To write about one’s dead: Talking poetry with Renée Sarojini Saklikar.

 •  September 18

We’re happy to bring you an interview with Renée Sarojini Saklikar, writer, poet and EVENT Advisory Board member. Her first book, Children of Air...

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Review: Poetry by Michael Crummey, Michael Mirolla and Stephanie McKenzie

 •  July 24

This review first appeared in EVENT 42/3. Michael Crummey, Under the Keel: Poems (Anansi, 2013) Michael Mirolla, The House on 14th Avenue...

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‘Hopewell Cape’ by Stevie Howell (from EVENT 43/1)

 •  June 4

In order to whet your appetite for our current issue, we've decided to release one of two poems by poet/critic Stevie Howell. We hear she has a new...

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Review: Poetry by Jessica Hiemstra, Ludwig Zeller and Jason Heroux

 •  April 17

This review originally appeared in EVENT 42/2. Jessica Hiemstra, Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle, Biblioasis, 2012 Ludwig Zeller, Trans. A.F....

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EVENT 42/3 is here!

 •  February 4

Our latest Contest issue, EVENT 42/3, is now available at newsstands and in our new online store. 42/3 features the three winning entries from our...

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Cities, Airports, Houses, Histories: EVENT interviews Sachiko Murakami

 •  December 23

Sachiko Murakami is the poet responsible for The Invisibility Exhibit (Talonbooks, 2008) and Rebuild (Talonbooks, 2011). She is the poetry editor at...

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Special Two-for-One Holiday Offer from EVENT!

 •  December 19

Happy holidays from EVENT! On days this frosty, nothing beats staying inside with a hot mug of tea and some new reading material... but what about...

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EVENT Magazine at Word Vancouver, featuring Billeh Nickerson and Anne Fleming

 •  October 6

Word Vancouver has come and gone, wrapping up last (rainy) Sunday. Fortunately the organizers managed to move the exhibitors and most of the...

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Peculiar Radiance: An Interview with Sue Sinclair

 •  September 27

Sue Sinclair's latest collection of poetry is Breaker, published by Brick Books and nominated for the Atlantic Poetry Prize and the Pat Lowther...

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Go Away, I’m Reading. Really: EVENT in conversation with author Anne Fleming

 •  September 23

One year Anne Fleming gave her nephew a book for Christmas and watched from the sidelines as the volume captivated him for the next three hours....

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