I guess I live in this whale now: An interview with Creative Non-Fiction Contest winner Hilary Dean

 •  January 30

Hilary Dean is a writer and filmmaker from Scarborough, Ontario and the first place winner of EVENT’s 2014 Creative Non-Fiction Contest for her...

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How do we stack up? Complete our survey for a chance to win!

 •  January 29

The time has come once again to find out what YOU think about us! Your responses to this brief survey will tell us who you are, and what you think...

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On Interning at EVENT: A Note from Brittany McGillivray

 •  January 16

I was beyond thrilled when I found out I had been chosen as the new intern for EVENT. My love of literature has more or less dictated my educational...

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I Read as Scatteredly as I Write: An Interview with Stuart Ross

 •  December 17

Stuart Ross published his first literary pamphlet on the photocopier in his dad’s office one night in 1979. Through the 1980s, he stood on...

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Special 2-for-1 Holiday Offer from EVENT

 •  December 10

Happy holidays from EVENT! Looking for something special for the reader who has everything? From now until January 31, 2015 we’re offering...

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Un/inhabitated: EVENT interviews Jordan Abel

 •  October 29

Jordan Abel is a Nisga'a writer from Vancouver, where he is in the process of pursuing a Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University. Abel’s work has...

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Review: Fiction by Corinna Chong and Claire Wilkshire

 •  October 4

This review originally appeared in EVENT 42/3. Corinna Chong, Belinda’s Rings (NeWest, 2013) Claire Wilkshire, Maxine (Breakwater Books,...

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See you at WORD Vancouver!

 •  September 23

We’re thrilled to invite all writers, readers and general symbol-users to WORD Vancouver for a celebration of all things written. Festivities take...

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To write about one’s dead: Talking poetry with Renée Sarojini Saklikar.

 •  September 18

We’re happy to bring you an interview with Renée Sarojini Saklikar, writer, poet and EVENT Advisory Board member. Her first book, Children of Air...

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EVENT’s new editor: Farewell from Elizabeth Bachinsky, hello from Shashi Bhat.

 •  September 10

It's been a busy summer here at EVENT. We ran our 27th annual creative non-fiction contest and put out a new Notes on Writing issue. That's not...

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