BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Read Local BC - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Read Local BC X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Read Local BC REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260612T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260612T183000 DTSTAMP:20260722T161036 CREATED:20260407T214018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T214018Z UID:51418-1781289000-1781289000@www.readlocalbc.ca SUMMARY:Author reading: Theresa Kishkan in celebration of The Art of Looking Back DESCRIPTION:Join Theresa Kishkan for a reading from her new memoir\, The Art of Looking Back. \nAt 23\, Theresa Kishkan met an artist who became obsessed with her. She was young\, she was flattered\, and the situation quickly overwhelmed her. He drew and painted her for a few months\, after which she went away for a year. When she returned\, she was determined not to resume the relationship. \nBut the artist made contact with her after the birth of her first child and became a family friend\, bringing gifts of paintings. Those images hung in Theresa’s home\, and one in particular reminded her almost daily of her younger self\, in ways both positive and not so much. She avoided looking too closely at his images of her and at his long\, passionate and often troubling letters. \nDecades later\, while sorting old correspondence\, she was taken back to those early days and began\, at last\, to write about her relationship with the now-deceased artist. The Art of Looking Back is a meditation on the male gaze\, on reclaiming one’s younger self\, and on agency: how we lose it\, how we find it again. This poetic memoir asks questions about older men and younger women and girls\, and the persistence of that dynamic in art. URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/author-reading-theresa-kishkan-in-celebration-of-the-art-of-looking-back/ LOCATION:Upstart & Crow\, 1387 Railspur Alley Vancouver\, BC V6H 3R7\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6H 3R7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Author Discussion,Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/9781997702061_fc.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Upstart &%3B Crow":MAILTO:hello@upstartandcrow.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260628T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260628T160000 DTSTAMP:20260722T161036 CREATED:20260625T185246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260625T185246Z UID:56534-1782655200-1782662400@www.readlocalbc.ca SUMMARY:Poetry & Art Salon DESCRIPTION:Enjoy an afternoon of poetry readings\, art “Show & Tell”\, chats\, and more! Come listen\, share\, and connect. Presented by Janet Kvammen\, Poet Laureate of New Westminster. In partnership with Royal City Literary Arts Society. \nAdmission Fee: Free\, Drop-in \nFeature Poet Lozan Yamolky\nFeature Artist Tristan Wright URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/poetry-art-salon/ LOCATION:Anvil Centre\, 777 Columbia St.\, New Westminster\, British Columbia\, V3M 1B6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Author Discussion,Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/675540275_122107228118846705_91599995447513964_n.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal City Literary Arts Society":MAILTO:janetkvammen@rclas.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260709T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260709T230000 DTSTAMP:20260722T161036 CREATED:20260625T174954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260625T174954Z UID:56531-1783627200-1783638000@www.readlocalbc.ca SUMMARY:Mashed Poetics 82: Hole's Live Through This DESCRIPTION:Mercedes Eng\, author of cop city swagger\, Prison Industrial Complex Explodes and more\, is one of the poets performing at Mashed Poetics 82: Hole’s Live Through This. Head to Lana Lou’s for an evening of music and poetry. For more information\, click here. \nMashed Poetics 82: Hole’s Live Through This\nLana Lou’s\nVancouver\, BC\nJuly 9\, 2026\nDoors at 8 p.m.\, show beings at 8:30 p.m. PDT URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/mashed-poetics-82-holes-live-through-this/ LOCATION:Lana Lou’s\, 362 Pow­ell Street \, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 1G4\, Canada CATEGORIES:Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/4198.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260716T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260716T200000 DTSTAMP:20260722T161036 CREATED:20260706T221619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260706T221619Z UID:57005-1784224800-1784232000@www.readlocalbc.ca SUMMARY:White Mice Poetry Reading DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, July 16\, Renée Sarojini Saklikar\, Indran Amirthanayagam\, and David Radavich and others will read with the winners of the “Home Port” White Mice Poetry Contest hosted by Rod Kessler\, 6–8 pm\, at the Irish Heather Shebeen\, 248 E Georgia St. This reading is sponsored by the International Lawrence Durrell Society as part of the On Miracle Ground XXIII conference (some poetry will be in Greek and French). \nRegistration for the conference is NOT required at attend this event\, but seating is limited. URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/white-mice-poetry-reading/ LOCATION:Irish Heather Shebeen\, 248 E Georgia St.\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada CATEGORIES:Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/White-Mice-graphic.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR