Do you know any children who aspire to create their own illustrated characters and bring them to life through a comic or graphic novel? Join award-winning and Emmy nominated animation […]
WHEN: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 WHAT: BC Book Day invites British Columbians to celebrate the province’s book & magazine publishers, authors, illustrators, bookstores, libraries, festivals, and literary prizes that connect us with local […]
A circle reading of Joyce's Ulysses, bring your copies to take your turn, or choose your favourite Joyceab/Irish/modernist texts to share. Edwardian dress encouraged. Cross and Crows Books, Commercial Dr […]
The Write on Bowen Festival of Readers & Writers is a three-day event on beautiful Bowen Island that showcases writers and authors and their work. It provides opportunities for participants […]
In partnership with TransLink and BC Transit, Read Local BC presents the launch of this year’s Poetry In Transit campaign at Word Vancouver. Now celebrating its 28th year, this beloved […]
Get ready for the Tri-Cities Writers Festival 2025! We’re welcoming more than a dozen celebrated authors to our community for four days of talks, panels, and workshops this May. Sessions […]
Participate in lightning talks and workshops around the inspiration and production of creative works in both text and image.
Together, these artists create a powerful soundscape—part concert, part gathering, part invocation of a future built on connection, care, resistance and difference.
We’re back for the 2025 Canine Library at John Hendry Trout Lake Park. Borrow a St. John Ambulance certified therapy pup, read them poetry, or join a poetry workshop. Sign-ups […]
Join us to hear a selection of the featured 2025-26 poets read from their work, followed by a short discussion and Q&A in which you can engage with the poets over your love of the written verse!