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We're excited to be back with this fine line-up of writers. Join us Thursday, June 29th at 7 pm for our free virtual event with readings by Taslim Jaffer, Frances Peck, Margie Taylor, Farida Somjee, and Kevin Chong.
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 Part of Parksville, BC's outdoor street market, happening Tuesday, July 4th, 6-9pm, at Fireside Books in Parksville.
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 Grab a glass of wine and join three BC travel writers - Ella Harvey, Meaghan Hackinen, and Lisa Duncan - for an evening of stories, slides, and enticing readings from around the world! Books available for purchase. Ella Harvey "In A Time of Light and Shadow, Ella Harvey gracefully ties together the multiple landscapes of […]
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 Join North Shore libraries for a refreshing summer series with local authors and local brews! Attend all four Brews & Books to win a prize (details below). Join us at Bridge Brewing Co. to learn more about camping in Western Canada! Author Jayne Seagrave will explain how she started researching Provincial Park camping in the […]
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 Publications for Mad Ideas for Precarious Living with Nicole Luongo, Erin Soros, and Henry Doyle, hosted by Isabella Wang. These brilliant writers and thinkers have undergone incredibly difficult lives and have wisdoms and intersections which they will share with readings from their work, followed by a guided discussion and Q&A hosted by Isabella Wang. This […]
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 On Thursday, July 13 at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Tidewater Press and Ronsdale Press in welcoming Jenn Ashton & Heige Boehm for "An Exploration of Reconciliation through Story." Local Historian and author Jenn Ashton and historical fiction author Heige Boehm delve into past global atrocities to shed light on how reconciliation can be advanced into […]
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 On Monday, July 17th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books, and BC and Yukon Book Prizes for a literary evening with three finalists of the 2023 BC and Yukon Book Prizes: Tsering Yangzom Lama, Harrison Mooney, and Cecily Nicholson. The in-person event will feature readings of the We Measure the Earth with our Bodies […]
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 On Tues. July 18th at 6pm, join Massy Arts and PRISM international for the launch of two issues: 61.2 (SPRING) and 61.3 (IBPOC). 61.2 (SPRING) is haunted by fleeting moments of recognition and sticky moments of queer desire. 61.3 is PRISM international’s first entirely IBPOC issue. The poems and stories in this issue explore what […]
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 On Wednesday, July 19th, at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and Penguin Random House Canada for the West Coast launch of Janika Oza's A History of Burning. In what the New York Times Book Review calls "Remarkable. . . . A haunting, symphonic tale", Oza's A History of Burning is a profoundly moving debut […]
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 On Thursday, July 20th, at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and Tin House for the West Coast launch of Jane Wong’s “blazing, lyrical” memoir, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City. Jane will be joined by guest readers Britt McGillivray and Adèle Barclay. In what Elissa Washuta calls “a perfect and glimmering book”, Meet Me […]
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1 event, This two-day writing workshop explores participants’ rich and diverse connections to the lands they carry with them. All people hold powerful stories of land, whether those are narratives of lifelong connection to one landscape, or stories of places left behind and new places gained as immigrants, refugees, and displaced peoples. Working in collaboration with the […]
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 On Sunday, July 23rd at 2pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books, Coach House Books, Nightwood Editions, Brick Books, and House of Anansi Press for Did You Miss Me? A Recent Release Reading with authors Molly Cross-Blanchard, Selina Boan, Shaun Robinson and Christopher Evans. Bridging poetry and short stories, these four works were launched during times […]
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1 event, Six days of presentations from award-winning authors and publishers on topics such as truth and creativity, finding your voice, structuring life stories, websites tips to get you noticed, and recent publishing trends. The sessions will be accompanied by suggested exercises, with an opportunity to regroup with fellow participants at the end of the week for […]
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 Join North Shore libraries for a refreshing summer series with local authors and local brews! Attend all four Brews & Books to win a prize (details below). Rescue Me takes you behind the scenes of some of North America’s riskiest search and rescue operations. Author Cathalynn Labonté-Smith shares real-life stories as told by volunteer members […]
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Join us for an informative and fascinating discussion at SFU’s Harbour Centre campus on Thursday July 27, as Edge leads a panel discussion on topics surrounding Postmedia and its fall from grace, Canadian media, and democratic media policies and what they mean for the future. Thursday July 27th, 7:00pm Teck Gallery Lounge Room 1400 (Updated)– SFU Harbour […] |
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On Saturday, July 29th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books, and Caitlin Press for Remnants of Place: Natalie Virginia Lang with Guests Stephen Collis, Betsy Warland and Daniela Elza. Through poetic prose, Lang meditates on the social, historical, cultural, and environmental losses suffered at the hands of infringement upon natural areas. This project has […] |
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From July 11th to August 1st, Massy Arts and Massy Books host, Chasing The Poem – Fourth Edition, an online poetry workshop marathon for emerging writers, in three courses created by queer poets to demystify poetry writing, to present useful writing prompts, to incite imagination, and to address political and poetic points of view through […]
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1 event, On Thurs. Aug. 3 at 6pm, join Massy Arts and Dialogos / Lavender Ink for the double launch of Adeena Karasick's latest poetry books: Ærotomania: The Book of Lumenations and Ouvert Oeuvre: Openings . Through a poetics of politically engaged aesthetic resistance, Ærotomania negotiates turbulence, loss, nostalgia and hope, while the poems in Ouvert Oeuvre […]
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