Now a staple of the Vancouver Writers Festival, this interactive, unpredictable workshop offers writing tips, tricks, and cues from five members of UBC School of Creative Writing’s illustrious department: Whitney French, Frances Koncan, Mandy Len Catron, Jen Moss and Alix Ohlin. Participants will learn key writing skills in five minutes or less through nimble, electrifying […]

Haunted Harvest Festival Celebrate Halloween and the late harvest season at UBC Farm’s Haunted Harvest Fest! Enjoy activities like a jack-o-lantern carving contest, apple and roasted squash tastings, Rabbitats bunny petting zoo, Golden Rescue golden retrievers, and a spooky forest tour. Explore local vendors, enjoy live music, and grab a bite from the food trucks. For […]

Celebrate multilingualism this Halloween season at UBC’s inaugural Multilingual Horror Film Festival! Join us at VIFF Centre (1181 Seymour St.) for one of this year’s featured screenings, Vampyr (1932). This atmospheric horror film follows a young man who becomes entangled in a village’s eerie struggle against supernatural forces, blending dreamlike visuals with a haunting exploration […]