Celebrate the Adventurous Spirit of Coastal Living in the 1970s. Two new Books are being launched in the inviting ambience of the Osborne Bay Pub. You can buy a beer, buy a book, meet the authors, and get your books signed. From the vibrant era of the 1970s when adventure seekers, dreamers, and wanderers flocked […]
Tom will be reading with Mark Laba in Vancouver in October: He will be reading from his forthcoming collection, Male Pregnancy in Reverse, releasing on September 30th! Tom Prime is, as described by Daniel Harris, author of The Posthuman Series, “at the forefront of a new generation of avant-gardists.” His latest work is a long poem “in 5 Acts” […]
Please join Munro’s Books in celebrating new books by two local authors: Ali Blythe and Jason Jobin! Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art — Breaking open John Keats’s “Last Sonnet,” in his third book of poetry, Stedfast, Ali Blythe writes marginality into the canon, at once claiming, reviving, and un-fixing the Romantic […]
On Thursday, November 2nd at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books, Simon & Schuster, and Inanna Publications for 'Double Lives & Lovely Afternoons: Kevin Chong & Patti Flather with Marcus Youssef and Christine Quintana'. The Double Life of Bensen Yu was just shortlisted for a Scotiabank Giller Prize and Kevin Chong will be joining this […]
On Tuesday, November 7th at 6pm PDT / 9pm EDT, join Massy Arts Society and a collective of brilliant poet organizers for Under The Table Open Mic Series, featuring Sheniz Janmohamed. Zoom room and sign-up opens at 5:45 PDT / 8:45 EDT, show starts at 6pm PDT / 9pm EDT (we run on crip time […]
Please join Munro’s Books for the launch of new books by two beloved local poets! Award-winning poet Arleen Pare’s latest collection, Absence of Wings, is both an intimate family portrait and a public documentation of how we, as a society, can fail to protect our children. Absence of Wings depicts the extraordinary and tragically foreshortened […]
Join local author Danielle S. Marcotte for the launch of her new picture book, Blue Camas, Blue Camas. Sunday, November 19 | 1:00 pm Black Bond Books – Ladner Village Blue Camas, Blue Camas is the captivating story of how a flower that has been cultivated on Canada’s west coast since time immemorial came to […]
Please join Munro’s Books in launching Better Next Year: An Anthology of Christmas Epiphanies!! Christmas is trumpeted as a time of peace, joy, bounty and goodwill. Believers and non-believers alike covet the spirit of the holidays even when circumstances are screwed up. Recollections from acclaimed Canadian authors combine with emerging voices from across the country […]
On Wednesday, December 6th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and Freehand books in celebrating the launch of G.A. Grisenthwaite’s Tales for Late Night Bonfires, with host Molly Cross-Blanchard. “Tales for Late Night Bonfires is funny, dark, and rich all at once; each story is immense and alive. Grisenthwaite shows us what fiction can […]
Please join Munro’s Books in celebrating the launch of Sheila Heti's latest book, Alphabetical Diaries. Sheila will be in conversation with UVic writing professor, Lee Henderson. Munro’s Books is pleased to present two Canadian award-winning authors, Sheila Heti and Lee Henderson, in conversation at their store on Tuesday, February 20th at 7:00 p.m. Sheila Heti […]