“Stand Up For Yourself on the Page”: An Interview with Memoirist Nicole Breit

 •  June 17

NICOLE BREIT (she/her) is an award-winning essayist, bestselling author and founder of the R/evolution Story Lab, a creative community and online...

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Poetry: “Organic Matter” by Elaine Lee

 •  June 16

ELAINE LEE lives and writes in Toronto. She is currently completing an MA in English in the field of Creative Writing at the University of Toronto....

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Fiction: “Hotel Greif” by Susan Mersereau

 •  May 11

SUSAN MERSEREAU’s short stories have appeared in Meridian, The Massachu­setts Review, december, PRISM inter­national, Riddle Fence, filling...

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Poetry: “Half Sister” by PW Jarungpiterah

 •  April 16

PW JARUNGPITERAH is working on her first poetry collection, exploring themes of memory, childhood and familial inheritance. She has been featured in...

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Internship Opportunity with EVENT

 •  March 11

EVENT is offering a paid part-time internship opportunity, starting this May. If you're a student or recent graduate in the Vancouver area who is...

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Poetry: “Another Year with No Herring” by Chris Bailey

 •  March 9

CHRIS BAILEY is a commercial fisherman from Prince Edward Island. His work has appeared in Brick, The Fiddlehead and Best Canadian Stories. Chris is the...

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Announcing EVENT’s 2025 Non-Fiction Contest Short List

 •  February 12

EVENT is proud to announce our 2025 Non-Fiction Contest short list! Judged by Vinh Nguyen, this year’s contest saw 197 submissions. “Elvis...

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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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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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