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Janie Chang: Porcelain Moon
2023-02-20 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver) | Sunshine Coast Arts Council, 5714 Medusa St., Sechelt, BC, V0N 3A3, Canada
We’re getting excited for the release of Janie Chang’s newest book, Porcelain Moon! Janie Chang is the author of four previous novels and she’ll be launching her latest historical fiction right here in Sechelt. February 20th from 3-5pm at the Sechelt Arts Centre. We have a few of these Porcelain Moon tote bags to giveaway to those who pre-order a copy of the book! Give us a call and we’ll be sure to add you to the list. (If you’ve already pre-ordered, we’ll make sure to keep a tote for you.)

Freedom to Read Week
2023-02-19 - 2023-02-26 | BC

Fireside Chat: Jónína Kirton
2023-02-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
This on-line chat will be about an hour long and will feature guest host and poet Michelle Poirier Brown in conversation with Jónína Kirton. The audience will have an opportunity to ask questions.
Jónína Kirton, a Métis Icelandic poet, received the 2016 Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for an Emerging Artist in the Literary Arts category. Her second collection of poetry, An Honest Woman, was a finalist in the 2018 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. She just released her third book, Standing in a River of Time.
Michelle Poirier Brown is the author of You Might Be Sorry You Read This.

Book Launch: Hand on My Heart: A Canadian Doctor's Awakening in Afghanistan
2023-02-15 19:00 - 21:00 | ubc school of population and public health
MaureenMayhew‘s Hand on My Heart: A Canadian Doctor’s Awakening in Afghanistan. Mark your calendars for the upcoming book launch: February 15th, 7-9 PM at UBC’s School of Population and Public Health. Books will be available for sale!

Moving Lines - An I Love Transit Week Poetry and Music Event
2023-02-14 16:00 - 19:00 | Waterfront Station Atrium, 601 W Cordova, Vancouver, BC, Canada
TransLink’s Arts and Culture program presents MOVING LINES – An I Love Transit Week Poetry and Music Event, featuring poets Hari Alluri, Angelic Goldsky, Fiona Lam, and Brandon Wint with violinist Cameron Wilson and cellist Finn Mannische of the band Van Django.
This Literary Cabaret of poetry readings and improvised music will take place at the Atrium in Vancouver’s Waterfront Station, from 4-7 pm on Valentine’s Day, February 14, in a mutual celebration of transit and love. Throughout the event, our poets will also host an exciting, interactive poetry booth, to inspire riders’ own creativity as they express their love for transit.
#ILoveTransit

Poetry Justice
2023-02-12 15:00 - 17:00 | BC
Poetic Justice Online Edition
with Host Carol Johnson
Date: Sunday February 12, 2023
Time: 3:00 to 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Featuring
Franci Louann
Cherie Hanson
Open Mic sign up starts at 2:50 pm

Best Canadian Poetry 2023
2023-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 | BC
This Saturday, Feb. 11th at 7:00 p.m. join our poet laureate, John Barton for the launch of Best Canadian Poetry 2023 (@biblioasis_books)!!
Readings from @goblinpuck, Lise Gaston, @adriansouthin, Susan Braley, and @loveday.jeremy

Book Signing: Bloom Where You Are Planted | Indigo Granville
2023-02-11 16:00 - 18:00 | Chapters Indigo – Vancouver, Granville & Broadway, 2505 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3G7, Canada
Chat with the author and pick up a copy of “Bloom Where You Are Planted: 50 Conversations with Inspiring British Columbians” at Indigo Granville.
A gorgeous book to keep or gift, “Bloom Where You Are Planted” is a collection of interviews and photography that celebrates 50 innovative, hard-working, diverse people.
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/…/9781772034295-item.html

Incite: Superfan: Jen Sookfong Lee
2023-02-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, 350 West Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, V6B 6B1, Canada
Music. Movies. Celebrity crushes. Pop culture permeates all levels of our lives, from the entertainment we consume (or abhor) to the memes we make and share with friends. Jen Sookfong Lee has been at the centre of this commentary for years, as author, lifestyle commentator, podcaster, and now memoirist of Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart, a searing, revelatory, and intimate collection exploring the ways in which pop culture has shaped—and unshaped—Lee throughout her life.
Joined by longtime Festival friend and Globe and Mail columnist Marsha Lederman, this special Incite event will celebrate Lee’s debut memoir-in-pieces, and explore all the ways in which pop culture intersects with the reality of so many, how our collective obsessions make and break us, and why our fascinations persist in spite of it all.

Family Literacy Week
2023-01-23 - 2023-01-28 | BC
