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 forever changed when a rescue dog came into his life. Tracing their journey from […]
On Wed. October 4th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and Arsenal Pulp Press for the launch of Tara Sidhoo Fraser's When My Ghost Sings: A Memoir of Stroke, Recovery, and Transformation. Come and absorb Tara Sidhoo Fraser's lucid exploration of amnesia, selfhood, and who is left behind when the past is obliterated. Tara […]
On Thursday, October 5th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and Wave Books for the Vancouver launch of Furniture Music by Gail Scott. Gail will be joined by HARROWINGS author Cecily Nicholson. This project has been made possible by the Government of Canada. Ce projet a été rendu possible grâce au gouvernement du Canada. […]
RELAUNCHED WITH NEW DATE: On Friday, October 6th at 6:00pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books, the Museum of Vancouver, and Knopf Canada for the launch of Helen Knott’s Becoming a Matriarch with host Jónína Kirton. “Becoming a Matriarch is a feast of remarkable, colourful, deep and profoundly raw storytelling. Helen Knott is one of […]
On Saturday, October 7th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and Coach House Books for the Vancouver launch of Daddy Lessons by Steacy Easton with host Andrea Warner. Part memoir, part literary study, part formalist exercise in excitement, Daddy Lessons is a transgressive text of pleasure, bodies, the Lord, and the West. Venue & […]
On Sunday, October 8th at 2pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and Emily Carr University of Art and Design in welcoming bestselling and award-winning author Claire G. Coleman. "Coleman’s targets in Enclave are clear: racism, homophobia, transphobia, inequality – all enabled, amplified, by an atomised, consumerist society. ... 'Aboriginal people live in a dystopia every […]
On Tuesday, October 10th at 6pm, join Massy Arts and Massy Books in welcoming Steffi Tad-y, Kess Mohammadi, and Jody Chan for an online poetry event around the topics of tenderness and disability. Venue & Accessibility This event will be held on ZOOM at 6pm Pacific Time. Closed captioning is available through ZOOM. This event […]
Spiritual Path to Awakening (SPA) is proud to offer Julia Rohan’s Reconciliation Reading Series, as an opportunity for learning and dialogue related to reconciliation. SPA takes pride in our commitment to making Indigenous Knowledge and Truth and Reconciliation an integral part of our event culture. This Reconciliation Reading Series is the seventh Active Allyship Event. […]
On Wednesday, October 11th, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and House of Anansi Press in celebrating Rachael Moorthy's debut novel, River Meets the Sea. Rachael will be joined by guest reader Invisible Boy author Harrison Mooney. “Brilliant and inventive, River Meets the Sea is elegantly told in heartrending poetry, flowing smoothly between the protagonists’ histories, […]
Since 2016, Victoria Festival of Authors (VFA) has been the largest celebration of books and book lovers on Vancouver Island. Each fall we invite authors from our region and beyond to share their books and ideas with Victoria’s readers. We showcase established and emerging poets, prose writers, and other storytellers, with artistic achievement, creative innovation […]