Internationally acclaimed novelists, poets, essayists, historians and philosophers take to the stage October 12 and 13 for the inaugural Victoria Writers Festival. Get your tickets and passes to readings, panel discussions, book signings, a poetry slam, the Carol Shields Lecture, and the first Pacific Comics Art Festival. Surprising, enlightening, lively, and fun.

For more information, see www.victoriawritersfestival.com

Camosun College, Victoria, BC

October 12-13, 2012

Tix-Readings and Panels $10 (students $8), Festival Passes $30, Workshops $20