Books: Meet the People - Vancouver International Writers Festival - Hal Wake

Transcript and Descriptive Text: 00:00-00:19 - Close-up on Hal Wake, who is giving an interview to someone off screen. He is seated in front of a bookcase full of books. ""Writing is a solitary activity. People sit in a room somewhere for four years, living inside their heads, creating worlds. The books go out. Reading is a solitary activity. People sit and read by themselves. What we do is create a place where readers and writers can come together"" 00:19-00:21 - Exterior shot of yellow banners announcing the Vancouver International Writers Festival. In the background, lovely trees with autumn leaves. ""and talk about the ideas that are"" 00:21-00:24 - Shot of a discussion table. Two women and a man are discussing. They have microphones. The man is speaking. ""in books. Because, when you come right down to it,"" 00:24-00:26 - Back to Hal Wake seated in front of a bookcase full of books. Fade out. ""that's what books are about, they're about ideas."" 00:26-00:31 - Back to Hal Wake seated in front of a bookcase full of books. ""A book or an e-book is simply how that's delivered. The notion of"" 00:31-00:34 - Shot of a stage where musicians and a singer/storyteller are performing. ""telling stories, that we need to tell each other"" 00:34-00:45 - Back to Hal Wake seated in front of a bookcase full of books. ""stories, that that's the way we find out about other people, there's no other art form where you get inside somebody else's mind the way you do through, I'll say"" 00:45-00:49 - Shot of a white table holding books by Sarah Waters. Then the camera pans over shelves full of books. ""a book, but through stories and texts."" 00:49-01:10 - Back to Hal Wake seated in front of a bookcase full of books. On the screen we can read: Hal Wake, Artistic Director of the Vancouver Writers Festival. Fade out. ""So, you know, in the end I'm not sure it matters how that's delivered, whether it's delivered over the Internet or through... Books will always be around, books are not going to disappear. But, there will be other ways for people to get that information. But, I don't think we'll ever stop telling stories.""