EVENT Contributor in Best Canadian Essays 2015

 •  September 1

EVENT would like to wish a sincere congratulations to Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt, whose creative non-fiction piece, "Beirut Bombing" has been selected...

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Short-list Announcement

 •  August 20

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And We Have a Winner!

 •  July 1

Congratulations to Hoa Nguyen, whose poem, 'A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure,' published in EVENT  42/3, was selected for this year's Best...

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Put CanLit on the Map: Lovereading.co.uk’s Google Maps Book Mash-up

 •  June 22

Lovereading.co.uk has created a Google Map that shows the settings of your (and other people's) favourite books. But while putting together your...

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Notes on Writing: A Preview

 •  June 15

We’ve just mailed out EVENT 44.1, our annual ‘Notes on Writing’ issue (so you can stop those eager daily calls to your local post office)....

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Launch Party May 8 2015

 •  May 5

Local Lit Mags Launch Party May 8, 2015, at Lost + Found Cafe Join EVENT and local lit mags PRISM international, Room, subTerrain and Poetry is...

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Non-Fiction Contest

 •  April 15

CONTEST DEADLINE EXTENDED! You now have until APRIL 30 to submit your best non-fiction stories to EVENT’s annual Non-Fiction Contest. Riches and...

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Poetry, Passion, People and a Plan: EVENT Interviews George Elliott Clarke

 •  April 7

  George Elliott Clarke is a seventh-generation Canadian of African-American and Mi’kmaq Amerindian heritage. Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia in...

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Meet Andrew Westoll, Our 2015 Non-Fiction Contest Judge

 •  March 30

EVENT's 2015 Non-Fiction Contest is open for submissions until April 15. You'll have a shot at fame (and $1500 in prizes) for your stories. We're...

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EVENT Breaks Records in Annual Fundraising Book Sale

 •  March 24

EVENT’s Annual Fundraising Book Sale took over the Douglas College Concourse last week with a dazzling—no, stupefying—number of...

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