Filipino Canadian Book Festival

Taking place August 14–17, 2026 at the Museum of Vancouver and VS Creative Labs, the festival will bring together close to 30 authors across panels, workshops, a marketplace, and community programming. Presented in partnership with Iron Dog Books, this year’s festival will feature acclaimed writer and public historian Adrian De Leon as keynote speaker. This year’s theme, “Writing Our Diaspora: Literature Across Generations,” invites audiences to consider diaspora as something living, expansive, and ever-changing — shaped across generations, geographies, languages, and communities. While rooted in Filipino/a/x stories, the festival continues to grow as an intercultural space where communities can gather around interconnected experiences of immigration, intergenerational memory and trauma, and the importance of finding community in IBPOC-prioritized spaces. Alongside in-person panels, workshops, and marketplace programming, the 2026 festival will also include virtual panels and a children’s storytelling event in December, extending the festival’s commitment to accessibility, intergenerational connection, and community-building beyond the main festival weekend. Further venue and programming details will be announced online through the Museum of Vancouver’s website and social media. Audiences are encouraged to stay tuned on the Filipino-Canadian Book Festival’s website and social media for author announcements, schedule details, and additional community programming. The Filipino-Canadian Book Festival gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, whose funding has made the return of the festival possible and helped bring this celebration of literature, storytelling, and community to life. For updates, follow the Filipino-Canadian Book Festival online at @filcanbookfest and http://www.filcanbookfest.com