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SUMMARY:Book Signing with Garth Mullins
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a book signing with Garth Mullins; author of “Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs”. This will be in collaboration with the Name the Crisis community art show\, which will be running from April 7-26th. Prior to the signing\, you can attend Garth’s reading and Q&A event at the Victoria Art Council Bay Centre Gallery at 1150 Douglas Street from 2-3:30pm! \n“Crackdown” is an intimate portrait of Garth’s relationship with opioids\, and a searing indictment of a broken system that is failing drug users and non-users alike. With street drugs getting more toxic by the day\, drug users and their families\, friends and communities are left to pay the price. This book asks us to radically reimagine our approach to drug use\, and to envisage a system that helps rather than harms. \nWhat: Book Signing with Garth Mullins \nWhen: Saturday\, April 18th from 3:30-5:00pm \nWhere: Munro’s Books – 1108 Government St \nHow: This event is free to attend
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/book-signing-with-garth-mullins/
LOCATION:Munro’s Books\, 1108 Government Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1Y2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Day of Awareness
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SUMMARY:Robin Ducharme Launches Real Love Ready
DESCRIPTION:Victoria author Robin Ducharme launches Real Love Ready: A Guide to Relational Literacy\, a compassionate guide to the knowledge\, skills\, and daily practices that help us love with greater intention\, truth\, and heart. In conversation with Monique Gray Smith\, Robin will discuss how relational literacy can shape the way we connect in love\, friendship\, family\, work\, and self. A meaningful literary event for readers drawn to relationships\, personal growth\, and conscious living.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/robin-ducharme-launches-real-love-ready/
LOCATION:Bolen Books\, #111-1644 Hillside Ave.\, Victoria\, BC\, V8T 2C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Author Discussion,Book Signing,Interview
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251030T183000
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SUMMARY:Poetry in Translation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening lost in translation with three talented poets as they discuss the often overlooked art of translation. How do you carry a book from one language to another\, line by line\, with precision? UBC Associate Professor Bronwen Tate will moderate the discussion with poets Rhea Tregebov\, Rahat Kurd and Deborah Woodard. \n— \nBronwen Tate is the author of the poetry collection The Silk the Moths Ignore. She is an Associate Professor of Teaching and Undergraduate Chair in the UBC School of Creative Writing\, where she offers courses in poetry\, creative writing pedagogy\, and literary translation. A Practical Guide to Teaching Creative Writing: Supporting Inclusive Pedagogy\, a collaboration with colleague John Vigna\, is forthcoming with Bloomsbury Academic in Spring 2026. \nRhea Tregebov is the author of eight collections of poetry\, most recently\, Talking to Strangers. She edited and co-translated the anthology Arguing With the Storm: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers and taught workshops in literary translation at UBC. In 2019 she taught a graduate course for the English Department at Tsuda University in Tokyo entitled “Translating the Self: Issues in Literary Translation.” Tregebov has translated poetry from French and Spanish and has worked in tandem translation from Japanese\, Catalan and Finnish\, languages she does not know. She is now an Associate Professor Emerita at the School of Creative Writing at UBC. \nRahat Kurd is a poet\, writer\, and editor of Kashmiri and north Indian family origin\, born in Canada and based in Vancouver. The Book Of Z\, published by Talonbooks this fall 2025\, is her second full-length work of poetry. Her previous literary titles with Talonbooks are The City That Is Leaving Forever: Kashmiri Letters\, (2021)\, co-authored with Kashmiri poet Sumayya Syed\, and Cosmophilia\, (poems\, 2015). In her work as a beginner translator of contemporary Urdu poetry\, Rahat Kurd is particularly interested in the ways lyrical resonances from the classical ghazal tradition have influenced modern and feminist Urdu-language poetic sensibilities. \nDeborah Woodard studied with Charles Simic at the University of New Hampshire and has a PhD from the University of Washington. Her books include Borrowed Tales (Stockport Flats) and No Finis: Triangle Testimonies\, 1911 (Ravenna Press). With Roberta Antognini\, she has translated the poetry of Amelia Rosselli in Hospital Series (New Directions)\, Obtuse Diary\, The Dragonfly\, and Notes Scattered and Lost (Entre Rios Books). Their translation of Rosselli’s Document has just been published by World Poetry Books. Deborah teaches at Hugo House in Seattle\, Washington and co-curates the reading series Margin Shift. \n*This event is curated by writer\, Jen Currin (Disembark and Trinity Street amongst many others).
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/poetry-in-translation/
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library\, Central Branch\, 350 West Georgia St.\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 6B1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Panel,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251016T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251016T200000
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SUMMARY:Love At First Page
DESCRIPTION:Writing a book is a labour of love that often involves working through complex relationships right on the page. Join four Canadian novelists writing at the intersections of romance\, comedy and mental health as they discuss creating lovably flawed characters\, share the process of writing second chance storylines and offer their tried-and-true writing tips to emerging authors. Author meet-and-greet with book signings to follow after the event\, courtesy of bookseller Perfect Match Bookshop. \nFeaturing Natalie Sue\, bestselling author of I Hope This Finds You Well & 2025 Leacock Medal winner; Noreen Nanja\, debut author of breakout hit The Summers Between Us; Leanne Toshiko Simpson\, 2025 Kobo Prize in Romance winner for Never Been Better; and Jacqueline Firkins\, author of 5 novels – including Marlowe Banks\, Redesigned – and UBC professor & costume designer. A selection of Jacqueline’s romance cover dresses will be on display at VPL during this event. \n— \nNatalie Sue is the bestselling and award-winning author of I Hope This Finds You Well. She is a Canadian author of Iranian and British descent. She spent her formative years moving around western Canada with a brief stint in Scotland\, where she discovered her passion for storytelling as a means of connection and reading as a means of comfort. When she’s not writing\, she enjoys bingeing great and terrible TV\, attempting pottery\, and procuring houseplants. She lives in Calgary with her husband\, daughter\, and dog. \nNoreen Nanja is the author of contemporary romance debut The Summers Between Us. As a second-generation Canadian\, Noreen’s writing explores themes of identity\, race and belonging\, wrapped in stories of romantic and familial love. Born and initially raised in small-town British Columbia\, she then spent her formative years in Edmonton before moving to Montreal to pursue her Bachelors in Psychology and English Literature at McGill University and then the University of Calgary to complete her medical degree. She currently lives with her partner and her small dog in Toronto\, where she enjoys working in healthcare\, drinking vast amounts of strawberry matcha and exploring local bookshops. \nLeanne Toshiko Simpson is an award-winning writer\, educator and mental health advocate from Toronto. She writes joyful\, messy\, laugh-out-loud stories about living with mental illness and the moments of hope that help us get out of bed day after day. Leanne’s mental health rom-com Never Been Better won the 2025 Rakuten Kobo Prize for Romance. She teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto and spends her free time designing mental health greeting cards for Pebbles and Company. \nJacqueline Firkins is a writer (Marlowe Banks\, Redesigned)\, costume designer\, and lover of beautiful things. She’s on the full-time faculty in the Department of Theatre & Film at the University of British Columbia where she teaches character design\, world building\, and period costume construction courses. When not obsessing about where to put the buttons or the commas\, she can be found running by the ocean\, eating excessive amounts of gluten\, listening to earnest love songs\, and pretending her dog understands every word she says. \n***Jacqueline’s dresses (#booksasfashion) will be on display during the event and afterwards (until October 20th) through the windows of the Yosef Wosk Poet’s Corner on level 9 where the rooftop garden is. \nIn partnership with Perfect Match Bookshop (Vancouver’s first romance bookstore).
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/love-at-first-page/
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library\, Central Branch\, 350 West Georgia St.\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 6B1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Author Discussion,Book Signing,Reading
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SUMMARY:Indigo Park Royal: Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Visit Indigo Park Royal between 1PM – 3PM on October 11th to meet local author Emma Sloan and claim your free gift with purchase of your signed copy of “Opheliac.”
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/indigo-park-royal-book-signing/
LOCATION:Chapters Indigo – Park Royal\, 900 Park Royal S.\, West Vancouver\, BC\, V7T 1A1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Meet & Greet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250923T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250923T203000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Holly Howe\, author of Mouthwatering Sauerkraut
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Vinca’s Kitchen for a special evening with Chef Holly Howe to celebrate the release of her new cookbook Mouthwatering Sauerkraut: Fermentation Made Easy! \nTickets are $40.00 plus tax and come with a copy of the new cookbook. There are only 35 tickets available. \nDoors open at 6:00 pm and the event will start at 6:30 pm. Chef Holly will be demonstrating a couple of recipes\, providing samples\, and answering all your questions! \nPLEASE NOTE – to purchase a ticket for this event online you MUST have your shopping location set as the Ladner store OR the Langley Warehouse location.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/an-evening-with-holly-howe-author-of-mouthwatering-sauerkraut-3/
LOCATION:Vinca’s Kitchen Shop\, 5042 48 Ave\, Delta\, British Columbia\, V4K1V8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250914T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250914T150000
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SUMMARY:Indigo Mayfair: Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Visit Indigo Mayfair from 12PM – 3PM on September 14th for a signed copy of “Opheliac” by British Columbian author Emma Sloan (and your limited-time gift with purchase).
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/indigo-mayfair-book-signing/
LOCATION:Chapters Indigo – Victoria\, 1212 Douglas St\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 2E5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Meet & Greet
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ORGANIZER;CN="Indigo":MAILTO:emmacourtenaysloan@outlook.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250909T183000
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SUMMARY:Urban Matters: Poetry in the City
DESCRIPTION:Join authors Daniela Elza and Daniel Cowper for a launch\, reading\, and discussion on celebration of the life of a city and an interrogation of its cost on our well-being. \n— \nDaniela Elza was longlisted for the 2024 CBC Poetry Prize for poems from her latest book SCAR/CITY (McGill-Queen’s University Press\, 2025). Her debut prose collection Is This an Illness or an Accident? (Caitlin Press\, 2025) delves into the conflicts and contradictions of what it means to belong\, to work\, and to find home. Daniela is the recipient of the 2024 Colleen Thibaudeau Award for Outstanding Contribution to Poetry. \nDaniel Cowper’s poetry and critical writing has appeared in numerous publications in Canada\, the US\, Ireland\, and the UK. His poems have been collected in The God of Doors (winner of the Frog Hollow Press Chapbook contest) and Grotesque Tenderness (MQUP\, 2019). His latest work is Kingdom of the Clock\, a novel in verse about urban life. He is a contributing editor with New Verse Review\, and lives on Bowen Island.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/urban-matters-poetry-in-the-city/
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library\, Central Branch\, 350 West Georgia St.\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 6B1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Author Discussion,Book Signing,Reading
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vancouver Public Library":MAILTO:candie.tanaka@vpl.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250813T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250813T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch of The Bone Raiders by Jackson Ford
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Vancouver author Jackson Ford’s new novel The Bone Raiders\, the first in the Rakada series. \nThe start of a no‑holds‑barred\, action‑packed fantasy series from the always irreverent Jackson Ford where a group of charmingly-named Bone Raiders harness the power of gigantic\, fire-breathing lizards to defend their homeland from an invading enemy. \nJackson will be in conversation with Kristy Gardner\, author of The Broken Stars series. \nDoors at 6:30 pm\, event starts at 7:00 pm; free to attend and all are welcome.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/book-launch-of-the-bone-raiders-by-jackson-ford/
LOCATION:Book Warehouse – Main Street\, 4118 Main Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5V 3P7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Author Discussion,Book Signing,Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250731T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250731T210000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Silvia Moreno-Garcia
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to present An Evening with Silvia Moreno-Garcia with her new novel The Bewitching! \nThree women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. \nThere are two ticket types available: $15.00 plus GST for just a ticket or $46.50 plus GST for a ticket AND copy of The Bewitching. \nYou must have your shopping location set to Langley Warehouse to purchase tickets for this event. \nBooks will be available for pickup at the event. \nDoors will open at 6:30 pm and seating is general admission. The event will begin at 7:00 pm. \nSilvia will in conversation with local book blogger Rachel Sargeant. There will be a discussion\, followed by a Q&A\, and book signing. \nSt. James Community Square\, 3214 W 10th Ave\, Vancouver\, BC. \nWe will have a list of ticket purchasers at the door\, but please do retain your receipt.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/an-evening-with-silvia-moreno-garcia/
LOCATION:St James Community Square\, 3214 W 10th Ave\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6K2L2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Author Discussion,Book Signing
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ORGANIZER;CN="Black Bond Books and Book Warehouse":MAILTO:info@blackbondbooks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250730T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250730T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch of The Deepest Fake by Daniel Kalla
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of local thriller author Daniel Kalla’s new novel The Deepest Fake. \nDoors at 6:30; This is an informal event with no reading portion; Free to attend and all are welcome. \nLiam Hirsch has it all—a loving family\, a thriving career as CEO of an AI company\, financial security\, and a bright future. But when he’s diagnosed with a terminal illness\, just weeks after discovering his wife’s infidelity\, his perfect life unravels. As he grapples with his fate\, he prepares to face his final days on his own terms. \nHowever\, unexplained events inside his company make him question everything—including his diagnosis. In a world of deepfake videos\, synthetic voices\, and digital deception\, couldn’t these technologies be weaponized against him? What if nothing is as it seems? \nWith time running out\, Liam turns to Andrea DeWalt\, a private investigator contending with her own feelings of betrayal\, to help him uncover a conspiracy that threatens his life\, his family\, and their future. In a world where nothing is as it seems and every digital footprint can be manipulated\, who can Liam trust?
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/book-launch-of-the-deepest-fake-by-daniel-kalla/
LOCATION:Book Warehouse – Main Street\, 4118 Main Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5V 3P7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250722T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250722T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T223358
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SUMMARY:Summer Sounds and Sonics in Poetic Form
DESCRIPTION:City of Vancouver Poet Laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner hosts a night of poems with poetry ambassadors Johnny Trinh\, Kevin Spenst\, and Marc Perez. These four poets with distinct craft practices invite you to consider the role of sounds and sonics within the framework of the poem. Vocalizations\, modulations\, polyphony\, multilingualism\, repetition\, call and response are potential ingredients in this lively and festive introduction to the poet laureate team. \n— \nKevin Spenst (he/him) is a poet\, teacher\, and reviewer\, has published four full-length poetry collections\, most recently A Bouquet Brought Back From Space (Anvil Press\, 2024) and 17 chapbooks\, most recently Windowful (Anstruther Press\, 2025). He is one of the organizers of the Dead Poets Reading Series\, has a chapbook review column for subTerrain magazine\, and occasionally co-hosts Wax Poetic on Vancouver Co-op Radio. He is a Poetry Mentor at The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territory where he cohabitates with the one and only Cheryl Rossi. \nMarc Perez is the author of Dayo\, published by Brick Books in 2024. Perez observes and draws inspiration from the world around him. He believes that writing is a powerful political act\, and he uses poetry to participate in the discourses that affect him\, his communities\, and the society in general. Through his poems\, he offers the reader his inner self\, imaginations\, and worldview. He aims to create images that move hearts. In his free time\, he likes to wander with his camera and capture fleeting moments in the city. \nJohnny D Trinh loves making noise\, making food\, and feasting with people. Trinh has a long practice in spoken word poetry\, theatre making\, and community-engaged culinary art. Johnny’s work is focused on celebrating and unpacking the way we tell our stories and how we find identity and community through storytelling. Johnny is the artistic director for Vancouver Poetry House\, interim executive director for Historic Joy Kogawa House\, and founder of Stage to Page Performance Society. Trinh is also a resident artist with the City of Vancouver creating programs that bring multicultural and multigenerational communities together to share stories and celebrate cultural foods. “It takes a community to build an artist\, whether we are nurtured by it… or resist against it.” johnnydavidtrinh.com \nElee Kraljii Gardiner is an author\, editor\, and creative mentor living in Vancouver\, Canada. She is the author of two poetry books\, Trauma Head\, and Serpentine Loop. She is also editor of the anthologies Against Death: 35 Essays on Living and V6A: Writing From Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. A frequent collaborator with choreographers\, musicians\, and visual artists\, Elee is currently collaborating with nature via a series of durational art installations that investigate the law of thermodynamics and cultural ideas regarding the passing of time. Elee directs Vancouver Manuscript Intensive\, an online program pairing authors with mentors\, and is the seventh poet laureate of Vancouver. eleekg.com
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/summer-sounds-and-sonics-in-poetic-form/
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library\, Central Branch\, 350 West Georgia St.\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 6B1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250621T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250621T153000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Celebrating Potlatches
DESCRIPTION:This June 21st\, join Samantha Beynon and Strong Nations Publishing at the Royal BC Museum for the official launch of Celebrating Potlatches! This beautiful picture book\, illustrated by Carla Joseph\, recounts the 1885 Potlatch ban and the resilience of the communities who fought to keep their traditions alive. Pick up your copies at the launch\, or pre-order now at www.strongnations.com \nStop by for short presentations from Samantha Beynon and Strong Nations Publishing\, a reading of the book\, book signings\, and light refreshments. Doors will open at 1:00 pm\, and the program will begin at 1:30 pm.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/book-launch-celebrating-potlatches/
LOCATION:Royal BC Museum\, 675 Belleville Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 9W2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250602T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250602T203000
DTSTAMP:20260422T223358
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SUMMARY:Bones of a Giant with Brian Thomas Isaac
DESCRIPTION:Join Massy Books\, Penguin Random House\, and Brian Thomas Isaac for the launch of “Bones of a Giant” at 7 pm on Monday\, June 2nd! \nBooks will be for sale at the event\, including “All the Quiet Places.” \nVenue: \nThe event will be hosted at the Massy Books\, at 229 East Georgia Street in Chinatown\, Vancouver. \nRegistration is free or by donation and required for entry. \nThe bookstore is wheelchair accessible and a gender-neutral washroom is on-site. \nPlease refrain from wearing scents or heavy perfumes. \nCovid Protocols: Masks keep our community safe and are recommended and will be provided at the venue. We ask if you are showing symptoms\, that you stay home. Thank you kindly. \nAbout the Book: \nSummer\, 1968. For the first time since his big brother\, Eddie\, disappeared two years earlier—either a runaway or dead by his own hand—sixteen-year-old Lewis Toma has shaken off some of his grief. His mother\, Grace\, and her friend Isabel have gone south to the United States to pack fruit to earn the cash Grace needs to put a bathroom and running water into the three-room shack they share on the reserve\, leaving Lewis to spend the summer with his cousins\, his Uncle Ned and his Aunt Jean in the new house they’ve built on their farm along the Salmon River. Their warm family life is almost enough to counter the pressures he feels as a boy trying to become a man in a place where responsible adult men like his uncle are largely absent\, broken by residential school and racism. Everywhere he looks\, women are left to carry the load\, sometimes with kindness\, but often with the bitterness\, anger and ferocity of his own mother\, who kicked Lewis’s lowlife father\, Jimmy\, to the curb long ago. \nLewis has vowed never to be like his father—but an encounter with a predatory older woman tests him and he suffers the consequences. Worse\, his dad is back in town and scheming on how to use the Indian Act to steal the land Lewis and his mom have been living on. And then\, at summer’s end\, more shocking revelations shake the family\, unleashing a deadly force of anger and frustration. \nWith so many traps laid around him\, how will Lewis find a path to a different future? \nAbout the Author: \nBrian Thomas Isaac was born in 1950 on the Okanagan Indian Reserve\, near Vernon\, British Columbia. After completing grade eight\, he found work in the Alberta oil fields and in construction\, eventually retiring as a bricklayer. He came to writing late in life. In 2022\, his bestselling debut\, All the Quiet Places\, won an Indigenous Voices Award\, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction and the Amazon Canada First Novel Award\, and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and CBC’s Canada Reads. He lives with his wife in West Kelowna\, BC.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/bones-of-a-giant-with-brian-thomas-isaac/
LOCATION:Native Education College\, 285 East 5th Avenue\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5T 1H2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Interview,Launch,Meet & Greet,Panel
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UID:30591-1747938600-1747942200@www.readlocalbc.ca
SUMMARY:Celebrating the Finalists of the 2025 BC and Yukon Book Prizes
DESCRIPTION:Join BC and Yukon Book Prizes on May 22nd at Book Warehouse on Broadway to celebrate the finalists of the 2025 BC and Yukon Book Prizes. This is a great opportunity to come and buy copies of the shortlisted books\, have them signed by authors and illustrators in attendance\, and enjoy some snacks and beverages. This event is free and open to the public. \nBook Warehouse\, 632 West Broadway\, Vancouver
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/celebrating-the-finalists-of-the-2025-bc-and-yukon-book-prizes/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:Awards,Book Signing
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UID:30435-1746880200-1746891000@www.readlocalbc.ca
SUMMARY:Six Little Sticks Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Book launch for Tiffany Stone’s new book Six Little Sticks! \nBook signings\, snacks\, and crafts with author Tiffany Stone to celebrate the release of her new kids picture book! \nThis event will be held at the Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature and Art on May 10th from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. \nwww.christianneslyceum.com \n4433 West 10th Avenue\, Vancouver\, V6R 2H8
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/six-little-sticks-book-launch/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Launch
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