Rebecca Păpacuru Reads “Unbecoming” for EVENT 50/3

 •  March 8

REBECCA PĂPUCARU’S first collection of poetry, The Panic Room (Nightwood Editions, 2017),was a finalist for the A.M. Klein Prize for...

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Leehu Sigler Reviews Poetry Collections from Kevin Spenst, Annick MacAskill, and Simina Banu for EVENT 49/3

 •  May 17

Leehu Sigler Reviews: Kevin Spenst, Hearts Amok: A Memoir in Verse, Anvil Press, 2020 Annick MacAskill, Murmurations, Gaspereau Press,...

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Cathy Stonehouse Reviews Short Fiction from Jean Marc Ah-Sen and Katherine Fawcett for EVENT 49/3

 •  May 5

Cathy Stonehouse Reviews: Katherine Fawcett, The Swan Suit, Douglas & McIntyre, 2020 Jean Marc Ah-Sen, In the Beggarly Style of Imitation,...

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The Forbidden Purple City: Interview with Philip Huynh

 •  March 5

In The Forbidden Purple City, (Goose Lane Editions, 2019) debut author Philip Huynh dives headfirst into the Vietnamese diaspora. In these...

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Our 2012 Non-Fiction Contest is now open for submissions.

 •  February 14

You should probably enter! This year's judge will be Zsuzsi Gartner. Postmark deadline April 15, 2012. For more information, visit our online...

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Great Deal for Literature Lovers!

 •  August 9

EVENT is proud to support the BC Book Prizes Online Auction again this year! Find us in the Vancouver International Literary Package valued at...

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Calvin Wharton Launches The Song Collides

 •  June 9

Photo from Anvil Press Chair of Douglas College’s Creative Writing Department and former Event Magazine Editor Calvin Wharton launched his newest...

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Susan McCaslin launches Demeter Goes Skydiving

 •  May 27

When women go looking for a myth that speaks of the mother/daughter relationship, there’s not many in Western history. Where do you get the...

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Theodora Armstrong: Coming Attractions

 •  May 11

Congratulations to EVENT contributor Theodora Armstrong whose story “Whale Stories,” first published in EVENT 36.2, is now one of the stories...

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