Skip to the content
Bluesky link: opens in new tab Instagram link: opens in new tab Facebook link: opens in new tab
Read Local BCRead Local BC
Celebrating the depth and diversity of BC publishing
  • Home
  • About
  • BC Bestsellers
  • Articles
    • Featured
    • Interviews
    • Top Picks
    • News Bites
  • Resources
    • BC Book Day
    • BC Independent Publishers
    • BC Independent Bookstores
    • BC Literary Festivals & Reading Series
    • Books for Schools
    • eBookshelf
    • Poetry in Transit
  • Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Submit an Event
  • Contact Us
    • Submit a Pitch
    • Request Promotional Materials
    • Sign Up for Our Newsletters
  • Home
  • About
  • BC Bestsellers
  • Articles
    • Featured
    • Interviews
    • Top Picks
    • News Bites
  • Resources
    • BC Book Day
    • BC Independent Publishers
    • BC Independent Bookstores
    • BC Literary Festivals & Reading Series
    • Books for Schools
    • eBookshelf
    • Poetry in Transit
  • Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Submit an Event
  • Contact Us
    • Submit a Pitch
    • Request Promotional Materials
    • Sign Up for Our Newsletters
10 events found.

Panel

  1. Events
  2. Panel

Events

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

  • List
  • Month
  • Day
Today
  • May 2025

  • Tue 6

    Indie Kids Book Buzz

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

    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 / […]

  • June 2025

  • Mon 2

    Bones of a Giant with Brian Thomas Isaac

    June 2, 2025 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    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 […]

  • July 2025

  • Tue 22

    Summer Sounds and Sonics in Poetic Form

    July 22, 2025 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    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 […]

    Free
  • September 2025

  • Mon 15

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

    September 15, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    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 […]

    Free
  • October 2025

  • Thu 30

    Poetry in Translation

    October 30, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    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 […]

    Free
  • February 2026

  • Sat 28

    “The Librarians” Film Screening at the Rio Theatre

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

    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 […]

    $16
  • March 2026

  • Tue 10

    FREE Celebration of Outdoor Learning Books!

    March 10 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    https://outdoorlearning.com/event/spring-celebration-2026/ Virtual Event

    Free 1 Hour Virtual Event on Tues, March 10 at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern Time. Sign-up: https://outdoorlearning.com/event/spring-celebration-2026/ This is a chance to connect virtually with the incredible authors of […]

    Free
  • April 2026

  • Thu 2

    A Reading of the Play El Terremoto by Christine Quintana

    April 2 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch 350 West Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Touchstone Theatre and Neworld Theatre present a reading of Christine Quintana's play El Terremoto (directed by Daniela Atiencia). Twenty years have passed since the three Jurado sisters lost their parents, […]

    Free
  • May 2026

  • Fri 1

    Talonbooks Spring 2026 Launch

    May 1 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall 1955 McLean Dr, Vancouver, BC V5N 3J7, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Join us at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall for the launch of the Talonbooks spring 2026 titles! Come help us celebrate this season’s authors and books. Here’s the lineup! […]

  • Tue 5

    Pretendianism

    May 5 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY – CENTRAL LIBRARY

    Esteemed novelist Joseph Boyden, acclaimed film director Michelle Latimer and former University of Saskatchewan professor Carrie Bourassa have all made front-page news in recent years for the same reason: each […]

    Free
  • Previous Events
  • Today
  • Next Events
Submit an event from your local BC book scene
  • Google Calendar
  • iCalendar
  • Outlook 365
  • Outlook Live
  • Export .ics file
  • Export Outlook .ics file

Sign up for updates

Get our Newsletter

With Thanks

We acknowledge the support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for this project.

Canadian Heritage Canada Council for the Arts Creative BC City of Vancouver

Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy | Consent Preferences

© 2025 Read Local BC

To the top ↑ Up ↑