Phyllis Webb Memorial Reading featuring Erín Moure and Chantal Neveu
2025-04-05 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Vancouver) | SFU Segal Building, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1W6
Please join Simon Fraser University’s Department of English and Poetry in Canada for the third annual Phyllis Webb Memorial Reading, featuring award recipients Erín Moure and Chantal Neveu in conversation with special guests Oana Avasilichioaei and Annie Lafleur. This free event takes place on Saturday, April 5th (Doors: 6:15 PM; Event: 7-9 PM) at the SFU Segal Building (SG 1300). Enjoy readings, discussion, and light refreshments.
The Phyllis Webb Memorial Reading honours a Canadian poet(s) with a cash award and a celebration of their work. This event will occur each April and will be organized and administered by the Poetry in Canada Society, https://www.poetrycanada.org/.
A Governor General’s Award–winning poet and a member of the Order of Canada, Phyllis Webb was a major Canadian cultural figure from the 1950s through the 1980s, publishing ten celebrated collections of poetry and prose and co-founding the CBC Radio program Ideas (in 1965). When “words abandoned” her in the early 1990s and she was no longer able to write, she took up photography, photocollage, and eventually painting.
As Stephen Scobie once wrote, the work of Phyllis Webb “has always been distinguished by the profundity of her insights, the depth of her emotional feeling, the delicacy and accuracy of her rhythms, the beauty and mysterious resonance of her images – and by her luminous intelligence.” It is this legacy that the Phyllis Webb Memorial Reading seeks to honour, by selecting a poet who is distinguished by similar qualities.
In 2025, the third annual Phyllis Webb Memorial Reading honours two poets: Erín Moure and Chantal Neveu.

Crime Writers of Canada: A Night of Suspense and Intrigue!
2025-04-25 19:00 - 20:00 | Book Warehouse – Main Street, 4118 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, V5V 3P7, Canada
The Crime Writers of Canada invite you to an electrifying evening where the shadows deepen and the truth is unveiled.
Witness the unveiling of the 2025 Awards of Excellence shortlist, a moment where literary titans clash and the best in crime fiction are crowned.
And brace yourselves for the grand reveal of The Derrick Murdoch Award, honouring a legendary figure whose contributions have shaped the very landscape of our beloved genre. A whisper on the wind suggests a celebrated western author (a long-standing CWC luminary) holds this coveted prize. But the identity remains shrouded in mystery… Only those who dare to attend will unlock the truth. Are you ready to play detective?
Book Warehouse, 4118 Main St., Vancouver
