{"id":166085,"date":"2026-08-13T02:53:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/166085\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T02:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:53:35","slug":"word-vancouver-is-bcs-largest-free-literary-festival-vancouver-blog-miss604","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/166085\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Vancouver is BC&#8217;s Largest Free Literary Festival \u00bb Vancouver Blog Miss604"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BC\u2019s largest free literary festival, Word Vancouver, takes over UBC Robson Square, and beyond, this September for a full lineup of free programming.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Word-Vancouver-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Word Vancouver Logo\" class=\"wp-image-214993\" style=\"width:382px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Word Vancouver is BC\u2019s Largest Free Literary Festival<\/p>\n<p>Dates: September 10-26, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Festival Day Saturday September 19, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Location: UBC Robson Square, Vancouver Public Library Central Branch, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordvancouver.ca\/offsite-events-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">various offsite events<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Admission: Free!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival\u2019s opening gala is on Thursday, September 10th hosted by Guest Indigenous Curator, Frances Koncan, and Guest 2SLGBTQIA+ Curator, Nicola Harwood. It will bring together literary and performance voices from across disciplines, celebrating the power of stories, creativity, and community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then don\u2019t miss new panelists and beloved favourites, workshops, readings, and an onsite literary and art fair at UBC Robson Square on Festival Day, September 19th.\u00a0Check out the Poetry Tent, Children\u2019s Tent, and a variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordvancouver.ca\/festival-events-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">free programming<\/a> throughout the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With no admission charge, Word Vancouver allows Vancouverites, BC literary lovers, and tourists to participate, connect, and find inspiration for their own creative endeavors while continuing to grow the BC literary community. Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wordvancouver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">on Instagram<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freecouver.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786589615_548_freecouver-banner-July.png\" alt=\"freecouver banner July\" class=\"wp-image-214532\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#fbfeff\">Find <a href=\"https:\/\/miss604.com\/tag\/vancouver-events\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more local events here \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BC\u2019s largest free literary festival, Word Vancouver, takes over UBC Robson Square, and beyond, this September for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[238,17,3880,414,226,3879,95],"class_list":["post-166085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-bc","tag-canada","tag-contest","tag-events","tag-lifestyle","tag-theatre","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}