Summer Reads 2014 (with the EVENT editors)

 •  August 7

Hello beloved readers! We at EVENT thought it would be fun to jot down a few notes on our summer reading picks. If anything here piques your...

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Review: Poetry by Michael Crummey, Michael Mirolla and Stephanie McKenzie

 •  July 24

This review first appeared in EVENT 42/3. Michael Crummey, Under the Keel: Poems (Anansi, 2013) Michael Mirolla, The House on 14th Avenue...

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2014 Non-Fiction Contest Shortlist

 •  July 18

Last spring, you sent us a heap of non-fiction manuscripts for our 2014 contest. After many evenings of heavy reading and equally many afternoons of...

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Review: Non-Fiction by Carol Shaben and Jay Ruzesky

 •  July 13

This non-fiction review first appeared in EVENT 42/3. Carol Shaben, Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a...

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Any Semblance of Departure Will Be a Continuation: An Interview with Russell Thornton

 •  June 12

Interview by Elena E. Johnson Russell Thornton’s latest book, Birds, Metals, Stones & Rain (Harbour, 2013), has been shortlisted for the Governor...

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‘Hopewell Cape’ by Stevie Howell (from EVENT 43/1)

 •  June 4

In order to whet your appetite for our current issue, we've decided to release one of two poems by poet/critic Stevie Howell. We hear she has a new...

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In Conversation on Conversation: EVENT Interviews Joanne Arnott

 •  May 1

Although often used as a presentation space, the view from the Teck Gallery at Simon Fraser University’s downtown Vancouver campus threatens to...

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Review: Poetry by Jessica Hiemstra, Ludwig Zeller and Jason Heroux

 •  April 17

This review originally appeared in EVENT 42/2. Jessica Hiemstra, Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle, Biblioasis, 2012 Ludwig Zeller, Trans. A.F....

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Deadline: April 15th

 •  April 12

What are you waiting for? (Potential) fame and (moderate) riches await you. $1500 in prizes available for your story. Stories must be 5000 words or...

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Review: Sean Virgo’s Dibidalen and Barry Webster’s The Lava in My Bones

 •  April 3

This review first appeared in EVENT 42/2 Sean Virgo, Dibidalen: Ten Stories, Thistledown Press, 2012 Barry Webster, The Lava in My Bones,...

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