Leanna Hutchins has joined Whistler Reads as the organization's new program administrator. Most workshops and events will take place at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler. 14 at Festival passes to all (reader and writer) events are $440, while passes to all reader-only events are $198. The festival guide will be released and tickets go on sale on Aug. The popular day-long publishing workshop will also return. There will be events specifically for book clubs, as well as workshops for aspiring, emerging and experienced authors, such as workshops on writing for young readers and writing memoir.

All of them have contributed, through their risks, to the canon of Canadian literature, as artists, commentators and creators.' 'We have multiple award-winners, acclaimed international journalists, leading Indigenous writers, Order of Canada recipients, bestsellers, and renowned poets, among others. 'The writers we have secured for this year's festival have all taken incredible risk in their writing, whether by challenging the status quo or illuminating difficult subjects,' said Stella Harvey, artistic director of the Whistler Writers Festival. The theme for the festival is 'risk-taking,' with participants reflecting on immigration, love, hate and many other risky topics. The festival opens with the sketch and performance competition Comedy Quickies at the Maury Young Arts Centre on Wednesday, Oct. Other confirmed authors include this year's writer-in-residence for Whistler, Caroline Adderson, plus Monia Mazigh, Briony Penn, Shari Ulrich, Miji Campbell, Barbara Gowdy, Helen Humphreys, Drew Hayden Taylor, and Michael Harris. Terry Fallis, two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for his books The Best Laid Plans (2008) and No Relation (2014) is also attending.

The Globe and Mail's international-affairs columnist Doug Saunders, whose book Maximum Canada: Why 35 Million Canadians Are Not Enough was published in 2017, headlines, along with Frances Itani, author of Deafening (2003), and Sto:Lo First Nation poet and author Lee Maracle, whose book My Conversation With Canadians will be released this fall. In all, 60 authors and publishers have confirmed for the festival, which runs from Oct. A host of award-winning writing talent is coming to Whistler for the 17th annual Whistler Writers Festival.

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