The Write on Bowen Festival of Readers & Writers is a three-day event on beautiful Bowen Island that showcases writers and authors and their work. It provides opportunities for participants to attend workshops and other events that will aid them in the development of word-based creative endeavours. It allows everyone, including the general public, to […]
Join us and Eve Rickert & Andrea Zanin for the release of More Than Two, Second Edition. Cultivating nonmonogamous relationships with kindness and integrity, in conversation with Carrie Jenkins. Venue & Accessibility The event will be hosted at the Massy Arts Gallery, at 23 East Pender Street in Chinatown, Vancouver. Registration is free, open to […]
Sarah Leavitt launches her new book SOMETHING, NOT NOTHING, a graphic memoir about grief, loss, queer love, and joy. Sarah will give a reading followed by a Q&A with cartoonist Mita Mahato. Includes snacks, book signing, and a chance to play with watercolour.
In partnership with TransLink and BC Transit, Read Local BC presents the launch of this year’s Poetry In Transit campaign at Word Vancouver. Now celebrating its 28th year, this beloved community-engagement project displays the work of ten BC poets on public transit vehicles throughout the province. Join us to hear a selection of the featured […]
Join the party for an evening of dinos, readings, trivia, music and drag to celebrate the launch of Hannah McGregor's new book, "Clever Girl"! Enjoy readings and performances from Rainbow Glitz, The Established Shanda Leer, Dina Del Bucchia, Cynara Geissler, David Ly AND MORE! RSVP early to reserve your space. The hosts would like to […]
Book launch of M.A.C. Farrant's expanded 20th Anniversary Edition of My Turquoise Years--a memoir. Date: October 10, 2024 Time: 7 - 9 pm Place: Small Gods Brewing, 9835 Third Street, Sidney BC Free event. Readers: M.A.C. FARRANT and BARBARA BLACK, Introduction by PAULINE HOLDSTOCK
Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography is a groundbreaking study of photography through the minerals upon which the medium depends by art historian, curator, and organiser Siobhan Angus. Joining her is Kelly McCormick, whose recent research into eco-processing and photography’s relationship to radioactivity, will frame a critical discussion on what we see – or […]
The Polygon Gallery proudly presents the launch of Canadian Photographs, the latest book by renowned British-Canadian photographer Geoffrey James. Published by Figure 1 Publishing, and designed by Naomi MacDougall, the 144-page volume offers a fresh look at Canada’s in-between spaces and forgotten places, resisting the sense of a cohesive national identity. James documents telling moments: […]
You're invited to join Orca Book Publishers as we launch four new books! Meet the authors, enjoy the refreshments, and get a book signed.
The secret inner turmoil of a great artist struggling to express his deepest fears and insights comes to life in a candid imagined memoir. Arts critic Susan Mertens brings Burnaby artist Jack Shadbolt—after whom this centre is named—vividly alive through his personal journals, letters and poems in her new book, Jack Shadbolt: In His Words. […]