feb 2, 20261h 3mS0

  <p>Dionne Brand’s first major book of nonfiction in more than 20 years—Salvage: Readings from the Wreck—offers a bracing look at the intersections of reading and life, and of what remains in the wreck of empire. In conversation with Kimberly Bain, she shares how she learned to read the literature of two empires, British and American, in an anti-colonial light—in order to survive and in order to live. This conversation was recorded on October 23, 2024, and presented in partnership with Hogan's Alley Society. </p>

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