Wordfest presents 'Poetry Cabaret,' with Hana Shafi, author of It Begins With the Body. Also with Dionne Brand, Benjamin Hertwig, Alice Major, Michael V. Smith, Katherena Vermette and Najwa Zebian. Moderated by Dymphny Dronyk.  Always a Wordfest highlight, we’re particularly thrilled about this year’s cabaret, which highlights Canada’s great breadth of poetic talent and technique. Diverse, […]

Wordfest Calgary presents 'Bionic Women Writers,' with Chelene Knight, author of Dear Current Occupant. Also with Paula Morris, Liz Nugent and Katherena Vermette. As part of our commitment to promote fierce, fearless writing, we’re thrilled to bring back the Bionic Women Writers Showcase for the fourth year. From New Zealand to Ireland and Canada, women are […]

Wordfest presents 'Dick Lit's Festival Edition,' with Chelene Knight (Dear Current Occupant) and Hana Shafi (It Begins with the Body). Also with Andrea Dorfman. Moderated by Richard Kelly Kemick. Prove you’re the smartest person in the Imaginarium! Win big-league bragging rights and tasty beverages. All trivia questions are loosely inspired by a particular author’s work, […]

Book*hug and Guernica Editions invite you to a Double Book Launch for Kim Trainor (Ledi, Book*hug) and Jennifer Zilm (The Missing Field, Guernica Editions). Refreshments will be served. All are welcome. Free Book sales by The Paper Hound Bookshop.

Book*hug and Glad Day Books invite to you join us for the launch party of It Begins with the Body, Hana Shafi's (a.k.a Frizz Kid) debut poetry and illustration book, edited for the press by Vivek Shraya. The night will begin with a performance by the incredible Manghoe Lassi, a queer Muslim drag queen who has been featured on […]

Vancouver Writers Fest presents 'Politics & Prose,' with Chelene Knight, author of Dear Current Occupant. Also with Waubgeshig Rice and Javier Zamora. Moderated by John Freeman. Massive economic divides in our world’s wealthiest countries show that the system is broken. It’s evident as one walks along the streets of our most-celebrated cities and along the roads of our smallest […]

Vancouver Writers Fest presents 'The Things We Inherit', with Chelene Knight, author of Dear Current Occupant. Also with Peter Gajdics, Elizabeth Hay and Lindsay Wong. Moderated by Betsy Warland. The lives of our parents are an inextricable stream running through our own, whether we like it or not. This brook of memories may include psychological […]