Joanne Arnott Wins City of Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award

 •  October 15

We wish our warmest congratulations to EVENT poetry editor Joanne Arnott, winner of a 2017 City of Vancouver Mayor's Arts Award for Literary...

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Cops in Matching Pajamas: Nathaniel G. Moore in Conversation with Sam Shelstad

 •  September 22

Sam Shelstad’s Cop House drops into the world this fall from Nightwood Editions, and in this exclusive interview, we get some behind-the-scenes...

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Back-to-School Subscription Deal

 •  September 19

This fall, for a limited time only, students can purchase subscriptions to EVENT for less than half the cover price! For $20, you'll receive three...

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Students Respond: Poems by Janette Fecteau

 •  August 23

Poetry students at Douglas College were asked to respond to poems in EVENT, discussing observations on technique as well as what they learned as...

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Call for Illustrators

 •  August 11

EVENT Magazine seeks talented emerging illustrators to produce work in response to the poetry and prose we publish. We’re looking for clean,...

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Nathaniel G. Moore Interviews Jennifer Zilm

 •  August 9

Vancouver-based Jennifer Zilm received a B.A. and an M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of British Columbia and was a doctoral fellow at...

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Jane Campbell in Best Canadian Essays

 •  July 17

Congratulations to Jane Campbell, whose creative non-fiction piece, "Good as Dead," which first appeared in EVENT 45/2, has been selected to appear...

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Lonesome Highway: An Interview with Lily Gontard and photographer Mark Kelly, authors of BEYOND MILE ZERO: THE VANISHING ALASKA HIGHWAY LODGE COMMUNITY

 •  June 9

The Alaska Highway was constructed from Dawson Creek, BC, to Delta Junction, AK, in 1942 as part of the allied war effort against a threat from...

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Students Respond: Imagery and Music in Nolan Natasha Pike’s “Sailor”

 •  May 18

Poetry students at Douglas College were asked to respond to poems in EVENT, discussing observations on technique as well as what they learned as...

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M. Bayless Wins Canadian Magazine Award

 •  April 29

"I had a good grip on the scissors when they plunged into Frank’s skull, so naturally I felt the firm resistance, then the sickening, slippery...

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