Music. Movies. Celebrity crushes. Pop culture permeates all levels of our lives, from the entertainment we consume (or abhor) to the memes we make and share with friends. Jen Sookfong Lee has been at the centre of this commentary for years, as author, lifestyle commentator, podcaster, and now memoirist of Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My […]
This on-line chat will be about an hour long and will feature guest host and poet Michelle Poirier Brown in conversation with Jónína Kirton. The audience will have an opportunity to ask questions. Jónína Kirton, a Métis Icelandic poet, received the 2016 Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for an Emerging Artist in the Literary Arts category. […]
On March 5th at 2pm, Yours, Mine and Ours, the itinerant copyright series brought to you by Artists Legal Outreach (BC), Artists Legal Advice Service (ON) and the National Network of Legal Clinics, presents Yours, Mine and Ours: Rights, Royalties and Resistance, a conversation between author, poet and rapper, Cadence Weapon (Rollie Pemberton) and author […]
The Regional Spotlight series highlights groups and organisations from across British Columbia. This event features readings from David Floody, Heather Hendry, Helen Mavoa, and Joanna Streetly, with FBCW host Meaghan Hackinen. Readers and writers from across the province and beyond are welcome to this showcase celebrating the talent of the Clayoquot Writers Group.
Join us for an evening of earthquake-themed readings! First, share YOUR work with us at the open mic. Then, we'll hear from Gregor Craigie, reading from his nonfiction book about earthquakes, On Borrowed Time; fiction author Jen Neale, reading from her novel-in-progress about the Vancouver earthquake, Frances Peck reading from her debut novel about the […]
Grab a glass of wine and join three BC travel writers - Ella Harvey, Meaghan Hackinen, and Lisa Duncan - for an evening of stories, slides, and enticing readings from around the world! Books available for purchase. Ella Harvey "In A Time of Light and Shadow, Ella Harvey gracefully ties together the multiple landscapes of […]
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 […]
Wednesday, August 30, 2023 12:00pm PST / 3:00pm EST Free Admission Virtual attendance by Zoom (Register on Eventbrite) To celebrate the summer launch of Issue 3.50: In(ter)ventions in the Archive, The Capilano Review invites readers to join us for an open “book club”-style discussion of the issue alongside co-editors Deanna Fong and Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross. […]
In partnership with TransLink and BC Transit, Read Local BC presents the launch of this year’s Poetry In Transit campaign at Word Vancouver. Now celebrating its 27th year, this beloved community-engagement project displays the work of ten BC poets on public transit vehicles throughout the province. Join us to hear a selection of the featured […]