Join us for a night of captivating Queer Literary Readings at the Victoria Conference Centre on Thursday, July 3, 2025 from 7:30 - 10:30 PM with doors opening at 6:30 PM.
We are thrilled to welcome many great writers and speakers who will be presenting their work for our community audience.
There will be ASL Interpreters at the event!
Online sales are now closed, and there will be limited tickets available at the door.
Ivan Coyote is a writer and storyteller, the author of thirteen books, the creator of four films, three albums, and an international touring performer. In 2017 Ivan was given an honorary PHD from Simon Fraser University. Ivan's 13th book, Care Of, was released in June 2021 by McClelland and Stewart.
Tonya Boteju lives on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations (Vancouver, BC). Part-time, she teaches English to clever and sassy young people. The rest of her time, she uses writing as an excuse to eat pastries. Her debut novel, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens, was named a Top Ten Indie Next Pick by the American Booksellers Association. Her second book, Bruised, was selected as a Gold Standard book by the Junior Library Guild. Tanya’s latest YA novel, Messy Perfect, combines issues of faith, sexuality, and friendship, and her first middle grade nonfiction book, Allyship as Action, arrives in August 2025. Look for her first adult romcom in 2026! In both her teaching and writing, Tanya hopes she’s bending the universe even the tiniest bit toward justice.
The Victoria Pride Society acknowledges that it organizes and works on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen Peoples and that the land’s relationships with the Songhees, Esquimalt, and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples have existed since time immemorial. Further to this acknowledgement, the Victoria Pride Society affirms that colonialism and the attitudes and practices that have accompanied it contribute to systemic discrimination and violence against Indigenous Peoples and all marginalized and equity-deserving people. Read more.
