(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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(Virtual) Fall Reading Series: Jane Eaton Hamilton

 •  September 30

Jane Eaton Hamilton is the author of 9 books of CNF, memoir, fiction and poetry, including the 2016 novel WEEKEND, and two prior collections of...

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(Virtual) Fall Reading Series: Rose Cullis

 •  September 23

Rose Cullis is a queer writer/educator living in Toronto on Treaty 13 territory (she/her/they/their). She recently won third place in Event...

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Old Stories Made New: Rob Taylor Interviews David Ly

 •  September 22

Boy Surrounded by white wolves,I plunge a hand into the alpha’s mouth and rip out its tongue.The rest scatter in whimpers. It’s not...

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(Virtual) Fall Reading Series: John Elizabeth Stintzi

 •  September 16

John Elizabeth Stintzi is the recipient of the 2019 Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, and their work has appeared in The Malahat...

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The Working Writer: Hannah Macready Interviews Journey Prize Longlisted Author Fawn Parker

 •  September 8

photo by Evan Smith Fawn Parker is the author of Set-Point, Jolie Laide, and Dumb-Show. She is co-founder of BAD NUDES magazine and BAD BOOKS...

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Nick Thran Reviews New Poetry Collections from Oana Avasilichioaei and Moez Surani for EVENT 49/1

 •  August 27

Nick Thran Reviews: Oana Avasilichioaei, Eight Track, Talonbooks, 2019 Moez Surani, Are the Rivers in Your Poems Real, Book*hug,...

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25 Years of Editing Reviews: Tips from EVENT’s Former Reviews Editor, Susan Wasserman

 •  July 7

Susan Wasserman taught English for three decades, including five years at UBC and 27 years at Douglas College. She served as Reviews Editor for...

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2019 Non-Fiction Contest Winners

 •  March 12

And the winners are… FIRST PLACE ($1,500): ‘The Dead Green Man,’ Jane Eaton Hamilton, Salt Spring Island, BC SECOND PLACE...

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EVENT’S Annual Used Book Sale Fundraiser

 •  March 9

Our biggest fundraiser of the year is back! Join us at the Douglas College concourse in New Westminster between March 16th and 20th for five...

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