Join us for a triple book launch! Hear from Chef Robin Kort, Amanda Lewis, and Carolyn Redl, in conversation with moderator Yvonne Blomer as they discuss all things wild and natural. — "The Coastal Forager's Cookbook: Feasting Wild in the Pacific Northwest" by ROBIN KORT is a collection of 40 recipes that showcase foraged ingredients […]
On Thursday, July 13 at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Tidewater Press and Ronsdale Press in welcoming Jenn Ashton & Heige Boehm for "An Exploration of Reconciliation through Story." Local Historian and author Jenn Ashton and historical fiction author Heige Boehm delve into past global atrocities to shed light on how reconciliation can be advanced into […]
On Monday, July 17th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books, and BC and Yukon Book Prizes for a literary evening with three finalists of the 2023 BC and Yukon Book Prizes: Tsering Yangzom Lama, Harrison Mooney, and Cecily Nicholson. The in-person event will feature readings of the We Measure the Earth with our Bodies […]
On Tues. July 18th at 6pm, join Massy Arts and PRISM international for the launch of two issues: 61.2 (SPRING) and 61.3 (IBPOC). 61.2 (SPRING) is haunted by fleeting moments of recognition and sticky moments of queer desire. 61.3 is PRISM international’s first entirely IBPOC issue. The poems and stories in this issue explore what […]
On Wednesday, July 19th, at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and Penguin Random House Canada for the West Coast launch of Janika Oza's A History of Burning. In what the New York Times Book Review calls "Remarkable. . . . A haunting, symphonic tale", Oza's A History of Burning is a profoundly moving debut […]
On Thursday, July 20th, at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and Tin House for the West Coast launch of Jane Wong’s “blazing, lyrical” memoir, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City. Jane will be joined by guest readers Britt McGillivray and Adèle Barclay. In what Elissa Washuta calls “a perfect and glimmering book”, Meet Me […]
On Saturday, July 29th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books, and Caitlin Press for Remnants of Place: Natalie Virginia Lang with Guests Stephen Collis, Betsy Warland and Daniela Elza. Through poetic prose, Lang meditates on the social, historical, cultural, and environmental losses suffered at the hands of infringement upon natural areas. This project has […]
From July 11th to August 1st, Massy Arts and Massy Books host, Chasing The Poem – Fourth Edition, an online poetry workshop marathon for emerging writers, in three courses created by queer poets to demystify poetry writing, to present useful writing prompts, to incite imagination, and to address political and poetic points of view through […]
On Thurs. Aug. 3 at 6pm, join Massy Arts and Dialogos / Lavender Ink for the double launch of Adeena Karasick's latest poetry books: Ærotomania: The Book of Lumenations and Ouvert Oeuvre: Openings . Through a poetics of politically engaged aesthetic resistance, Ærotomania negotiates turbulence, loss, nostalgia and hope, while the poems in Ouvert Oeuvre […]
Please join us for an evening of small-town and watery crime literature! The evening will begin with an open mic at 7 - bring your writing to share! Featured readers will begin at 7:30 p.m.: Vancouver-based poet and novelist Curtis LeBlanc will read from his debut novel, Sunsetter, which is about crime and drugs at […]