Widely recognized as Canada’s premier festival dedicated to Asian Canadian literature, LiterASIAN 2026 spotlighted a new generation of writers. The lineup featured Jinwoo Park (Oxford Soju Club), Evelyn Lau (Parade of Storms), Yasuko Thanh (To the Bridge), Larry Grant and Scott Steedman (Reconciling), Kagan Goh (Surviving Samsara), Steffi Tad-y (Notes from the Ward), Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho (The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street), and Keiko Honda (Hidden Flowers).
Additional speakers included Jessica Gin-Jade Chan (former Ricepaper Editor-in-Chief), Bonnie Quan Symons (poet and chapbook author), and Taslim Jaffer (editor, writer, and professor at the University of King’s College MFA program).
Festival programming included feature readings, panel discussions, and workshops which took place in Vancouver's Chinatown, including the Chinatown Storytelling Centre, the Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, and The Union.