Review: Paul Vasey’s The River & David Zieroth’s The November Optimist

 •  December 11

This non-fiction review first appeared in EVENT 43/1 Paul Vasey, The River: A Memoir of Life in the Border Cities, Biblioasis, 2013 David...

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Review: Dede Crane’s Every Happy Family & Saleema Nawaz’s Bone and Bread

 •  November 30

This fiction review first appeared in EVENT 43/1 Dede Crane, Every Happy Family, Coteau Books, 2013 Saleema Nawaz, Bone and Bread, House of...

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Introducing Creative Non-Fiction Contest Judge Ayelet Tsabari

 •  November 18

EVENT’s 2016 Non-Fiction Contest is open for submissions until April 15. Winners receive fame and fortune ($1500 in prizes!). EVENT's editor and a...

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Review: Fiction by Craig Davidson and Michael Winter

 •  November 13

This fiction review first appeared in EVENT 43/1. Craig Davidson, Cataract City, Doubleday, 2013 Michael Winter, Minister Without Portfolio,...

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EVENT Announces 2015 Creative Non-Fiction Contest Winners

 •  September 9

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Short-list Announcement

 •  August 20

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I guess I live in this whale now: An interview with Creative Non-Fiction Contest winner Hilary Dean

 •  January 30

Hilary Dean is a writer and filmmaker from Scarborough, Ontario and the first place winner of EVENT’s 2014 Creative Non-Fiction Contest for her...

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On Interning at EVENT: A Note from Brittany McGillivray

 •  January 16

I was beyond thrilled when I found out I had been chosen as the new intern for EVENT. My love of literature has more or less dictated my educational...

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I Read as Scatteredly as I Write: An Interview with Stuart Ross

 •  December 17

Stuart Ross published his first literary pamphlet on the photocopier in his dad’s office one night in 1979. Through the 1980s, he stood on...

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Un/inhabitated: EVENT interviews Jordan Abel

 •  October 29

Jordan Abel is a Nisga'a writer from Vancouver, where he is in the process of pursuing a Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University. Abel’s work has...

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