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  • February 2023

  • Thu 23
    February 23, 2023 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

    Reading: Metaphorically Speaking (Online)

    Join Wordstorm on Feb. 23rd when Andrea Thompson features at our online reading/performance, interview and open mic event! On Feb, 23rd, Andrea will be sharing from one of her latest publications, A Selected History of Soul Speak. Register for this free event at: wordstorm.ca

    Free
  • April 2023

  • Thu 27
    April 27, 2023 | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    READINGS & BOOK LAUNCH: The Joy of Poetry

    A reading of local poets in honour of National Poetry Month, held in Kelowna, BC. at Third Space Coffeehouse. This is a combination reading, book launch and open mic. All are welcome.

    Free
  • May 2023

  • Wed 17
    May 17, 2023 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

    Poetry Reading: Alice Major & Jordan Scott

    Poets Corner Reading Series welcomes Alice Major and Jordan Scott. Alice Major has published twelve collections of poetry, two novels for young adults and an award-winning collection of essays about poetry and science. Jordan Scott is a poet and children’s author. His debut children’s book, I Talk Like a River (illustrated by Sydney Smith), was […]

    Free
  • Thu 25
    May 25, 2023 | 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

    Wild Prose Readings Presents: Earth-Shattering Prose

    Paul Phillips Hall 1923 Fernwood Road, Victoria, BC, Canada

    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 […]

    $5
  • June 2023

  • Wed 21
    June 21, 2023 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

    Poetry Reading: Derek Beaulieau & Gary Geddes

    Fairleigh Dickinson University, Vancouver BC 842 Cambie Street, Vancouver, Canada

    Two of Canada's most prominent authors read in Vancouver June 21 Poets Corner Reading Series is beyond excited to welcome two of the most prolific and influential names in Canadian literature today: Derek Beaulieu and Gary Geddes. The show starts at 7:30pm PST, June 21. Fans can attend in person at Fairleigh Dickinson University (842 […]

    Free
  • August 2023

  • Thu 24
    August 24, 2023 | 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm

    Wild Prose Readings Presents: Troubled Towns and Waters with Curtis LeBlanc, Michael Melgaard and Mike Sadava

    Paul Phillips Hall 1923 Fernwood Road, Victoria, BC, Canada

    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 […]

    $5.00
  • November 2023

  • Sun 26
    November 26, 2023 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    An Afternoon With Authors Featuring Tellers of Tales and Poetic Justice

    I Heart New West Community Art Space Unit 103 - 78 10th Street, Columbia Square Plaza, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

    Royal City Literary Arts Society presents An Afternoon With Authors Featuring Tellers of Tales and Poetic Justice Sunday November 26, 2023, 1pm to 5pm Location: I Heart New West Community Art Space Unit 103 - 78 10th Street Columbia Square Plaza, New Westminster Tellers of Tales – 1:00pm • Winona Kent – The Jason Davey […]

    Free
  • December 2023

  • Sun 3
    December 3, 2023 | 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

    Wild Prose Readings Presents: Boy, Interrupted

    Please join the Wild Prose Reading Series for Boy, Interrupted—readings from books about young men whose lives were interrupted, and the story of how they came back. Jason Jobin will read from his memoir, The Wild Mandrake, about his struggle with cancer as a young man; Katłįà will read from her novel, This House is […]

    $5
  • January 2024

  • Thu 25
    January 25, 2024 | 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

    Wild Prose Reading Series Presents: The Subversives

    Paul Phillips Hall 1923 Fernwood Road, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Please join us for The Subversives—readings from books about women and nonbinary people subverting the status quo. JD Derbyshire will read from Mercy Gene, the Man-Made Making of a Madwoman, a genre-smashing work of auto-fiction about gender confusion, patriarchy, addiction, and mental health; Kathryn Mockler will read from her book of short stories, Anecdotes, a […]

    $5
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