Episodes

FOWA 2025 Review 24.08.2025 53:07

Sean Eckford from the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts board of directors presents highlights from the 2025 festival. 4 days, 21 events and more than two dozen authors, performers and speakers in just under an hour!

Festival 2024 Wrap-Up 18.08.2024 58:12

Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts board member Sean Eckford looks back on some highlights from the 2024 festival. For news, updates, tikcet and lineup information visit www.writersfestival.ca

Festival 2024 Preview 28.07.2024 32:27

Festival board member Sean Eckford and Artistic and Executive Director Marisa Alps look ahead to the 2024 Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, August 15 -18. www.writersfestival.ca

Festival 2023 Day Three 20.08.2023 27:58

Festival board member Sean Eckford presents highlights of day three of the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts.

Festival 2023 Day Two 19.08.2023 15:46

Festival Board member Sean Eckford presents highlights of day two of the 2023 Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts

Festival 2023 Day One 19.08.2023 21:48

Festival board member Sean Eckford presents highlights of day one of the 2023 Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. Here's the link to the Globe and Mail opinion piece by John Vaillant https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-a-wait-and-see-approach-wont-cut-it-for-todays-intense-wildfires/

Festival 2023 Preview 24.06.2023 21:58

Festival board member Sean Eckford and Artistic and Executive Director Marisa Alps preview the 2023 Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. For more information visit www.writersfestival.ca

Festival 2022 Day Three 15.08.2022 25:08

Festival board member Sean Eckford presents highlights from the final day of the 2022 Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts

Festival 2022 Day Two 14.08.2022 21:00

Festival board member Sean Eckford reviews Day Two of the 2022 festival. Link: Here's the Globe and Mail story mentioned in our interview with Marsha Lederman https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-salman-rushdie-attack-new-york/

Festival 2022 Day One 13.08.2022 18:13

Festival board member Sean Eckford presents highlights from the first day of the 2022 Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts

40th Anniversary Special Part 2 19.07.2022 26:39

The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts is marking 40 years of bringing Canadian readers and writers together, so instead of the Festival preview podcast we usually release this time of year we're taking you on an audio tour of our history. Part 2 tells the story of Jane Davidson's 15 years with the Festival, the Legacy of Literacy, the impact of the pandemic and the appointment of our new...

40th Anniversary Special Part 1 19.07.2022 18:57

The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts is celebrating its 40th anniversary, so instead of the usual Festival preview episode of our podcast we're taking you on an audio tour of our history. Part 1 tells the story of the Festival's birth and its near death through the voices of our Founding Mothers and past president Wendy Hunt. Visit www.writersfestival.ca for information on this year's p...

2021 Festival Preview 01.07.2021 33:18

SCFWA artistic and executive director Jane Davidson and board president John Lussier join Sean Eckford for a preview of the 2021 Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, which opens July 4.

FOWA 2020: The Anthology Project 14.08.2020 20:03

FOWA board member Sean Eckford and artistic and executive director Jane Davidson mark what would have been the opening of Festival 2020 with a conversation about the anthology project we've just embarked on that will see some of our 2020 writers reflect on this very unusual year. Visit the festival website at www.writersfestival.ca, follow us on Twitter at @SCFWA and look for us on Facebook

FOWA 2020 Preview: A look at what we're doing this year despite the pandemic 13.06.2020 28:22

In the first Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts podcast of 2020, Sean Eckford sits down (remotely) with festival board president John Lussier and artistic and executive director Jane Davidson to talk about the decision to cancel the 2020 event and all the things the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts is working on, despite the disruption caused by the pandemic. Visit the festival...

FOWA Podcast Sunday August 18 19.08.2019 35:21

FOWA board member Sean Eckford looks back on the final day of the 2019 Festival of the Written Arts

FOWA Podcast Saturday August 17 18.08.2019 27:05

Board member Sean Eckford looks back on Day Two of the 2019 Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts

FOWA Podcast Friday August 16 16.08.2019 21:36

SCFWA board member Sean Eckford looks back at Day One of the 2019 Festival of the Written Arts

FOWA 2019 Preview 20.07.2019 18:40

Festival director Sean Eckford and producer Jane Davidson chat about the upcoming 2019 Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. Visit www.writersfestival.ca for all the information on authors, the venue and ticket sales.

FOWA Podcast Sun August 19 20.08.2018 19:58

Writers Festival director Sean Eckford looks back at the final day of the 2018 FOWA

FOWA Podcast Sat August 18 19.08.2018 24:53

Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts director Sean Eckford looks back on day two of the 2018 festival

FOWA Podcast Fri August 17 18.08.2018 15:28

Festival director Sean Eckford looks back on the first full day of the 2018 Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts

FOWA 2018 Preview 22.07.2018 22:03

Festival board member Sean Eckford sits down with Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts producer Jane Davidson for a look ahead to the 2018 festival, which opens August 16

FOWA Podcast Sunday Aug 20 21.08.2017 18:12

Festival of the Written Arts board member, and podcast producer, Sean Eckford presents highlights and interviews from day 3 of the 2017 festival.

FOWA Podcast Saturday Aug 19 20.08.2017 18:57

Festival of the Written Arts board member, and podcast producer, Sean Eckford looks back at a few highlights from day 2 of the 2017 FOWA