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North Shore Authors Collection: Children’s Authors Talk

North Vancouver Public Library - Lynn Valley branch 1277 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver, BC, Canada

The North Shore Authors Collection inspires, supports, and celebrates the literary talent of North Shore authors by showcasing locally-created content in all three North Shore libraries. Join us as we celebrate some of the children's authors whose works were chosen this year. The authors will discuss their works and answer questions from the audience.

Free

Wildlife Conservation Book Launch: Bob McDonald in Conversation with Greg Cummings and Sarah Cox

Munro's Books 1108 Government Street, Victoria, BC, Canada

Please join Munro’s Books in launching two new books by local authors about wildlife conversation!! We'll present Greg Cummings, author of Gorilla Tactics: How to Save a Species and Sarah Cox, author of Signs of Life: Fieldnotes From the Frontlines of Extinction in conversation with Bob McDonald, author of The Future is Now: Solving the […]

Free

Incite: BC and Yukon Book Prizes

Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch 350 West Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Join the Vancouver Writers Fest, VPL, and BC and Yukon Book Prizes for an evening of celebrating the finalists of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. Hear from three lauded local authors, each nominated in a different category of this year’s awards: - Henry Tsang, nominated for the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award for White […]

Free

Wild Prose Reading Series Presents: BACK to the Future!

Paul Phillips Hall 1923 Fernwood Road, Victoria, BC, Canada

Join the Wild Prose Reading Series on Thursday, May 30th for BACK to the Future! Readings about time travel and nostalgia, from Astrid Blodgett (This is How You Start to Disappear), Kevin Chong (The Double Life of Benson Yu), and Lori Hahnel (Flicker)! We’ll begin with an open mic, as always (ALL genres welcome) at […]

$5

BC Yukon Book Prizes Finalists’ Reading with Darrel J. McLeod, David Norwell, and Chelsea Wakelyn

Munro's Books 1108 Government Street, Victoria, BC, Canada

Please join Munro’s Books in celebrating three local authors who are finalists for 2024 BC Yukon Book Prizes: Darrel J. McLeod, finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for A Season in Chezgh'un David Norwell, finalist for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize for A Complex Coast: A Kayak Journey From Vancouver Island to Alaska Chelsea […]

Free

Book Signing: William Deverell’s Long-Shot Trial

Munro's Books 1108 Government Street, Victoria, BC, Canada

Join Munro’s Books on June 15th to meet William Deverell, the author of the Arthur Beauchamp thriller series! He'll be signing the ninth book in the series: The Long-Shot Trial! In the Long-Shot Trial, Arthur Beauchamp takes a break from the courtroom to write a memoir so he can set the record straight about a […]

Free

I Wrote a Book. Now What?

Literacy Central Vancouver Island 19 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

This 3-hour workshop is aimed at authors who are in the early stages of their writing careers, who have written a book and now need some guidance regarding the editing and publishing options available to them. EDITING, FROM THE “BIG PICTURE” TO THE PERSNICKITY Facilitator: Allyson Foster This session will demystify the different types and […]

Free

ReJoyce – A Bloomsday Celebration

Cross and Crows Bookstore 2836 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada

A circle reading of Joyce's Ulysses, bring your copies to take your turn, or choose your favourite Joyceab/Irish/modernist texts to share. Edwardian dress encouraged. Cross and Crows Books, Commercial Dr 4 - 6 pm

Free

Liars of Orpheus

2434 Main St, Vancouver, BC V5T 3E2 2434 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Hosted by SJ Valiquette, Liars of Orpheus revolves around writers attempting to lie their way through stories, poems and lectures. Each of the five writers will produce work that are made entirely of lies with the exception of five pieces of truth each. They will win points from sneaking their truths past their opponents or […]

$12 – $15

Liars of Orpheus

2434 Main St, Vancouver, BC V5T 3E2 2434 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Hosted by SJ Valiquette, Liars of Orpheus revolves around writers attempting to lie their way through stories, poems and lectures. Each of the five writers will produce work that are made entirely of lies with the exception of five pieces of truth each. They will win points from sneaking their truths past their opponents or […]

$12 – $15