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Chantel Acevedo: Spotlight on Cuba
Author Chantel Acevedo discusses Cages and its story of Cuba, exile, identity and reconciliation with Maria Reva.
- Date and time
- Location
- The NEST · 1398 Cartwright Street · Vancouver · V6H 3R8
- Organizer
- Vancouver Writers Fest
About this event
Award-winning author Chantel Acevedo, who was born in Miami to Cuban parents, will discuss Cages, described as her most personal and heartfelt book. The novel follows Felix across three decades: as a zookeeper in Cuba during the missile crisis, an exile in 1960s London, and a dying man in AIDS-era Miami.
The book explores longing, deception, survival and reconciliation, while portraying the life of a gay man in Fidel Castro’s Cuba, where homosexuality was labelled “counterrevolutionary.” Acevedo will be joined in conversation by Maria Reva.
Presented by Vancouver Writers Fest on Oct. 21, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are CAD 15–28 by ticket type; the event ends at 7 pm.
Standard admission is CAD 28. Youth under 25 pay CAD 15; seniors 65+ and members pay CAD 25.20. Age proof may be requested for youth and senior discounts. Avoid strongly scented products. Accessibility assistance: 778-658-0462. Ticket prices include GST and service fees. No exchanges or refunds except if the event is cancelled. Late entry is not guaranteed; missing the event because of lateness does not qualify for a refund. Babes in arms are not permitted at this regular, non-youth event.