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. […]
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 […]
Presented by the Vancouver Writers Fest in partnership with Vancouver Public Library and Massy Books. Don your cloaks and gather with other members of our literary coven for an evening of divine storytelling and witchcraft. Our third Incite event features Festival favourite Cherie Dimaline, whose book The Marrow Thieves has garnered multiple awards and maintained […]
Join Wordstorm on Feb. 23rd when Andrea Thompson features at our online reading/performance, interview and open mic event! On Feb, 23rd, Andrea will be sharing from one of her latest publications, A Selected History of Soul Speak. Register for this free event at: wordstorm.ca
Nicole Markotić is a poet, novelist, short fiction writer and professor of Canadian and Children’s Literature at the University of Windsor. Her poetry titles include Minotaurs & Other Alphabets, Bent at the Spine, Whelmed and a recent translation of the Old English epic, Beowulf; her novels, Yellow Pages (on the inventions of Alexander Graham Bell), Scrapbook […]
Are you a Poet? Novellist? Lyricist? Memoirist? New or Returning to Writing? We are thrilled to announce that Neworld Theatre (@neworldtheatre) will be partnering with Unbound Reading Series to bring you THE BLACK FUTURES OPEN MIC on Sunday, February 26th at 1pm. 📚 The Black Futures Open Mic is a literary and community event that […]
In this 1.5 hour interactive workshop, we’ll analyze sample texts, review approaches to begin a piece of writing, and consider the importance of form and structure across genres. You’ll leave with resources and suggestions for further reading, writing, and reflection. Aimed at writers of all levels and genres. Susan Olding is the author of Big […]
New in 2023 is the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Book Awards offering prizes in fiction, non-fiction and poetry in traditional and independent publishing streams. There will be a first-prize winner in each category announced at the Annual Sunshine Coast Art & Words Festival. $100 will be awarded for the first-place winner as follows: […]
On Thursday, March 2nd at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books, Harbour Publishing and Coach House Books for Illuminations: An Evening with Sheryda Warrener and Jane Munro, a double launch of False Creek by Jane Munro and Test Piece by Sheryda Warrener, hosted by Raoul Fernandes. These two collections of poetry offer meditations on […]
