A champion for writers and the written word, Lee helped launch the first Vancouver International Writers Festival in 1988 and ...

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 4, 1940, to a bagpipe maker and a barmaid, Lee’s love of books began at five years old, ...

Lee, 84, was born and raised in Edinburgh, but had an eternal impact on her adopted city, Vancouver, and the country. In addition to the city’s book festival, she was also the founding executive ...

After serving as the first head of the Writers’ Union of Canada, she knew the country’s major authors and rising stars, so ...

A passionate reader and champion of Canadian literature, Lee went on to build literary organizations in Canada from the ...

Whisky and Words: April 26 @ Performance Works This Vancouver Writers Fest fundraiser gives you unlimited tastings from distilleries both local and abroad (Japanese whisky, anyone?). Back for its ...

It would surprise nobody who knew Vancouver literary matriarch Alma Lee that her last words were a firm, “I’m Scottish”. The declaration, shared by her son Allan Lee, was true to her character, ...

Alma Lee, the founder of the Vancouver Writers Fest, has died at the age of 84, according to family and friends. A champion for writers and the written word, Lee helped launch the first Vancouver ...