Poetry: “Your Breasts are like Twin Fawns” by Dora Prieto

 •  January 22

DORA PRIETO is a Vancouver-based poet and a 2025–27 Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Her debut collection, Girl Tejido, is...

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“An Uncommon Eye”: Reflections on the Life and Work of Sandy Shreve

 •  December 16

One of the first friends I made in the poetry world was Sandy Shreve. Despite our gap in age and experience, Sandy took in this wide-eyed...

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Poetry: “Vaporwave” by Ellie Sawatzky

 •  December 10

ELLIE SAWATZKY is the author of None of This Belongs to Me (Nightwood Editions, 2021). Her poems have appeared most recently in The...

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Poetry: “Steve and I travel to Calgary” by Christina Shah

 •  October 11

CHRISTINA SHAH lives in Vancouver and works in heavy industry. Her work was short-listed for 2021’s Ralph Gustafson Prize and was selected...

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Cara Waterfall Reviews Three Books of Poetry for EVENT 54/1

 •  October 7

Cara Waterfall Reviews: Derek Webster, National Animal, Véhicule Press, 2024Ben Robinson, As Is, ARP Books, 2024Holly Flauto, Permission...

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Adam McPhee Reviews New Fiction Books for EVENT 54/1

 •  September 30

Adam McPhee Reviews: Wayne Ng, Johnny Delivers, Guernica Editions, 2024 David Spaner, Keefer Street, Ronsdale Press, 2024 It’s 1977 in...

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Steven Maye Reviews New Essay Collections for EVENT 54/1

 •  September 18

Steven Maye Reviews: Jim Johnstone, Bait & Switch: Essays, Reviews, Conversations, and Views on Canadian Poetry, The Porcupine’s Quill,...

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Sanchari Sur Reviews Two Non-Fiction Books for EVENT 54/1

 •  September 18

Sanchari Sur Reviews: Mariam Pirbhai, Garden Inventories: Reflections on Land, Place and Belonging, Wolsak & Wynn, 2023Sadiya Ansari, In...

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Poetry: “The Flies” by Dennis Cooley

 •  August 11

DENNIS COOLEY has been active on the Prairies as poet, editor, critic and publisher. He has received lifetime achievement awards from the League of...

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Non-Fiction: “Predator, Prey” by Hilary Fair

 •  July 8

HILARY FAIR is a writer from Ontario. Her work has been published in The New Quarterly and is forthcoming in Prairie Fire. Her essays have been...

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