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WORD VANCOUVER READING & WRITING FESTIVAL SEPT 8TH - 23RD 2023 ONLINE AND IN PERSON MAIN HYBRID EVENT AT UBC ROBSON SQUARE SEPT 16TH 2023, 10AM-5PM
Celebrating the depth and diversity of BC publishing
WORD VANCOUVER READING & WRITING FESTIVAL SEPT 8TH - 23RD 2023 ONLINE AND IN PERSON MAIN HYBRID EVENT AT UBC ROBSON SQUARE SEPT 16TH 2023, 10AM-5PM
On Saturday, September 9th from 2-4pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and Henry Holt and Co. for the launch of More Than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean by Roz MacLean. This tender, stunningly illustrated picture book explores and celebrates the many forms of expression—signing, speaking, singing, smiling, among others— and culminates […]
On Saturday, September 9th at 6:00pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books, and Knopf Canada for the launch of Helen Knott’s Becoming a Matriarch with host Troy Sebastian. “Becoming a Matriarch is a feast of remarkable, colourful, deep and profoundly raw storytelling. Helen Knott is one of the greatest Indigenous literary artists of our time.” […]
Join Massy Arts Society on Sunday, September 10th at 3pm for the next Dead Poets Reading Series, as deep threads of connection and solidarity are drawn between local, contemporary poets and a diverse array of poets from the past. We welcome you to an afternoon reflection and celebration, as poetic conversation and recitation travel through […]
Elephant Mountain Lit Fest will be sparking literary flames in Nelson, BC from September 11 - 17, 2023. We are a festival with events for both readers and writers, with workshops, readings, panels, blue pencil sessions and more. Learn more here.
Join Munro's Books in celebrating the newest releases from two incredibly talented local authors! Lorna Crozier's After That is a book written from the dark hollow we fall into when we lose those we love. Lorna's sure poetry engages with the grief that comes from the death of her partner, the writer Patrick Lane, with […]
On Thursday, Sept. 14th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books, Caitlin Press, Mother Tongue Publishing, and Raven Books in celebrating the work of Adrienne Fitzpatrick, Daniela Elza, and Ian Thomas. Erosion encompasses the environmental impacts on home, as well as the emotional and spiritual. Erosion can be subtle, not even noticeable and then suddenly […]
On Friday, September 15th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, Massy Books and Guernica Editions in celebrating the Vancouver launch of Wayne Ng’s The Family Code. Wayne Ng talks with Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho about his new book, The Family Code, his first work not featuring an Asian protagonist. They will discuss both straying from and remaining within the […]
This annual festival brings together readers and writers and all lovers of the spoken and written word. We gather on idyllic Bowen Island to spend two days engaged in stimulating writing workshops, facilitated by professional writers, authors, poets, screenwriters and others. We feature special events including author readings, panel discussions and other activities.
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 27th 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 […]