Flowers in the Concrete: Hannah Macready Interviews Christina Shah

 •  May 11

Christina Shah was born in Ottawa, lives in Vancouver, and works in heavy industry. Her poetry has also appeared in The...

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Cathy Stonehouse Reviews Short Fiction from Jean Marc Ah-Sen and Katherine Fawcett for EVENT 49/3

 •  May 5

Cathy Stonehouse Reviews: Katherine Fawcett, The Swan Suit, Douglas & McIntyre, 2020 Jean Marc Ah-Sen, In the Beggarly Style of Imitation,...

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Kate Dooley Reviews Non-Fiction from Madhur Anand and Billy-Ray Belcourt for EVENT 49/3

 •  April 27

Kate Dooley Reviews: Madhur Anand, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart, Strange Light, 2020 Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My...

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From Issue 49/2: “Over Kawaguchi” by Jason Jobin

 •  January 8

Find the full story in EVENT 49/2. Illustration by Amelia Wiygul.

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For the Love of Crust Fiction: Hannah Macready Interviews Susan Sanford Blades

 •  December 22

Susan Sanford Blades’s first novel, Fake It So Real, was published by Nightwood Editions in October 2020. Her fiction has appeared in the...

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Rebecca Peng Reviews Short Story Collections from Kaie Kellough and Souvankham Thammavongsa for EVENT 49/2

 •  December 17

Rebecca Peng Reviews: Kaie Kellough, Dominoes at the Crossroads, Véhicule Press, 2020 Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife,...

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Allen Fulghum Reviews New Novels from John Elizabeth Stintzi and Deni Ellis Béchard for EVENT 49/2

 •  December 11

Allen Fulghum Reviews: Deni Ellis Béchard, A Song from Faraway, Goose Lane Editions, 2020 John Elizabeth Stintzi, Vanishing Monuments,...

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Sanchari Sur Reviews Non-Fiction from Amanda Leduc and Desmond Cole for EVENT 49/2

 •  December 2

Sanchari Sur Reviews: Amanda Leduc, Disfigured, Coach House Books, 2020 Desmond Cole, The Skin We’re In, Doubleday Canada,...

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John Wall Barger Reviews New Poetry Collections from Julie Joosten and Sadiqa de Meijer for EVENT 49/2

 •  November 18

John Wall Barger Reviews: Julie Joosten, Nought, Book*hug, 2020 Sadiqa de Meijer, The Outer Wards, Signal Editions, 2020 Every book of...

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(Virtual) Fall Reading Series: Tawahum Bige

 •  October 7

Łutselk'e Dene, Plains Cree, Two-Spirit, & Nonbinary poet, Tawahum Bige resides on unceded Musqueam/Tsleil-Waututh/Squamish territory. Featured...

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