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  • June 2025

  • Thu 19

    Read Local BC eBookshelf Launch

    Featured June 19, 2025 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Burnaby Public Library, McGill Branch 4595 Albert Street, Burnaby, BC, Canada

    Join Books BC and BC Libraries Co-op for the launch of the Read Local BC eBookshelf - with author readings by Wayde Compton and Candie Tanaka.

    Free
  • Sat 21

    Book Launch: Celebrating Potlatches

    June 21, 2025 | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
    Royal BC Museum 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC, Canada

    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, […]

    Free
  • July 2025

  • Wed 30

    Book Launch of The Deepest Fake by Daniel Kalla

    July 30, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    Book Warehouse - Main Street 4118 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Join us for the launch of local thriller author Daniel Kalla's new novel The Deepest Fake. Doors at 6:30; This is an informal event with no reading portion; Free to […]

  • August 2025

  • Wed 13

    Book Launch of The Bone Raiders by Jackson Ford

    August 13, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    Book Warehouse - Main Street 4118 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Join us for the launch of Vancouver author Jackson Ford's new novel The Bone Raiders, the first in the Rakada series. The start of a no‑holds‑barred, action‑packed fantasy series from […]

    Free
  • September 2025

  • Sat 20

    Poetry Bus! Celebrating the 29th Year of Poetry in Transit

    Featured September 20, 2025 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
    UBC Robson Square 800 Robson St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    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!

  • Tue 23

    An Evening with Holly Howe, author of Mouthwatering Sauerkraut

    September 23, 2025 | 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    Vinca's Kitchen Shop 5042 48 Ave, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

    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! Tickets are $40.00 plus […]

    $40.00
  • February 2026

  • Tue 10

    Comic Pre-Launch Party: Passing in the Night

    February 10 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Cross & Crows Books 2836 Commercial Dr,, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Meet the author of Passing in the Night by Meghan Kemp-Gee, an upcoming graphic novel published by Vancouver-based publisher Shrimp Cult Press. Passing in the Night is the story of […]

    Free
  • Thu 12

    Getting Juicy with Awfully Hilarious: Pillow Talk Book Launch

    February 12 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    Whistler Public Library 4329 Main Street, Whistler, BC, Canada

    Join us at Whistler Public Library as we celebrate the launch of the latest and greatest from the Awfully Hilarious Project. First, we cringed and laughed at tales of first […]

    Free
  • Tue 17

    Book Launch: Pillow Talk

    February 17 | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    Squamish Public Library 37907 2 Ave, Squamish, BC, Canada

    Join us at the Squamish Public Library as we welcome back Heather Hendrie, the Imagination Agent behind the Awfully Hilarious trilogy. We cringed and laughed at tales of first dates. […]

    Free
  • March 2026

  • 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
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