Put on by the Whistler Writing Society, the festival brings together the very best Canadian and international authors for a weekend packed with readings, workshops, speaker panels, spoken word events, music and more.
Notable guest authors include Peter Carey, Eden Robinson, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Lisa Moore, Lorna Crozier, Doug Saunders, Frances Itani, Lee Maracle, Jane Urquhart, Emma Donoghue, Madeleine Thien, Lawrence Hill, Grant Lawrence, Joseph Boyden, Michael Winter, Alistair MacLeod, Zsuzsi Gartner, Ivan E. Coyote, Charles Demers, Paulette Bourgeois, Patrick deWitt, Wayne Johnston, Susan Juby, Vincent Lam, Annabel Lyon, Fred Stenson, Miriam Toews and more.
Featured authors are Cherie Dimaline, Andrew Pyper, Lorna Crozier, Michael Crummey, Deborah Ellis, Eve Joseph, Richard Van Camp, Jim Brown, Omar El Akkad, Emma Donoghue, Maude Barlow, Shilpi Somaya Gowda, Harold R. Johnson and more.
Past author participants include Paulette Bourgeois, Candas Jane Dorsey, Merilyn Simonds, Wayne Grady, Brian Brett, Sarah Selecky, Fred Stenson, Ania Szado, Genni Gunn, Michael Winter, Susan Juby, Caroline Adderson, Claudia Casper, Cornelia Hoogland and Cody Caetano.
Guest authors have included Richard Wagamese, Joseph Boyden, Katherena Vermette, Sue Oakey-Baker, Sara Leach, Patti LaBoucane-Benson, Kelly Mellings, Eric Walker, Stella Harvey, Katherine Fawcett, Richard Van Camp, Lisa Moore, Kenneth Oppel, Drew Hayden Taylor, Cary Fagan, Sara Leach, Susin Nielsen, Eden Robinson, Penny Draper, Darren Groth, Simon Groth, Deborah Ellis, Kit Pearson, Richard Van Camp and Cherie Dimaline.