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SUMMARY:Book Signing: The Heart of Japan
DESCRIPTION:Meet New Westminster author Lesley Hebert at an author book signing for her unique travel memoir The Heart of Japan.
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LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:Book Signing
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SUMMARY:The Flash of Fireflies: Writing the Short Story
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate short story month with four talented fiction writers\, Alix Ohlin\, Andrea Routley\, Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross\, and Shashi Bhat\, in conversation with local author Jen Currin about the art and craft of this wily and often misunderstood genre. \nAlix Ohlin’s most recent book\, the story collection We Want What We Want\, won a Lambda Literary Award. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker\, Best American Short Stories\, and many other places. She teaches creative writing at UBC. \nAndrea Routley is the author of the short-fiction collections This Unlikely Soil and Jane and the Whales\, and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction and the Malahat Review Novella Prize. She has taught creative writing in both institutional\, community\, and one-on-one settings\, with a focus on writing as an orientation to the world\, one that cultivates curiosity and compassion. She is the editor of Walk Myself Home: An Anthology to End Violence Against Women\, and was the founding editor of Plenitude\, Canada’s queer literary magazine. \nJacquelyn Zong-Li Ross is a writer and editor based in Vancouver\, the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph\, and her fiction\, poetry\, essays\, and art criticism have appeared in BOMB\, C Mag\, The Ex-Puritan\, Fence\, Mousse\, and elsewhere. The Longest Way to Eat a Melon\, her debut collection of short fictions\, was published by Sarabande Books in 2025. \nShashi Bhat is the author of the story collection Death by a Thousand Cuts (McClelland & Stewart)\, and the novels The Most Precious Substance on Earth (M&S\, Grand Central)\, and The Family Took Shape (Cormorant). Her fiction received the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize\, the Writers’ Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize and a silver National Magazine Award. She has been a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for fiction\, the Danuta Gleed Award\, the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award\, and other prizes\, and was longlisted for the Giller Prize. Shashi’s work has appeared in publications across North America\, including Hazlitt\, The Fiddlehead\, The Malahat Review\, Best Canadian Stories\, and The Journey Prize Stories. She is the editor-in-chief of EVENT and teaches creative writing at Douglas College. \nJen Currin has published two collections of stories\, Hider/Seeker (Anvil\, 2018) and Disembark (House of Anansi\, 2024)\, and five collections of poetry\, most recently Trinity Street (Houseof Anansi\, 2023). Currin lives on the ancestral and unceded territories of the Halkomelem-speaking peoples\, including the Qayqayt\, Musqueam\, Kwikwetlem\, and Kwantlen Nations\, in New Westminster\, BC. They teach creative writing and English upgrading at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/the-flash-of-fireflies-writing-the-short-story/
LOCATION:VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY – CENTRAL LIBRARY
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Meet & Greet,Panel
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SUMMARY:Book launch: The Art of Looking Back by Theresa Kishkan
DESCRIPTION:Join Theresa Kishkan for the release of her memoir\, The Art of Looking Back: A Painter\, an Obsession\, and Reclaiming the Gaze. \nTheresa examines her youth and her role as muse to Victoria artist Jack Wilkinson. More than a reminiscence\, this poetic memoir asks questions about older men and younger women and girls\, and the persistence of that dynamic in art.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/book-launch-the-art-of-looking-back-by-theresa-kishkan/
LOCATION:Sechelt Public Library\, 5797 Cowrie St\, Sechelt\, BC\, V0N 3A0\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sechelt Public Library":MAILTO:programs@secheltlibrary.ca
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: The Heart of Japan
DESCRIPTION:Meet Lower Mainland author Lesley Hebert\, who will be signing copies of her unique travel memoir The Heart of Japan
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/book-signing-the-heart-of-japan/
LOCATION:Indigo Robson\, 1033 Robson Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6E 1A9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Signing
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ORGANIZER;CN="Indigo Robson":MAILTO:st0975s@indigo.ca
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