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  • July 2025

  • Thu 31

    An Evening with Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    July 31, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    St James Community Square 3214 W 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    We're excited to present An Evening with Silvia Moreno-Garcia with her new novel The Bewitching! Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. There are two ticket types available: $15.00 plus GST for just a ticket or […]

    $46.50
  • August 2025

  • Wed 13

    Book Launch of The Bone Raiders by Jackson Ford

    August 13, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    Book Warehouse - Main Street 4118 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Join us for the launch of Vancouver author Jackson Ford's new novel The Bone Raiders, the first in the Rakada series. The start of a no‑holds‑barred, action‑packed fantasy series from the always irreverent Jackson Ford where a group of charmingly-named Bone Raiders harness the power of gigantic, fire-breathing lizards to defend their homeland from an […]

    Free
  • September 2025

  • Tue 9

    Urban Matters: Poetry in the City

    September 9, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch 350 West Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Join authors Daniela Elza and Daniel Cowper for a launch, reading, and discussion on celebration of the life of a city and an interrogation of its cost on our well-being. --- Daniela Elza was longlisted for the 2024 CBC Poetry Prize for poems from her latest book SCAR/CITY (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2025). Her debut prose […]

    Free
  • Fri 12

    Write on Bowen

    September 12, 2025 | 8:00 am - September 14, 2025 | 5:00 pm
    Bowen Island

    Once again being held on beautiful Bowen Island/Nexwlélexwm! We have an excellent line-up of events and activities planned for writers of any genre and level of experience.

  • Sat 13

    The Canine Library

    September 13, 2025 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    John Hendry Park / Trout Lake 3300 Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    We’re back for the 2025 Canine Library at John Hendry Trout Lake Park. Borrow a St. John Ambulance certified therapy pup, read them poetry, or join a poetry workshop. Sign-ups start at 12:30 pm—spots go fast, so don’t be late! Enjoy books, barks, and fun with VPL's Children's tent and VPL’s Writer in Residence, Selina […]

    Free
  • Sun 14

    Word Vancouver

    September 14, 2025 | 8:00 am - September 20, 2025 | 5:00 pm
    UBC Robson Square 800 Robson St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    To foster the joy of the written word and inspire creativity by bringing together readers and writers from all backgrounds in an annual, inclusive and free literary arts festival, connecting local communities and celebrating literary arts through the collective experience. We aspire to embrace innovation, encourage discourse and provide a safe and accessible experience for […]

  • Sun 14

    Indigo Mayfair: Book Signing

    September 14, 2025 | 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Chapters Indigo - Victoria 1212 Douglas St, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Visit Indigo Mayfair from 12PM - 3PM on September 14th for a signed copy of "Opheliac" by British Columbian author Emma Sloan (and your limited-time gift with purchase).

    Free
  • Mon 15

    Women of the Fur Trade: An Evening with Playwright and Journalist Frances Koncan

    September 15, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch 350 West Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Frances Koncan's play Women of the Fur Trade is about the Métis-led Red River Resistance against European colonisers. In eighteen hundred and something something, somewhere upon the banks of a Reddish River in Treaty One Territory, three very different women with a preference for twenty-first century slang sit in a fort sharing their views on […]

    Free
  • Wed 17

    Encrypted: A Reading with Arleen Paré

    September 17, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    Upstart & Crow 1387 Railspur Alley Vancouver, BC V6H 3R7, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Join us for an evening in celebration of Paré’s newest poetry collection on grief, family, and loneliness.

    Free
  • Fri 19

    Reading by C. E. Gatchalian

    September 19, 2025 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Summerland Library ORL Branch 9533 Main Street, Summerland, BC, Canada

    Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man—a lyrical exploration of race, desire, and artistic identity shaped by literature, film, and family history. For those interested, at 4pm, Gatchalian will lead Writing the Unraveling Self, a workshop that invites participants to embrace emotional rawness and creative disruption through guided prompts and […]

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