Vancouver Transcultural Literary Association

Mandate of the organization

Vancouver Transcultural Literary Association (VTLA) is responsible for planning, as well as taking part in the advancement, conservation and improvement of Canadian and transcultural literature in Vancouver. The organization supports Vancouver local and international professional literary artists, and collaborates with a number of arts organizations in Vancouver involved in creating and promoting a multicultural literature environment. It fulfills its role through the following areas of activity:

1. Mapping out the long-term transcultural literary planning direction as well as the development and promotion of Canadian literature.

2. Managing, maintaining and preserving the core of Canadian literature.

3. Discovering, combining and reinventing of the transcultural literature while using and maintaining the core of Canadian literature.

Brief History, Principal Events & Main Accomplishments

The Vancouver Transcultural Literary Association (VTLA) is a Canadian non-profit

By fostering a multicultural literature environment, the organization attempts to provide a new platform for literary artists to learn from exchange of multicultural literature, share their potentials and values, get in touch with other likeminded, get news and inspirations from a multicultural literature community, and so on. Within a multicultural literary environment, artists have the opportunity to gain broader knowledge and understanding of culture, writing, history, contemporary life, and literature that come from a variety of places with distinct social and cultural backgrounds. The organization’s ultimate artistic objective is to encourage and improve the promotion of Canadian literature and literary artists through exchange of culture and knowledge with other