The Surrey International Writers' Conference is the most comprehensive professional development conference of its kind in Canada. SiWC offers writers in all genres — from beginners to experts — the opportunity to hone their craft. SiWC will be a hybrid in person and online conference again in 2023. SiWC runs October 20-22, 2023 (in person […]
Please join Munro’s Books for a book signing with award-winning, globe-trotting, history-hunting storyteller, Ken McGoogan! In his latest book, Searing for Franklin: New Light on the Great Arctic Mystery, arctic historian Ken McGoogan approaches the legacy of nineteenth-century explorer Sir John Franklin from a contemporary perspective and offers a surprising new explanation of an enduring […]
Please join Munro’s Books in celebrating new books by two local authors: Ali Blythe and Jason Jobin! Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art — Breaking open John Keats’s “Last Sonnet,” in his third book of poetry, Stedfast, Ali Blythe writes marginality into the canon, at once claiming, reviving, and un-fixing the Romantic […]
Please join Munro’s Books for a book signing with beloved local author, Darrel J. McLeod!! Darrel J. McLeod will be in-store to sign copies of his debut novel, A Season in Chezgh'un. A subversive novel by acclaimed Cree author Darrel J. McLeod, infused with the contradictory triumph and pain of finding conventional success in a […]
Please join Munro’s Books for the launch of new books by two beloved local poets! Award-winning poet Arleen Pare’s latest collection, Absence of Wings, is both an intimate family portrait and a public documentation of how we, as a society, can fail to protect our children. Absence of Wings depicts the extraordinary and tragically foreshortened […]
Join local author Danielle S. Marcotte for the launch of her new picture book, Blue Camas, Blue Camas. Sunday, November 19 | 1:00 pm Black Bond Books – Ladner Village Blue Camas, Blue Camas is the captivating story of how a flower that has been cultivated on Canada’s west coast since time immemorial came to […]
Please join Munro’s Books in launching Better Next Year: An Anthology of Christmas Epiphanies!! Christmas is trumpeted as a time of peace, joy, bounty and goodwill. Believers and non-believers alike covet the spirit of the holidays even when circumstances are screwed up. Recollections from acclaimed Canadian authors combine with emerging voices from across the country […]
“Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.” —Francis Bacon Critically 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. In this inspiring author conversation, Tara […]
Join us for an evening of engaging discussion with Robyn Harding, about her latest book: The Drowning Woman Drinks and light fare provided. Wine supplied by Sage Hayward Vineyards. About the author: Robyn Harding is the author of numerous international bestsellers, including The Party, The Arrangement, The Swap and The Drowning Woman. As a speaker, […]
Join Munro’s Books in celebrating new work by two talented poets!! "Chomping / champing / championing / churlish / … / There’s a wolf at the door / that looks exactly like me." Who is the “whiny baby” in this book? Rather than calling names or hurling insults, the candid poems in this collection most […]