On Friday, October 20th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and House of Anansi Press in welcoming Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall to celebrate her innovative novel Tauhou. Kōtuku will be joined by moderator Shirarose Wilensky. "...Masterful dialogue and rich scenes move emotions like the currents around Aotearoa and the Salish Seas, a beautiful display of […]
Join Munro’s Books in celebrating the release of two highly anticipated new novels by critically acclaimed writers Mona Awad and Lauren Groff, in conversation with CBC Radio's Kathryn Marlow!! From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes Mona Awad's Rouge, a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother's unexpected death […]
Join the BC and Yukon Book Prizes for Storied: Discussions on Books, Publishing, and the Creative Process. On Wednesday, October 25th, Rachel Hartman and Janice Lynn Mather will be offering mini-lectures on world-building. Rachel Hartman’s book In the Serpent’s Wake is the winner of the 2023 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. Janice Lynn Mather’s […]
👻Kapal Kollective presents: Tula ng Tiyanak - Open-mic Poetry👻 *Tula ng Tiyanak (“The poetry of a baby goblin) refers to a tiyanak with various origin stories from what is now known as the Philippines. The tiyanak in this graphic was illustrated by Viv. Kikiligin, kikilabutan, at kakabahan ang mga totoong tiyanak sa Vancouver! (The true […]
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 […]
On Friday, October 27th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and Nightwood Editions for the launch of Cathy Stonehouse's Dream House with guests. Cathy will be joined by special guest readers Renée Saklikar and Nina Mosall with host Nicola Harwood. "Cathy Stonehouse’s Dream House, like any magical dwelling, is not what it at first […]
Do you know any children who aspire to create their own illustrated characters and bring them to life through a comic or graphic novel? Join award-winning and Emmy nominated animation director, and acclaimed author and illustrator Jeff Chiba Stearns as he shows students aged six to twelve fun and innovative ways to tell stories through […]
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 […]
On Thursday, November 2nd at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books, Simon & Schuster, and Inanna Publications for 'Double Lives & Lovely Afternoons: Kevin Chong & Patti Flather with Marcus Youssef and Christine Quintana'. The Double Life of Bensen Yu was just shortlisted for a Scotiabank Giller Prize and Kevin Chong will be joining this […]