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Tag: memoir

Author reading: Theresa Kishkan in celebration of The Art of Looking Back

Author reading: Theresa Kishkan in celebrati...

April 7, 2026

Join Theresa Kishkan for a reading from her new memoir, The Art of Looking Back.
At 23, Theresa Kishkan met an artist who became obsessed with her. She was young, she was flattered, and the situation quickly overwhelmed her. He drew Go to full post …read more

Book Signing: The Heart of Japan

March 25, 2026

Meet New Westminster author Lesley Hebert at an author book signing for her unique travel memoir The Heart of Japan. Go to full post …read more

Book Signing: The Heart of Japan

Book Signing: The Heart of Japan

Meet Lower Mainland author Lesley Hebert, who will be signing copies of her unique travel memoir The Heart of Japan Go to full post …read more

The Heart of Japan: Author reading

The Heart of Japan: Author reading

Meet New Westminster Lesley Hebert, who will be reading from her unique travel memoir The Heart of Japan Go to full post …read more

Book launch: The Art of Looking Back by Theresa Kishkan

Book launch: The Art of Looking Back by Ther...

March 16, 2026

Join Theresa Kishkan for the release of her memoir, The Art of Looking Back: A Painter, an Obsession, and Reclaiming the Gaze.
Theresa examines her youth and her role as muse to Victoria artist Jack Wilkinson. More than a reminiscence, this Go to full post …read more

Author Reading with Theresa Kishkan and Keiko Honda

Author Reading with Theresa Kishkan and Keik...

Join Theresa Kishkan, author of The Art of Looking Back, and Keiko Honda, author of Hidden Flowers, for a reading and discussion of writing memoir. Go to full post …read more

Book Launch: Freddie by Grant Hayter-Menzies • Victoria, BC

Book Launch: Freddie by Grant Hayter-Menzies...

September 26, 2023

Join local author Grant Hayter-Menzies as he presents Freddie: The Rescue Dog Who Rescued Me, a book for anyone who has ever loved and lost an animal.
Freddie is the moving memoir of a writer—a biographer of historical animals—whose life was Go to full post …read more

Ali Blythe and Jason Jobin Book Launch

Ali Blythe and Jason Jobin Book Launch

September 12, 2023

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 Go to full post …read more

Surrey International Writers’ Conference

Surrey International Writers' Conference

July 5, 2023

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 Go to full post …read more

FBCW Writing Intensive: Getting Personal With Memoir and Creative Non-Fiction

FBCW Writing Intensive: Getting Personal Wit...

June 22, 2023

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, Go to full post …read more

Claire Sicherman: “Writing was a way for me to break the silence that surrounded my family’s stories”

Claire Sicherman: "Writing was a way for me ...

January 22, 2018

“Writing was my way in,” says author Claire Sicherman about writing her memoir on intergenerational trauma. “[Writing was] a way for me to tell my nine-year-old son about the Holocaust and about his own birth story.”Go to full post …read more

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