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SUMMARY:Zaatari: Culinary Traditions from a Syrian Refugee Camp
DESCRIPTION:How do you preserve the tastes of home when you’ve been forced to flee the place you’re from? \nIn Zaatari\, Karen E. Fisher takes us to the largest Syrian refugee camp in the world\, home to over 80\,000 people\, and shares the stories\, the recipes\, the traditions and the art of its indomitable residents. More than a cookbook\, it is an immersive culinary tour full of culture\, vitality and perseverance. \nMohammad Shwamra\, a resident of Zaatari Camp who was editorial and production assistant for this book\, is traveling to Canada to join Karen for this book presentation. \nKaren and Mohammad will appear in conversation with Nihal Elwan\, entrepreneur and founder of Tayybeh\, a catering company and social enterprise in Vancouver\, that provides steady employment opportunities for Syrian newcomer women. \n— \nKaren E. Fisher is a Professor at the Information School\, and Adjunct Professor in the Communication Department at the University of Washington. She is also an embedded field ethnographer for UNHCR Jordan\, Adjunct Professor\, Åbo Akademi University\, Turku\, Finland\, and Visiting Professor at the Information School\, Siegen University\, DE. Karen’s focus is the Syrian war and she works in the Levant\, and much of her work is at UNHCR Za’atari Camp in Jordan\, where she’s led projects like the Za’atari Camp Cookbook—a multi-year co-design project with over 2000 Syrians about preserving indigenous knowledge of food\, Arab medicine and culture; and Za’atari Camp Libraries—the world’s first\, refugee-run\, camp-wide library system. \nNihal Elwan is the founder of Tayybeh Foods\, a social enterprise\, caterer\, food processor\, and restaurant with a mission to empower and uplift newcomer and refugee women from Syria and the Middle East. Since its inception in 2017\, Tayybeh has received multiple awards including “Foodies of the Year” by Western Living magazine\, “Champion of Women” Award from Voices of Muslim Women\, the City of Vancouver’s Award of Excellence\, and most recently the Enterprise of the Year Award by the Francophone Chamber of Commerce. Nihal’s academic background is in Anthropology\, International Development studies and Economics\, with over 15 years of professional experience researching\, implementing\, monitoring and evaluating economic and social inclusion programmes\, with special focus on gender and women’s issues in the Middle East.
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SUMMARY:History in Novels: Sarah Mughal & Xiran Jay Zhao - Hope Ablaze & Iron Widow
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, March 3rd at 2pm\, join Massy Arts\, Massy Books and St Martin’s Press for the launch of Hope Ablaze by Sarah Mughal Rana in conversation with Xiran Jay Zhao and Emily Varga as they discuss how colonial history and their cultures inspired and shaped their writings. \nWith a touch of magic and poetry sprinkled throughout\, Canadian author Sarah Mughal Rana’s Hope Ablaze is heartbreaking\, often funny\, and ultimately uplifting\, not only celebrating the Islamic faith and Pakistani culture\, but simultaneously confronting racism and Islamophobia with unflinching bravery. \nThis project has been made possible by the Government of Canada. Ce projet a été rendu possible grâce au gouvernement du Canada. \nVenue & Accessibility \nThe event will be hosted at the Massy Arts Gallery\, at 23 East Pender Street in Chinatown\, Vancouver. \nRegistration is free and required for entrance. \nThe gallery is wheelchair accessible and a gender-neutral washroom is on-site. \nPlease refrain from wearing scents or heavy perfumes. \nFor more on accessibility including parking\, seating\, venue measurements and floor plan\, and how to request ASL interpretation please visit: massyarts.com/accessibility \nCovid Protocols: Masks keep our community safe and are mandatory (N95 masks are recommended as they offer the best protection). We ask if you are showing symptoms\, that you stay home. Thank you kindly. \nAbout the book: \nHope Ablaze (St. Martin’s Press\, 2024) \nAll My Rage meets The Poet X in this electric debut that explores a Muslim teen finding her voice in a post-9/11 America. \nNida has always been known as Mamou Abdul-Hafeedh’s niece – the poet that will fill her uncle’s shoes after he was wrongfully incarcerated during the war on terror. But for Nida\, her poetry letters are her heart and sharing so much of herself with a world that stereotypes her faith and her hijab is not an option. \nWhen Nida is illegally frisked at a Democratic Senatorial candidate’s political rally\, she writes a scathing poem about the politician\, never expecting the letter to go viral weeks before Election Day. Nida discovers her poem has won first place in a national contest\, a contest she never entered\, and her quiet life is toppled. But worst of all\, Nida loses her ability to write poetry. In the aftermath of her win\, Nida struggles to balance the expectations of her mother\, her uncle\, and her vibrant Muslim community with the person she truly wants to be. \nAbout the author: \nSarah Mughal Rana\, author of the debut novel Hope Ablaze\, is a writer and student at Oxford University\, pursuing her MPhil at the intersection of human rights and policy. She is a BookTok personality and the co-host of On the Write Track Podcast where she enjoys spilling tea with her favourite authors about the book world. Outside of school\, she falls down history rabbit holes and trains in traditional martial arts. These days can find her on Instagram & Tiktok . \nAbout the guest: \nXiran Jay Zhao is the #1 New-York-Times-bestselling author of the Iron Widow series and Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor. Their books have been a finalist or winner of many awards\, including the Nebula\, BFSA\, and Locus awards. A first-gen Hui Chinese immigrant from small-town China to Vancouver\, Canada\, they were raised by the Internet and made the inexplicable decision to leave their biochem degree in the dust to write books and make educational content instead. You can find them on Twitter for memes\, Instagram for cosplays and fancy outfits\, TikTok for fun short videos\, and YouTube for long videos about Chinese history and culture. \nAbout the moderator: \nEmily Varga is a YA Fantasy author with a fondness for getting lost in bookstores\, eating copious amounts of rice\, and watching a lot of terrible reality tv. She has lived all over the world\, but currently calls the Rocky Mountains of western Canada home\, where she lives with her family and their menagerie of pets. When she’s not writing\, Emily works as a family lawyer\, where she learned more about storytelling than she ever expected. Emily’s debut novel FOR SHE IS WRATH is a Pakistani-inspired Count of Monte Cristo retelling meets Kill Bill and is out in fall 2024 with Wednesday Books.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/history-in-novels-sarah-mughal-xiran-jay-zhao-hope-ablaze-iron-widow/
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SUMMARY:Under the Table: Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Under The Table Open Mic Series \nOn Wednesday March 6th at 6pm PDT\, join Massy Arts Society and a collective of brilliant poet organizers for the first Under The Table Open Mic of the year! This event will not have a feature poet\, leaving even more space for our wonderful open mic-ers! Sign-up for the open mic at the venue upon arrival. \n*Please note this show is on a Wednesday! We will resume with our events on the first Tuesday of each month starting in April* \n(we run on crip time with the understanding that bodies and brains aren’t always on schedule) \nWe invite you to sign up for the open mic as Under The Table welcomes us to laugh\, cry\, celebrate and sit in the richness of queer and disabled life\, writing and poetics. \nThis event will unfortunately not have ASL interpretation. We are working to secure funding to continue having ASL at future events. \nUnder the Table is an open mic series centering disabled and/or queer poets. This series was dreamed up out of a desire to share work\, experience art\, and connect with community in a covid safer\, more accessible\, and anti-oppressive space. Partnering with Massy Art Gallery and Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture\, Under the Table Open Mic Series will be on the first Tuesday of each month (with the exception of this month!) with some events in person at Massy Arts Society and others virtually on zoom. \nVenue & Accessibility \nThe event will be hosted at the Massy Arts Gallery\, at 23 East Pender Street in Chinatown\, Vancouver. \nMassy Arts Gallery is a single-level space\, in one single room. The entryway to the building is 38″ wide\, with a transition less than 0.5″. The front door is a push door that swings inward to the left. There is no automatic opening door or switch but the door will stay open until the show starts. There is one gender inclusive bathroom in the space. The door is not automatic. Pull to enter\, push to exit. The width of the doorway is 90cm / 35.5in. The bathroom is 45sq ft. There are two sets of grab bars located behind and to the right of the toilet.The space is a scent-free space. We kindly ask that event attendees refrain from wearing scented products in the space. The venue has a scent free soap and uses scent free cleaning products. \nThis event will unfortunately not have ASL interpretation. We are working to secure funding to continue having ASL at future events. For more info on accessibility including transit and parking\, seating\, and venue measurements and floor plan\, please visit: massyarts.com/accessibility. If you have questions about accessibility at this event please email us at info@massyarts.com or underthetablepoetry@gmail.com \nCOVID-19 SAFETY \nMasks are required for this event (N95 masks are recommended as they offer the best protection) and will be provided for anyone who does not bring one. There will be an air purifier in the space as well as antibacterial microphone covers. The host and feature poet will rapid test before the event and we encourage attendees to rapid test before coming as well. We ask that you stay home if you are showing symptoms or had a recent exposure. \nAbout Under The Table: \nUnder the Table is a space where the richness that is queer and disabled life and art\, flourishes and finds a home. It’s a space to share work that’s asking to be told\, but might not be welcomed in other spaces\, if you are able to access those spaces at all. It’s a space where being queer and/or disabled (whether or not those specific words resonate for you) makes your work a brilliant fit\, regardless of how queer or disabled you think the poetry you wish to share is\, how connected you are to disabled and/or queer community\, and whether you feel disabled and/or queer “enough” to participate. Come to “Under the Table” to laugh\, cry\, celebrate\, sit in discomfort\, feel understood\, and be together.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/under-the-table-poetry-open-mic/
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SUMMARY:Dinner on Monster Island by Tania De Rozario with Lydia Kwa and Joanne Leow
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, March 7th at 6pm\, join Massy Arts\, Massy Books and Harper Perennial in celebrating the launch of Dinner on Monster Island by Tania De Rozario with guests Lydia Kwa and Joanne Leow\, moderated by Kanksha Chawla. \n“In Dinner on Monster Island\, Tania De Rozario brilliantly exorcises the demons of her upbringing—an evangelical mother\, homophobic policies and culturally pervasive fatphobia—using horror films as an outlet and metaphor for her estrangement. As a writer\, De Rozario is searing\, stirring\, and soaring.” — Kevin Chong\, Author of The Double Life of Benson Yu. \nThis project has been made possible by the Government of Canada. Ce projet a été rendu possible grâce au gouvernement du Canada. \nVenue & Accessibility \nThe event will be hosted at the Massy Arts Gallery\, at 23 East Pender Street in Chinatown\, Vancouver. We are located in the former MING WO building. \nRegistration is free and required for entrance. \nThe gallery is wheelchair accessible and a gender-neutral washroom is on-site. \nPlease refrain from wearing scents or heavy perfumes. \nFor more on accessibility including parking\, seating\, venue measurements and floor plan\, and how to request ASL interpretation please visit: massyarts.com/accessibility \nCovid Protocols: Masks keep our community safe and are mandatory (N95 masks are recommended as they offer the best protection). We ask if you are showing symptoms\, that you stay home. Thank you kindly. \nAbout the book: \nDinner on Monster Island (Harper Perennial\, 2024) \nTania De Rozario was just twelve when she was gay-exorcised. That day\, the young girl realized that monsters weren’t just found in horror tales. They could lurk anywhere—including your own family and community—and look just like you. Dinner on Monster Island is a collection of essays that examines De Rozario’s experiences growing up a queer\, Brown\, fat girl in Singapore\, intertwined with analyses of women in horror films. Moving and lyrical\, it is a deeply personal examination of one woman’s experience grappling with identity and a fantastic analysis of monsters\, monstrous women and the worlds in which they live. \nAbout the author: \nTania De Rozario is a writer\, visual artist and the author of four books. Her work has won the New Ohio Review Nonfiction Contest (2020)\, the Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Poetry Contest (2021)\, Singapore’s Golden Point Award (2011) and was a finalist for a 2021 Lambda Literary Award. Her visual art has been showcased in galleries and art spaces in Singapore\, Amsterdam\, London\, Spain and San Francisco. Born in Singapore\, she lives on the traditional unceded territories of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. \nAbout the guests: \nLydia Kwa has published two books of poetry (The Colours of Heroines\, 1992; sinuous\, 2013) and five novels (This Place Called Absence\, 2000; The Walking Boy\, 2005 and 2019; Pulse\, 2010 and 2014; Oracle Bone\, 2017; A Dream Wants Waking\, 2023). A third book of poetry from time to new will be published by Gordon Hill Press in Fall 2024. (Headshot credit: Joshua Paul) \nJoanne Leow grew up in Singapore and lives on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair of Transnational and Decolonial Digital Humanities in the Department of English at Simon Fraser University. She is also a poet and writer with a debut collection of poetry\, Seas Move Away (2022)\, published by Turnstone Press. (Headshot credit: Sweetmoon photography) \nAbout the moderator: \nKanksha Chawla (she/they) is an Indian immigrant who grew up in Singapore and lives on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She is an organizer\, writer\, and student of English Literature at Simon Fraser University. Her work has appeared in anthologies and zines including Crazy Little Pyromaniacs: 35 Poets Under 35 (Math Paper Press) and We are the Fossil Free Future (S4F).
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/dinner-on-monster-island-by-tania-de-rozario-with-lydia-kwa-and-joanne-leow/
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SUMMARY:Dead Poets Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Join Massy Arts Society on Sunday\, March 10th at 3pm for the next Dead Poets Reading Series\, as deep threads of connection and solidarity are drawn between local\, contemporary poets and a diverse array of poets from the past. \nWe welcome you to an afternoon reflection and celebration\, as poetic conversation and recitation travel through time. \nRegistration is free/by donation\, open to all and required for entrance. \nVenue & Accessibility \nThe event will be hosted at the Massy Arts Gallery\, at 23 East Pender Street in Chinatown\, Vancouver. We are located in the former MING WO building. \nThe gallery is wheelchair accessible and a gender-neutral washroom is on-site. \nPlease refrain from wearing scents or heavy perfumes. \nFor more on accessibility including parking\, seating\, venue measurements and floor plan\, and how to request ASL interpretation please visit: massyarts.com/accessibility \nCovid Protocols: Masks keep our community safe and are mandatory (N95 masks are recommended as they offer the best protection). We ask if you are showing symptoms\, that you stay home. Thank you kindly. \nAbout the readers and poets: \nRahat Kurd’s publications include THE CITY THAT IS LEAVING FOREVER: KASHMIRI LETTERS (co-authored with Sumayya Syed\, Talonbooks 2021) and COSMOPHILIA (Talonbooks 2015). \nreading: \nPARVEEN SHAKIR (1952-1994)\, born in Karachi\, Pakistan\, began to write poetry in Urdu at a young age. Her first book\, KHUSHBU [Fragrance] was published in 1976\, and was widely acclaimed for her contemporary approach to classical ghazal poetics\, grounding lived experience in a feminine voice. Shakir was tragically killed in a car accident in Islamabad at the age of 42. She left behind a young son and several published poetry volumes; one final work\, KAF-E-AINA [The Mirror’s Edge] was published posthumously. \n+ \nDevon Rae (she/her) is a queer writer from Montreal who now lives in Vancouver. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Arc Poetry Magazine\, PRISM International\, Canthius\, SAD Magazine\, Touch the Donkey\, Periodicities\, and elsewhere. Her poetry chapbook\, Thirteen Conversations with My Body\, will be published by Anstruther Press in 2024. \nreading: \nIkkyū Sōjun (1394 – 1481) was an eccentric and iconoclastic Zen master and a prolific poet. He also had a profound influence on Japanese tea ceremony\, calligraphy\, and shakuhachi (bamboo flute). When he was appointed abbot of Daitokuji Temple\, he left after just nine days to protest the rampant hypocrisy\, and told the monks to go looking for him in fish stalls\, bars\, and brothels. Ikkyu (or Crazy Cloud\, as he was also known) loved Zen\, sake\, and women\, and famously burned his enlightenment certificate to ashes. \n+ \nRC Weslowski is an award-winning poet\, broadcaster\, podcaster\, clown and MC. He’s performed at and led workshops at festival across Turtle Island and parts of Europe. His first collection of poetry “My Soft Response to the Wars” is available now from Write Bloody North Publishing www.writebloodynorth.ca \nreading: \nIan Ferrier (1954-2023) was a poet\, performer and musician; author of four books of poetry and prose: Quel est ce lieu (Éditions du Noroît 2017); Bear Dreams (Popolo Press\, 2016); Coming & Going (Popolo Press 2015); Exploding Head Man (Planète rebelle 2000). 3 releases on compact disc: Pharmakon MTL (BongoBeat 2011); What is This Place (BongoBeat 2007); Exploding Head Man (Wired on Words 2000) ; founder of The Canadian Review of Literature in Performance (LITLIVE.CA); founder and Executive Producer of Wired on Words\, a label that releases spoken word and poetry and music projects; founder and curator of annual Mile End Poets’ Festival (Montreal\, Canada) and of the monthly Words & Music Show (Montreal)\, now in its 17th year. His essays have appeared in the Review of the Americas\, Canadian Theatre Review and The Canadian Review of Literature in Performance. A former president of the Quebec Writers’ Federation\, he resided in Montreal. He toured poetry and music shows in North America and Europe as a solo artist and with the spoken word/dance company For Body and Light. ( http://forbodyandlight.org ) \n+ \nEstlin McPhee is a writer and librarian who lives on the traditional\, ancestral\, and unceded territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh people. Estlin holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and is the author of the poetry chapbook Shapeshifters (Rahila’s Ghost Press\, 2018). For many years they co-organized REVERB\, a queer reading series in Vancouver\, with the wonderful Leah Horlick. Estlin’s debut poetry collection is forthcoming in spring 2025 with Brick Books. \nreading: \nSiegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) was born in Kent\, England. He served in the trenches during the First World War\, where he began to write the poems for which he is remembered. Dispatched as “shell-shocked” to hospital\, he organised public protest against the war. Sassoon was gay\, and after the war he had a series of relationships with other men\, including most famously with socialite Stephen Tennant. Sassoon’s poetry initially met with little response\, but his reputation grew steadily in the following decades\, though it is as a novelist and autobiographer that he is perhaps better known.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/dead-poets-reading-series-3/
LOCATION:BC
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SUMMARY:Author to Author: The Fusion of Fact and Fiction
DESCRIPTION:“Truth is so hard to tell\, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.” —Francis Bacon \nCritically acclaimed authors Tara McGuire and Frances Peck create worlds that feel real because of accurate local and technical details\, and also journey into emotional and psychological truths that only fiction can reveal. \nIn this inspiring author conversation\, Tara and Frances will discuss the making of their books: their process\, research\, characters\, themes\, and the choices they made to blend fact and fiction on the page. \nTheir books will be for sale (cash or e-transfer). \nAuthor Bios: \nTara McGuire is a writer and broadcaster from North Vancouver. Her first book\, Holden After & Before — Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose\, a hybrid work in memoir and fiction exploring grief\, motherhood\, and the overdose crisis (Arsenal Pulp Press)\, was recognized by The Walrus as one of the favourite books of 2022 and was a finalist for the 2023 City of Vancouver Book Award. https://taramcguire.com/ \nFrances Peck is the author of Uncontrolled Flight\, a “complex and revelatory” (Vancouver Sun) story about the death of an aerial firefighter. Her previous novel\, The Broken Places\, about an earthquake rocking Vancouver\, was a Globe and Mail best book of 2022 and a finalist for the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. She lives in North Vancouver. \nRegistration required. Register online or call 604-984-0286\, ext. 8144. \nThis event takes place in the Community Meeting Room at Lynn Valley Library.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/author-to-author-the-fusion-of-fact-and-fiction/
LOCATION:North Vancouver Public Library – Lynn Valley branch\, 1277 Lynn Valley Road\, North Vancouver\, BC\, V7J 0A2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Panel
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Holly Ringland and Tamara Goranson
DESCRIPTION:Please join Munro’s Books to launch new fantastical novels by Holly Ringland and Tamara Goranson!! \nHolly Ringland’s new novel\, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding\, is a haunting\, magical novel about joy\, grief\, courage and transformation that follows from the international bestselling\, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. \n‘On the afternoon that Esther Wilding drove homeward along the coast\, a year after her sister had walked into the sea and disappeared\, the light was painfully golden.’ \nThe last time Esther Wilding’s beloved older sister Aura was seen\, she was walking along the shore towards the sea. In the wake of Aura’s disappearance\, Esther’s family struggles to live with their loss. To seek the truth about her sister’s death\, Esther reluctantly travels from Lutruwita/Tasmania\, to Copenhagen\, and then to the Faroe Islands\, following the trail of the stories Aura left behind: seven fairy tales about selkies\, swans and women\, alongside cryptic verses Aura wrote and had secretly tattooed on her body. The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding is a sweeping\, deeply beautiful and profoundly moving novel about the far reaches of sisterly love\, the power of wearing your heart on your skin and the ways life can transform when we find the courage to feel the fullness of both grief and joy. \nHolly Ringland is the author of the award-winning international bestseller The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart\, adapted into a seven-part TV series on Amazon Prime\, starring Sigourney Weaver. After living between Australia and the UK for ten years\, Holly has been based in the Yugambeh region of southeast Queensland since 2020\, where she wrote The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding in her “office\,” a vintage caravan named Frenchie. \nTamara Goranson’s Oath of Bjorn is Book 3 of her Vinland Viking Saga. Anja has just settled into a new life on the silver shores of Vinland with her beloved\, Bjorn. But then a local warrior bursts onto the scene seeking revenge\, swearing to spill Viking blood. And so Bjorn must risk everything to save the woman he loves before she steps into the darkness and sets their world ablaze. The Oath of Bjorn is an epic historical novel of gripping adventure and love everlasting – perfect for fans of Vikings and Outlander. \nTamara Goranson holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology as well as Adjunct Professor status at the University of Victoria in British Columbia\, Canada. She published several academic pieces before she turned to writing short stories\, creative non-fiction\, and historical fiction\, winning 3rd prize in the 2019 Vancouver Island Writers’ Association annual general contest for her nonfiction piece\, ‘A Voice in Time’. She lives in Victoria with her husband and two daughters. \nWHEN: Wednesday\, March 13th\, 7:00 p.m. (doors at 6:30).\nWHERE: In-store at Munro’s Books\, 1108 Government St. in Victoria.\nWHAT: Readings by Holly Ringland and Tamara Goranson\, followed by a Q&A with the audience and book signings.\nHOW: This event is free to attend.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/book-launch-holly-ringland-and-tamara-goranson/
LOCATION:Munro’s Books\, 1108 Government Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1Y2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Launch,Meet & Greet
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SUMMARY:Kazim Ali and Friends
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, March 14th at 6pm\, join Massy Arts and Massy Books in celebrating the work of Kazim Ali and Friends: Cecily Nicholson\, Bronwen Tate\, Jen Currin and Hari Alluri\, with host Brandon Wint. \nThis project has been made possible by the Government of Canada. Ce projet a été rendu possible grâce au gouvernement du Canada.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/kazim-ali-and-friends/
LOCATION:BC
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SUMMARY:SFU Open Mic Remix: The Second
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, March 16th\, the SFU Creative Writing Club would like to present SFU OPEN MIC REMIX: THE SECOND. Our now second open mic event open to SFU and the community at large! Swing by to enjoy the work of local wordsmiths\, and maybe take the stage yourself! \nThis event is FREE and will start at 6PM (doors open at 5:30pm) at the Massy Art Society\, taking place on the unceded territory of səlilwətaɬ\, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Nations.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/sfu-open-mic-remix-the-second/
LOCATION:BC
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SUMMARY:Mysterious Book Launch: Susan Juby\, Kate Hilton\, and Elizabeth Renzetti
DESCRIPTION:Join Munro’s Books in celebrating the launch of two new mysteries: A Meditation on Murder by Susan Juby and Bury the Lead by Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti!! \nIn A Meditation on Murder\, Butler-detective Helen Thorpe returns to help a wannabe influencer get her life in order—and solve the murders of her fellow content creators—in this hilarious sequel to Mindful of Murder by bestselling author Susan Juby.\nWhen Buddhist butler Helen Thorpe is loaned out to help Cartier Hightower get her life in order\, Helen finds herself working for a young woman entirely unbound by the fetters of good taste or sound judgment. One of Cartier’s fellow content creators has recently died in a strange accident. Soon after Helen arrives\, another is killed in an equally bizarre way. Cartier begins to drag Helen around on the influencer circuit\, where neither of them is particularly welcome. Then comes the terrible incident at the EDM nightclub that turns Cartier into a global pariah\, at least according to social media. Helen hopes a period of simplicity and reflection and an internet detox will help Cartier find her true nature and maybe acquire some social graces. But Helen’s job gets much harder when Cartier’s friends show up at the lavish ranch where Cartier and Helen have retreated. Soon\, Helen finds herself trying to avoid becoming Instafamous while bringing some peace to a girl who very much needs it. This task turns out to be even more impossible when it becomes clear that they have been followed to Weeping Creek Ranch by a murderer. \nIn Bury the Lead\, a big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a community full of secrets … and murder. \nCat Conway has recently returned to Port Ellis to work as a reporter at the Quill & Packet. She’s fled the tattered remains of her high-profile career and bad divorce for the holiday town of her childhood\, famous for its butter tarts\, theatre\, and a century-old feud. One of Cat’s first assignments is to interview legendary actor Eliot Fraser\, the lead in the theatre’s season opener of Inherit the Wind. When Eliot ends up dead onstage on opening night\, the curtain rises on the sleepy town’s secrets. The suspects include the actor whose career Eliot ruined\, the ex-wife he betrayed\, the women he abused\, and even the baker he wronged. With the attention of the world on Port Ellis\, this story could be Cat’s chance to restore her reputation. But the police think she’s a suspect\, and the murderer wants to kill the story-and her too. Can Cat solve the mystery before she loses her job or becomes the next victim of a killer with a theatrical bent for vengeance? \nSusan Juby is the award-winning\, bestselling author of Mindful of Murder\, which debuted at number one on the independent bookstores’ bestseller list and was nominated for the Leacock Medal for Humour. She has also written Getting the Girl\, Another Kind of Cowboy and The Woefield Poultry Collective\, as well as the bestselling Alice series (Alice\, I Think; Miss Smithers; and Alice MacLeod\, Realist at Last). Her novel Republic of Dirt won the Leacock Medal in 2016. Susan Juby lives on Vancouver Island with her husband\, James\, and their dogs\, who are convinced they could have lucrative careers as social media stars. \nKate Hilton is the bestselling author of three novels: The Hole in the Middle\, Just like Family and Better Luck Next Time. When not writing\, Kate works with psychotherapy and life coaching clients in the area of transformational change. \nElizabeth Renzetti is the author of the essay collection Shrewed: A Wry and Closely Observed Look at the Lives of Women and Girls and the novel Based on a True Story. In 2020\, she won the Landsberg Award for her reporting on gender equality. \nWHEN: Tuesday\, March 19th at 7:00 p.m. (doors at 6:30).\nWHERE: In-store at Munro’s Books\, 1108 Government Street\nWHAT: Readings from the authors of Bury the Lead and A Meditation on Murder\, followed by a Q&A with the audience and book signings.\nHOW: This event is free to attend.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/mysterious-book-launch-susan-juby-kate-hilton-and-elizabeth-renzetti/
LOCATION:Munro’s Books\, 1108 Government Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1Y2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Launch,Meet & Greet
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ORGANIZER;CN="Munro's Books":MAILTO:events@munrobooks.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240321T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240321T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T200140
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Gathering Colour\, by Caitlin ffrench
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Caitlin ffrench’s new book\, Gathering Colour: Foraging Magic & Making Art from the World Around you. \nEnjoy an author reading\, book signing\, and light refreshments. Book sales provided by Iron Dog Books. \nWHEN: Thursday\, March 21\, 2024. 6:00–8:00 PM. \nWHERE: Rennie Hall (Rm B2160)\, Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Transit accessible. Parking on-site.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/book-launch-gathering-colour-by-caitlin-ffrench/
LOCATION:Emily Carr University of Art + Design\, 520 E 1st Ave\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5T 0H2\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Nine Ten Publications":MAILTO:kim@ninetenpublications.ca
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