VPSN celebrates 10 years! Project Profile #4: Active Fiction

This month, the VPSN is celebrating its 10th birthday! For a decade, our network of volunteers have been championing the importance of public space with advocacy, education and outreach, to make Vancouver a better city to live in. Celebrate with us on May 28th in one of our favourite public spaces, Robson Square, where we’ll be showcasing a sampling of 10 projects that we’ve done over the last 10 years.

Active Fiction

Topic: A mashup of public space, art, literary fiction & walking tours
When: 2014, 2015, 2016

What? Have you ever wanted to take a walk through a novel? In Vancouver you can! The Active Fiction Project creates short, fictional, stories set in a local neighbourhood that feature you, the reader, as the protagonist. The self-guided stories are ‘hidden’ in public spaces for readers to discover by walking, or biking, through the same neighbourhood in which the story unfolds.

Did you know? The Active Fiction Project made its debut as a Jane’s Walk in 2014.