“Say Wha?! is a great night out.” – VanCityBuzz 

“Regular shows would kill for these kinds of laughs.” – Georgia Straight 

Have you ever read a poorly written novel and thought to yourself, who publishes this crap? Or maybe you were in a thrift store and found a hilariously out of date self-help book. Perhaps you flipped through Tori Spelling’s/ Justin Bieber’s/ R. Kelly’s etc. autobiography and guffawed at her/his life story. Now imagine charming and comedic performers telling you all about these terrible tales. Well, that’s what Say Wha?! is all about.

Funny people sharing bad books.

The event producer and host, Sara Bynoe was inspired to create this night after she found a bad romance novel in a hostel in Bath, England which provided hours of entertainment for her friends. Since the show first launched in June 2010 Say Wha?! has featured at the Vancouver Comedy Festival, All Jane No Dick Comedy Festival (Portland), The Vancouver International Poetry Festival, and the Olio Festival.

Want to hear a sample? Check out the podcast. 

Next show | Tuesday, July 28 – 7:30 PM – 8:45 PM at Little Mountain Gallery – Racoon Room

At Say Wha?! Readings of Deliciously Rotten Writing funny people are given a challenge to find the worst book they can find and give a comedic book talk. We read it so you don’t have to!

Previous books covered at Say Wha?! include: Modelland by Tyra Banks, Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James, the Crabs series by Guy N. Smith, How to Pick Up Topless Dancers by Derek Evans, Bear by Marian Engel, and many self-published nonsense books.

Hosted by Sara Bynoe ( who many might know from running Teen Angst Night at the Fox Cabaret). Special readers to be confirmed.

Ticket link coming soon!

Videos shot and edited by Tom Weston.

Say Wha?! Readings of Deliciously Rotten Writing from Tom Weston on Vimeo.

Granville Mag:

As Vancouver continues to emerge as a leader in the present and future of writing on the world stage—via publications like Poetry is Dead and One Cool Word and events held by the Vancouver Book Club, the Robson Reading Series and the Vancouver International Writers Festival, to name a few, the Say Wha?! series offers an important and perfectly Canadian contribution to the scene: “Quit taking yourselves so seriously.”

If you can handle a little humour with your Hemingway, I suggest you check out the Say Wha?! series this month and every month after that.

Review by TJ Dawe:

“I like it when the definition of “theatre” gets stretched. That’s what Sara Bynoe’s doing…I gut laughed the whole evening. So did the rest of the audience. It was a full house. It always is.”

Highlights from the live show were podcast on iTunes, RSS or you can stream them online.

More Posts About Say Wha?! Because this space is getting too cluttered. HERE

Second Year anniversary show cupcakes by Arley McNeney

The amazing original poster was designed by Robin Greenwood