Free B Fest

In celebration of Victoria Film Festival's Free B Fest - books, movies, and other treats to add to your experience in the park.


Updated August 8, 2025
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The book of Joe : about a dog and his man
Price, Vincent
Paper Book
In the tradition of Anna Quindlen's Good Dog. Stay., the iconic star of the Dr. Phibes films shares the heartwarming tale of his mischievous mutt. Actor Vincent Price won acclaim for his performances as a menacing villain in dozens of macabre horror films, such as...
Collected stories
Dahl, Roald
Paper Book
Includes the stories "Poison" and "The Ratcatcher," now short films from Wes Anderson on Netflix The only hardcover edition of Roald Dahl's stories for adults, the Collected Stories amply showcases his singular gifts as a fabulist and a born storyteller. * "An ingenious...
Elvira Meets Vincent Price
Avallone, David
Ebook
"David Avallone has expertly captured the cadence and intonation of the real life characters he inserts into his stories to the degree that one cannot help but hear the inimitable inflections of Vincent Price with every word balloon the character utters." - Critical Blast "The art is great, the...
Elvis and the Colonel : an insider's look at the most legendary partnership in show business
McDonald, Greg
Paper Book
A fresh biography of legendary entertainment manager Colonel Tom Parker, with a contrarian and corrective point of view. Colonel Tom Parker, often reviled in his time, led the strategy from the earliest days of Elvis's career. Together, they built the most legendary...
Love from Boy : Roald Dahl's letters to his mother
Dahl, Roald
Ebook
From the author of The BFG, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and many more beloved classics--a whimsical, witty, and revealing collection of the legendary children's author and writer Roald Dahl's letters written to his...
Matilda
Dahl, Roald.
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! Adapted into a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical and a Netflix film! Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects...
Monster, she wrote : the women who pioneered horror & speculative fiction
Kröger, Lisa
Paper Book
Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature's strangest tales,from Frankenstein to The Haunting of Hill House and beyond. Frankenstein was just the beginning- horror stories and other weird fiction wouldn't exist without...
Teller of the unexpected : the life of Roald Dahl : an unofficial biography
Dennison, Matthew
Ebook
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice From one of our finest literary biographers comes a brilliant biography of Roald Dahl: the much-loved author and creator of countless iconic literary characters. Roald Dahl was one of the world's greatest...

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