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  • November 2025

  • Wed 26

    Author Talk: Robert J. Muckle

    November 26, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    North Vancouver Public Library - Lynn Valley branch 1277 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Join us for an evening with Robert Muckle as he discusses his book Once upon This Land: Archaeology in British Columbia and the Stories It Tells. Once upon This Land […]

    Free
  • January 2026

  • Wed 28

    North Shore Reads – A Couple’s Story of Confronting Chronic Pain

    January 28 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    Online

    In the fifth North Shore Reads, Kara Stanley, Simon Paradis, and Marsha Lederman discuss Stanley’s new book "The Pain Project." Ten years after her husband Simon Paradis’ catastrophic injury to […]

    Free
  • Sat 31

    The Strangest Thing in the Sea and Other Curious Adventures: an Afternoon with Author Rachel Poliquin!

    January 31 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    North Vancouver Public Library – Parkgate branch 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Celebrate Family Literacy Week at Parkgate Library! Join us for an exciting, engaging, and interactive program with a local author. Rachel Poliquin explores wonder and curiosity in her gorgeous book […]

    Free
  • February 2026

  • Sat 7

    Once Upon This Land: Archaeology in British Columbia and the Stories It Tells with Bob Muckle

    February 7 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
    West Vancouver Memorial Library 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver, BC, Canada

    In celebration of Heritage Week later this month, Bob Muckle, author of Once Upon This Land: Archaeology in British Columbia and the Stories It Tells, will talk about British Columbia’s […]

    Free
  • Tue 10

    Incite: Maggie Helwig on Encampment

    February 10 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY – CENTRAL LIBRARY

    Winner of the 2025 Toronto Book Award and one of CBC Books’ and the Globe and Mail’s best books of 2025, Encampment tells the story of Helwig’s life-long activism as preparation for her fight to keep her churchyard open to people needing a home.

  • March 2026

  • Sun 8

    Poetry Reading: Steven Seidenberg & Danielle LaFrance

    March 8 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    People's Co-op Bookstore 1391 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Poets Steven Seidenberg and Danielle LaFrance will be reading at People's Co-op Bookstore on Sunday, March 8th (7-9 PM). This is a free event and all are welcome - no […]

    Free
  • Tue 10

    FREE Celebration of Outdoor Learning Books!

    March 10 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    https://outdoorlearning.com/event/spring-celebration-2026/ Virtual Event

    Free 1 Hour Virtual Event on Tues, March 10 at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern Time. Sign-up: https://outdoorlearning.com/event/spring-celebration-2026/ This is a chance to connect virtually with the incredible authors of […]

    Free
  • Fri 27

    Off the Shelf Poetry Reading Series: Joanne Leow, Garth Martens, Fenn Stewart

    March 27 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    SFU Harbour Centre 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Please join Simon Fraser University’s Department of English and Poetry in Canada for a poetry reading featuring our own Professor Joanne Leow and Garth Martens and Fenn Stewart. Details: Date/Time: […]

    Free
  • Tue 31

    Introducing Cee Peal: 2026 Indigenous Storyteller in Residence

    March 31 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY – CENTRAL LIBRARY

    Vancouver Public Library is honoured to introduce Cee Peal as the 2026 Indigenous Storyteller in Residence. Cee Peal is a theatre artist from the Nisga’a First Nation of Northern B.C. […]

    Free
  • April 2026

  • Thu 2

    A Reading of the Play El Terremoto by Christine Quintana

    April 2 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch 350 West Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Touchstone Theatre and Neworld Theatre present a reading of Christine Quintana's play El Terremoto (directed by Daniela Atiencia). Twenty years have passed since the three Jurado sisters lost their parents, […]

    Free
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