Vancouver Writers Fest presents Transcendent Poetry, featuring Shani Mootoo, author of Cane | Fire, Tolu Oloruntoba, and Jason Purcell - three poets whose collections are just in time for National Poetry Month! Join us for a fascinating evening in conversation with writers at the cutting edge of poetry in Canada. They are joined in conversation […]

Join us for a double book launch to celebrate new releases from Shani Mootoo (Cane | Fire) and Shannon Webb-Campbell (Lunar Tides). Featuring readings and an interview moderated by special guest Linda Morra, who is the SFU Farley Distinguished Visiting Scholar and host of the podcast Getting Lit with Linda. Online event. Free to attend. […]

Vancouver Writers Fest presents Incite: Creativity and Motherhood. Join author and co-editor Jen Sookfong Lee, along with co-editor Stacey May Fowles and contributors Jónína Kirton and Kellee Ngan from Good Mom on Paper: Writers on Creativity in an event that promises solace, celebration and humour. Wednesday, April 20, 2022 7 pm PDT | 10 pm EDT Free. Online event. Register here. Auto-caption enabled. […]

Berkeley University's Department of French presents Anglo-Quebec writer, Gail Scott. Scott will give a reading from her new book of essays, Permanent Revolution. Gail Scott was very active in the Quebec equivalent of écriture féminine, and was in a writing group that explored the relationship between "theory" and writing in the 1980s, alongside the poet Nicole Brossard. […]

Frye Festival presents Asserting Purpose with Aimee Wall, author of We, Jane, and Zoe Whittall in conversation with host Christine McLean. Breathing life into the complexities of womanhood. April 24, 2022 | 5:30 p.m. ADT | Bernard LeBlanc Hall (Aberdeen Cultural Centre) Register here. Book your tickets now! Admission is pay-what-you-can (at the door).

Frye Festival presents Feminism and Fiction with Aimee Wall, author of We, Jane, and Clémentine Beauvais in conversation with host, Sonya Malaborza. What space can there be for sexual and reproductive health in literature? A complex issue at the intersection of sisterhood and the written word. April 27, 2022 | 5:30 p.m. ADT | Bernard LeBlanc […]

Literature at its most virtuosic: readings by our guest authors, enhanced by musical improvisations and mesmerizing projections. With Therese Estacion, author of Phantompains, along with Mo Bolduc, Rébecca Déraspe,  Kaie Kellough, Djennie Laguerre & Rebecca Salazar Hosts: Kayla Geitzler & Jean-Philippe Raîche Music: UmLäb Visual projections: Carole Deveau April 30, 2022 8 p.m. ADT Bernard LeBlanc Hall (Aberdeen Cultural Centre) Book your tickets now! Admission is […]

Frye Festival presents Language as a Compass with Therese Estacion, author of Phantompains, and Kaie Kellough. Host: Andrea Beverley. in conversation about navigating boundaries, charting time, and building space. May 1, 2022 | 1 p.m. ADT | Bernard LeBlanc Hall (Aberdeen Cultural Centre) Register here. Admission is pay-what-you-can (at the door).

HAPPENING Multicultural Poetry Nights celebrate poets who, among other things, identify as newcomers, refugees, or immigrants. Tonight featuring: Hasan Namir, author of Umbilical Cord, along with Lillian Allen,  Irene Marques, Kama La Mackerel. Curated by Bänoo Zan. May 5, 2022 7 pm - 8:30 pm EDT Facebook Live Stream Join here.

Hasan Namir, author of Umbilical Cord, along with Julietta Singh, and S. Bear Bergman discuss the joys and challenges of parenting, and the ways that they tackle such a personal topic in unique, unexpected formats. May 7, 2022 2 pm - 3: 15 pm EDT Learn about how to register here. Guests can choose one […]