At the Vancouver Writers Festival Rueben George is Sun Dance Chief, a member of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN), and manager of the TWN’s Sacred Trust initiative to protect the unceded Tsleil-Waututh lands and waters from the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. In his new memoir, he shares the story of the spiritual, cultural, and political resurgence of […]
At the Vancouver Writers Festival Established in 2017, the Indigenous Voices Awards honour the sovereignty of Indigenous creative voices and nurture the work of emerging Indigenous writers in lands claimed by Canada. The awards have ushered in a new and dynamic generation of Indigenous writers, with past recipients including Billy-Ray Belcourt, Tanya Tagaq, and Jesse Thistle. This […]
On Friday, October 20th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and House of Anansi Press in welcoming Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall to celebrate her innovative novel Tauhou. Kōtuku will be joined by moderator Shirarose Wilensky. "...Masterful dialogue and rich scenes move emotions like the currents around Aotearoa and the Salish Seas, a beautiful display of […]
Join Munro’s Books in celebrating the release of two highly anticipated new novels by critically acclaimed writers Mona Awad and Lauren Groff, in conversation with CBC Radio's Kathryn Marlow!! From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes Mona Awad's Rouge, a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother's unexpected death […]
Join the BC and Yukon Book Prizes for Storied: Discussions on Books, Publishing, and the Creative Process. On Wednesday, October 25th, Rachel Hartman and Janice Lynn Mather will be offering mini-lectures on world-building. Rachel Hartman’s book In the Serpent’s Wake is the winner of the 2023 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. Janice Lynn Mather’s […]
👻Kapal Kollective presents: Tula ng Tiyanak - Open-mic Poetry👻 *Tula ng Tiyanak (“The poetry of a baby goblin) refers to a tiyanak with various origin stories from what is now known as the Philippines. The tiyanak in this graphic was illustrated by Viv. Kikiligin, kikilabutan, at kakabahan ang mga totoong tiyanak sa Vancouver! (The true […]
Please join Munro’s Books for a book signing with award-winning, globe-trotting, history-hunting storyteller, Ken McGoogan! In his latest book, Searing for Franklin: New Light on the Great Arctic Mystery, arctic historian Ken McGoogan approaches the legacy of nineteenth-century explorer Sir John Franklin from a contemporary perspective and offers a surprising new explanation of an enduring […]
On Friday, October 27th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and Nightwood Editions for the launch of Cathy Stonehouse's Dream House with guests. Cathy will be joined by special guest readers Renée Saklikar and Nina Mosall with host Nicola Harwood. "Cathy Stonehouse’s Dream House, like any magical dwelling, is not what it at first […]
Do you know any children who aspire to create their own illustrated characters and bring them to life through a comic or graphic novel? Join award-winning and Emmy nominated animation director, and acclaimed author and illustrator Jeff Chiba Stearns as he shows students aged six to twelve fun and innovative ways to tell stories through […]
Please join Munro’s Books in celebrating new books by two local authors: Ali Blythe and Jason Jobin! Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art — Breaking open John Keats’s “Last Sonnet,” in his third book of poetry, Stedfast, Ali Blythe writes marginality into the canon, at once claiming, reviving, and un-fixing the Romantic […]