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  • September 2024

  • Sat 14

    More Than Two, Second Edition: Book Launch and Conversation

    September 14, 2024 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Massy Arts 23 East Pender, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

    Join us and Eve Rickert & Andrea Zanin for the release of More Than Two, Second Edition. Cultivating nonmonogamous relationships with kindness and integrity, in conversation with Carrie Jenkins. Venue & Accessibility The event will be hosted at the Massy Arts Gallery, at 23 East Pender Street in Chinatown, Vancouver. Registration is free, open to […]

    Free
  • Sat 28

    Poetry Bus! Celebrating the 28th Year of Poetry in Transit

    September 28, 2024 | 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
    UBC Robson Square 800 Robson St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    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 28th 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 […]

    Free
  • March 2025

  • Mon 17

    A Short Story Celebration

    March 17, 2025 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

    Alex Leslie and Shashi Bhat on March 17th at a Short Story Celebration in the University of Fraser Valley library, Abbotsford Campus— They’ll be reading in two fiction classes and doing a public reading.

  • April 2025

  • Mon 7

    TriCities Writers Fest

    April 7, 2025 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

    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 […]

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  • Wed 16

    Enabling Arts Poetry Open Mic

    April 16, 2025 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Enabling Arts 104-343 Railway Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    We're back & we can't wait to hear your words! Join us for a poetry night at 343 Railway St (#104). Whether you're a seasoned poet or a first-timer, this event is the perfect opportunity to share your work in a supportive and welcoming environment. It's a chance to connect with fellow poetry enthusiasts and […]

    $13.13
  • Wed 23

    Celebrating Elise

    April 23, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    Book Warehouse - Main Street 4118 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Celebrating Elise Partridge Wednesday Apr 23rd, 2025 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Main St. Main St. Book Warehouse Celebrating Elise A National Poetry Month reading to celebrate the work and life of Elise Partridge (1958-2015) on the tenth anniversary of her passing. A number of Elise’s friends will read poems by or about her, or […]

  • May 2025

  • Mon 5

    Anna Veprinska and Joseph Kidney: Dual Poetry Launch

    May 5, 2025 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    A dual launch of poetry books Devotional Forensics and Bonememory at Cross and Crow Books. Featuring the wonderful Dominique Bernier-Cormier. 2836 Commercial Drive, Vancouver B.C.

  • Wed 21

    Enabling Arts Poetry Open Mic

    May 21, 2025 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Enabling Arts 104-343 Railway Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Join us for a poetry night at 343 Railway St (#104). Whether you're a seasoned poet or a first-timer, this event is the perfect opportunity to share your work in a supportive and welcoming environment. It's a chance to connect with fellow poetry enthusiasts and be inspired by the power of spoken word, whether or […]

    $13.13
  • June 2025

  • Wed 4

    The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog

    June 4, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch 350 West Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Mutton was a Coast Salish Woolly Dog whose pelt lay forgotten in a Smithsonian drawer for 150 years until it was uncovered by an amateur archivist. According to Indigenous Oral Histories of the Pacific Northwest, this small dog was bred for thousands of years for its woolly fibres, which were woven into traditional blankets, robes […]

  • Sun 8

    Launch Party: Celebrate 100 Issues of subTerrain

    June 8, 2025 | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Join subTerrain, one of Vancouver's longest standing literary magazines, in celebrating 100 issues of literary publishing from the margins. Sunday, June 8th Hero's Welcome 3917 Main St. (at 23rd Ave.) Door open at 5:00 pm -- Readings at 6:00

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