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Name: “The Librarians” Film Screening at the Rio Theatre
Start: 2026-02-28T03:30:00-08:00
End: 2026-02-28T17:30:00-08:00

June 2024
June 5, 2024 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

BC Yukon Book Prizes Finalists’ Reading with Darrel J. McLeod, David Norwell, and Chelsea Wakelyn

Munro's Books 1108 Government Street, Victoria, BC, Canada

Please join Munro’s Books in celebrating three local authors who are finalists for 2024 BC Yukon Book Prizes: Darrel J. McLeod, finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for A Season in Chezgh'un David Norwell, finalist for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize for A Complex Coast: A Kayak Journey From Vancouver Island to Alaska Chelsea […]

Free
June 25, 2024 | 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Liars of Orpheus

2434 Main St, Vancouver, BC V5T 3E2 2434 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Hosted by SJ Valiquette, Liars of Orpheus revolves around writers attempting to lie their way through stories, poems and lectures. Each of the five writers will produce work that are made entirely of lies with the exception of five pieces of truth each. They will win points from sneaking their truths past their opponents or […]

$12 – $15
June 25, 2024 | 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Liars of Orpheus

2434 Main St, Vancouver, BC V5T 3E2 2434 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Hosted by SJ Valiquette, Liars of Orpheus revolves around writers attempting to lie their way through stories, poems and lectures. Each of the five writers will produce work that are made entirely of lies with the exception of five pieces of truth each. They will win points from sneaking their truths past their opponents or […]

$12 – $15
April 2025
April 7, 2025 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

TriCities Writers Fest

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 will be in-person and online, and include a kick-off cocktail reception, where you can enjoy great food and drink alongside your fellow book lovers, and […]

Free
May 2025
May 6, 2025 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Indie Kids Book Buzz

Join on May 6 for an indie kids bonanza as five publishers chat through their fall 2025 titles with host Kellyanne Healey, children's librarian at Lake Hiawatha Branch Library / 2024 ALA Emerging Leader.Register for the event here!
June 2025
June 2, 2025 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Bones of a Giant with Brian Thomas Isaac

Native Education College 285 East 5th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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! Books will be for sale at the event, including "All the Quiet Places." Venue: The event will be hosted at the Massy Books, at 229 East Georgia Street in Chinatown, […]
July 2025
July 22, 2025 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Summer Sounds and Sonics in Poetic Form

Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch 350 West Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, Canada

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 […]

Free
September 2025
September 15, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Women of the Fur Trade: An Evening with Playwright and Journalist Frances Koncan

Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch 350 West Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Frances Koncan's play Women of the Fur Trade is about the Métis-led Red River Resistance against European colonisers. In eighteen hundred and something something, somewhere upon the banks of a Reddish River in Treaty One Territory, three very different women with a preference for twenty-first century slang sit in a fort sharing their views on […]

Free
October 2025
October 30, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Poetry in Translation

Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch 350 West Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, Canada

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. […]

Free
February 2026
February 28 | 3:30 am - 5:30 pm

“The Librarians” Film Screening at the Rio Theatre

Celebrate Freedom to Read by joining local libraries for a screening of the 2025 documentary The Librarians, a documentary film about how Librarians unite to combat book banning, defending intellectual freedom on democracy's frontlines amid unprecedented censorship in Texas, Florida, and beyond. The screening will be accompanied by a short discussion with local librarians and […]

$16

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