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SUMMARY:The Vancouver Writers Fest
DESCRIPTION:The Vancouver Writers Fest connects people to exceptional books\, ideas\, and dialogue through year-round programming that ignites a passion for words and the world around us. \nMeet 115+ authors joining us at this year’s flagship Festival\, from October 16-22!
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LOCATION:Granville Island (various)\, 202-1398 Cartwright Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6H 3R8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Surrey International Writers' Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Surrey International Writers’ Conference is the most comprehensive professional development conference of its kind in Canada. SiWC offers writers in all genres — from beginners to experts — the opportunity to hone their craft. \nSiWC will be a hybrid in person and online conference again in 2023. \nSiWC runs October 20-22\, 2023 (in person and virtual)\, with optional pre-conference master classes on October 18 (virtual) and October 19 (virtual and in person). \nThis Day We Write!
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/surrey-international-writers-conference/
LOCATION:Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel\, 15269 104th Avenue\, Surrey\, BC\, V3R 1N5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:A Stranger in the Citadel by Tobias Buckell with Guest Karen Lord
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, October 18th at 6pm\, join Massy Arts\, Massy Books and Tachyon Publications in celebrating Tobias Buckell’s A Stranger in the Citadel. Tobias will be joined by guest reader Karen Lord. \n“With A Stranger In The Citadel\, Tobias Buckell writes to the moment we live in\, with a clarity and urgency that only fable can provide. Read it.” —John Scalzi\, author of The Kaiju Preservation Society \nThis project has been made possible by the Government of Canada. Ce projet a été rendu possible grâce au gouvernement du Canada. \nVenue & Accessibility \nThe event will be hosted at the Massy Arts Gallery\, at 23 East Pender Street in Chinatown\, Vancouver. \nRegistration is free and required for entrance. \nThe gallery is wheelchair accessible and a gender-neutral washroom is on-site. Please refrain from wearing scents or heavy perfumes. \nFor more on accessibility including parking\, seating\, venue measurements and floor plan\, and how to request ASL interpretation please visit: massyarts.com/accessibility \nCovid Protocols: Masks keep our community safe and are mandatory (N95 masks are recommended as they offer the best protection). We ask if you are showing symptoms\, that you stay home. Thank you kindly. \nAbout the books: \nA Stranger in the Citadel (Tachyon Publications\, 2023) \nFrom powerful storyteller Tobias Buckell (Crystal Rain\, The Tangled Lands)\, a complex novel of humanity’s passion for the written word. At the revolutionary crossroads of magic\, betrayal\, and long-forgotten truths\, a naïve\, compassionate royal and a determined\, hunted librarian discover a dangerous world of mortal and ancient menaces. \nThe life of the youngest musketress of Ninetha has been one of hard training. But Lilith’s days have also contained many pleasures\, the royal privileges of her family’s guardianship of the Cornucopia\, a mystical source of limitless bounty. Lilith has never seen a book\, and she never expects to encounter one within the safety of the citadel. \nWhen Ishmael\, an outcast librarian\, shows up outside the Afriq Gate\, Lilith saves him from immediate execution by her father’s second-in-command\, the zealot Kira. As Lilith’s curiosity draws her to Ishmael\, she lets slip her family’s most dangerous secret to Kira\, sparking a deadly rebellion and an unexpected journey full of stunning revelations. \nThe Blue\, Beautiful World (Del Rey\, Penguin Random House\, 2023) \nAs first contact transforms Earth\, a team of gifted visionaries race to create a new future in this wondrous science fiction novel from the award-winning author of The Best of All Possible Worlds. \n“A complex story of first contact from a unique perspective that is warm\, engaging\, and wildly original.”—Martha Wells\, New York Times bestselling author of The Murderbot Diaries \nThe world is changing\, and humanity must change with it. Rising seas and soaring temperatures have radically transformed the face of Earth. Meanwhile\, Earth is being observed from afar by other civilizations . . . and now they are ready to make contact. \nVying to prepare humanity for first contact are a group of dreamers and changemakers\, including Peter Hendrix\, the genius inventor behind the most advanced VR tech; Charyssa\, a beloved celebrity icon with a passion for humanitarian work; and Kanoa\, a member of a global council of young people drafted to reimagine the relationship between humankind and alien societies. \nAnd they may have an unexpected secret weapon: Owen\, a pop megastar whose ability to connect with his adoring fans is more than charisma. His hidden talent could be the key to uniting Earth as it looks toward the stars. \nBut Owen’s abilities are so unique that no one can control him and so seductive that he cannot help but use them. Can he transcend his human limitations and find the freedom he has always dreamed of? Or is he doomed to become the dictator of his nightmares? \nAbout the authors: \nCalled “violent\, poetic and compulsively readable” by Maclean’s\, science fiction author Tobias S. Buckell is a New York Times bestselling writer and World Fantasy Award winner. He is biracial\, and was born in the Caribbean\, grew up in Grenada\, and spent time in the British and US Virgin Islands. His Xenowealth series begins with Crystal Rain. Along with other standalone novels and his almost one hundred stories\, Buckell’s works have been translated into twenty different languages. He has been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards\, and the Astounding Award for Best New Science Fiction Author. Buckell currently lives in Bluffton\, Ohio with his wife and two daughters\, where he teaches Creative Writing at Bluffton University. He’s online at http://www.TobiasBuckell.com and is also an instructor at the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing program. \nBarbadian novelist Dr. Karen Lord is the author of Redemption in Indigo\, which won the 2008 Frank Collymore Literary Award\, the 2010 Carl Brandon Parallax Award\, the 2011 William L. Crawford Award\, the 2011 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature and the 2012 Kitschies Golden Tentacle (Best Debut). Her other works include the science fiction novels The Best of All Possible Worlds and The Galaxy Game\, and the crime- fantasy novel Unraveling. She edited the anthology New Worlds\, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean. Her latest book\, The Blue\, Beautiful World\, was published in August 2023.
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SUMMARY:26. The Strength of Storytelling (VWF)
DESCRIPTION:At the Vancouver Writers Fest \nWhat a gift to be joined by three of the most lauded and creative Indigenous writers\, who will share the strength of Indigenous women at the heart of their poignant and moving new novels. \nAlicia Elliott’s And Then She Fell was published just this week to rave reviews. Heather O’Neill called it “shocking\, riveting\, uncomfortable\, gorgeous and visionary.” Michelle Porter’s nationally bestselling debut novel A Grandmother Begins the Story follows five generations of Métis women as they tell the stories that will sing their family\, and perhaps the land itself\, into healing. Multi-award-winning author katherena vermette returns with The Circle\, an instant bestseller; “this book is truth in all her fluid forms.”—Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers\nPresented in partnership with Penguin Random House and Talking Stick Festival
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SUMMARY:Book Launch Event for Male Pregnancy in Reverse!
DESCRIPTION:Tom will be reading with Mark Laba in Vancouver in October: \nHe will be reading from his forthcoming collection\, Male Pregnancy in Reverse\, releasing on September 30th! \nTom Prime is\, as described by Daniel Harris\, author of The Posthuman Series\, “at the forefront of a new generation of avant-gardists.” His latest work is a long poem “in 5 Acts” that transmutes a disturbing and sometimes horrifying experience—albeit one which is only ever obliquely and allegorically described—into a dazzling and heady literary puzzle. \nPlease note that if you wish to reserve a seat at the event\, you may add the FREE ticket below to your cart when purchasing your book at the Cross and Crows website. All Preorders (not-yet-published books) are 20% off\, taken at checkout. Preorders must be prepaid to receive the discount.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/book-launch-event-for-male-pregnancy-in-reverse-2/
LOCATION:Cross and Crows Bookstore\, 2836 Commercial Drive\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
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