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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Community Matters at Growing Room 2020: Hannah Macready Interviews Jessica Johns

 •  February 15

Jessica Johns is a nehiyaw aunty and a member of Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory of Northern Alberta. She is the managing editor...

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Tips for Self-Editing, With Words from EVENT’s Editor

 •  February 5

Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the surgeon to commend the bone, but to set it,...

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Event’s 2-for-1 Holiday Deal is Back!

 •  December 18

Give the gift of literature this season with Event's annual 2-for-1 subscription deal. During December and January, every subscription you...

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Embracing Page Fright: Hannah Macready Interviews Andrew French

 •  November 26

Andrew French was born and raised in North Vancouver, British Columbia. French holds an Honours BA in English from Huron University College at...

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Trish Matson Reviews K.D. Miller and Kathy Page for EVENT 48/2

 •  November 12

­ Trish Matson Reviews: K.D. Miller, Late Breaking, Biblioasis, 2018 Kathy Page, Dear Evelyn, Biblioasis, 2018   ‘Len Sparks has...

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Cathy Stonehouse Reviews Collections from Nilofar Shidmehr and David Bezmozgis for EVENT 48/2

 •  November 6

Cathy Stonehouse Reviews: Nilofar Shidmehr, Divided Loyalties, House of Anansi, 2019 David Bezmozgis, Immigrant City, Harper Collins,...

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On the Radar: Soft Power by Stewart Cole

 •  October 30

Stewart Cole’s Soft Power questions power in all its forms, reflecting on current attitudes and feelings of helplessness to a future hope for...

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