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Vancouver Writers Fest founder Alma Lee remembered for putting city “on the literary map”

The founding executive director of the Writers' Union of Canada and the Writers Development Trust was also founding president of Music on Main

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 events to check out at the 40th annual JCC Jewish Book Festival

The 2025 fest journeys from searing personal memoirs to hilariously neurotic short stories to a cookbook about modern Jewish cuisine

JCC Jewish Book Festival launches landmark 40th-annual edition, February 22 to 27

Lineup opens with memoirist Selina Robinson and closes with actor-comedian Brett Gelman of Stranger Things and Fleabag

Jewish Book Festival prologue event features two renowned authors, January 19

Maya Arad and Eshkol Nevo will discuss their latest works

Daniel Levitin speaks at a special Vancouver Writers Fest post-festival event, November 19

The neuroscientist, writer, and musician’s conversation with André Picard has musical interludes by Chor Leoni

B.C. author Li Charmaine Anne among the winners of 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards

New Westminster writer takes home award for young people’s literature—text with Crash Landing

Curve!: Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast hits bookshelves

Publication co-curated by Dana Claxton and Curtis Collins is accompanied by an exhibition at the Audain Art Museum in Whistler

Jack Shadbolt: In His Words paints a picture of a man who longed to be understood

Local arts critic and friend of the late artist, Susan Mertens, assembled the memoir from the painter’s journals, letters, talks, writings, and poetry

Artist Geoffrey James's Canadian Photographs captures fast-changing spaces, coast to coast

Launching new book at the Polygon Gallery, Canadian photographer has an eye for unchecked development and elusive nature

Dorothy Grant: An Endless Thread traces four decades of a Haida haute couture trailblazer

Appearing at Vancouver Writers Fest, the designer talks about a 40-year career that set the stage for today’s explosion of Indigenous fashion

Marc Garneau unpacks memoir A Most Extraordinary Ride at BlueShore at CapU, November 18

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and first Canadian to go into space talks about his awe-inspiring life trajectory

Drew Hayden Taylor chats about his latest thriller at the Vancouver Writers Fest, October 26

In Cold, Ojibway author tells the humour-laced story of two women left stranded after a tragic plane crash

L.A.-based screenwriter Yulin Kuang serves romance with a dash of realism in debut novel

Ahead of Vancouver Writers Fest event, author delves into resurgence of rom coms and the importance of stories that feel “true to life”

B.C. authors among finalists revealed for the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards

Vancouver’s Danny Ramadan and Burnaby poet Brandi Bird are among the local nominated scribes

Explore a stellar selection of events at this year's Vancouver Writers Fest, October 21 to 27

Tickets are now available for a conversation with bestselling mystery novelist Nita Prose, dramatic readings of songs from film soundtracks, and beyond

Darrel J. McLeod, John Vaillant, and Jess Housty among winners of 2024 BC and Yukon Book Prizes

The West Coast Book Prize Society recognized eight authors as well as the Kluane First Nation elders at its annual gala event on September 28

Timothy Taylor's new book digs into the restaurant industry

The Rise and Fall of Magic Wolf follows a young chef named Teo in Paris and Vancouver

Newly published book Taizo Yamamoto: Carts, Hedges, Lions details Vancouver's urban landscape

Through intricate graphite drawings, Vancouver architect Taizo Yamamoto analyzes how seemingly mundane objects speak to the city’s omnipresent issues

Dr. Michael J Prokopow launches inspiring new book Reside: Contemporary West Coast Houses

Introduced by Clinton Cuddington, stunning publication tours Canada’s most exceptional homes through deeply informed prose and over 300 captivating photos

Five B.C. authors make the 2024 longlist for the $100,000 Giller Prize

The Giller Foundation drops “Scotiabank” from prize’s title

From Malcolm Gladwell to Jane Urquhart, Vancouver Writers Fest gives sneak peek at 2024 lineup

More than 120 international and local writers will appear in over 85 events in festival running October 21 to 27

Small Town Artillery Collective plays Firehall Arts Centre courtyard, September 7 and 8

The violin- and trumpet-powered rock ’n’ roll band is the project of brothers Tom and Derek van Deursen

The Polygon Gallery hosts relaunch of sold-out book Selected Writing on Black Canadian Art, September 5

Yaniya Lee’s publication is a compendium of essays, reviews, and artist interviews

Alliance Française Vancouver opens landmark $24-million francophone cultural facility

Four-floor, 30,000-square-foot building features a professional theatre, media library, artist studio space, French café and bistro, and plenty more

Vancouver Art Book Fair returns in-person after five years, July 26 and 27

Canada’s longest-running international art book fair features more than 80 exhibitors, with a new art-publishing symposium on July 28

Coastal Jazz offers Journeys to the Bandstand—A Conversation with Author Chris Wong on June 21

The free talk focuses on Wong’s first book, a collection of 30 long-form portraits of musicians who have helped shape Vancouver’s jazz scene

B.C. poet George McWhirter wins international $130,000 Griffin Poetry Prize with Mexican poet Homero Aridjis

Translator of Spanish-language poetry collection Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence shares award with original author

Cartoonist Miriam Libicki receives formal apology from Vancouver Comic Arts Festival after protests led to ban

The Vancouver artist, who was banned after protesters disrupted the festival, is now using her art to raise funds for Palestinian and Israeli women peace activists

Vancouver Writers Fest’s Incite hosts BC and Yukon Book Prizes’ finalists, at Vancouver Public Library central branch on May 29

Free reading event features Henry Tsang, Samantha Nock, and Brandon Reid

Indian Summer Festival announces ALOK performance July 6 at Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Gender-nonconforming artist and activist moves fluidly between standup comedy, poetry, and public speaking

Apr 15, 2024NEWS, STAGE, READLGBTQ+, Spring 2024, CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, dragJanet Smith

Sasha Velour speaks to "The Big Reveal: Why Drag Matters" at Phil Lind Initiative series

Apr 15, 2024NEWS, STAGE, READLGBTQ+, Spring 2024, CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, dragJanet Smith

When the RuPaul’s Drag Race winner hits the Chan Centre at UBC, she’ll talk politics and draw heavily from her book The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag

Apr 15, 2024NEWS, STAGE, READLGBTQ+, Spring 2024, CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, dragJanet Smith

BC and Yukon Book Prizes unveil 2024 shortlist, spanning names like Darrel J. McLeod, Emelia Symington-Fedy, Naomi Klein, and Helen Knott

Apr 11, 2024READBC and Yukon Book Prizes, West Coast Book Prize SocietyJanet Smith

BC and Yukon Book Prizes unveil 2024 shortlist, spanning names like Darrel J. McLeod, Emelia Symington-Fedy, Naomi Klein, and Helen Knott

Apr 11, 2024READBC and Yukon Book Prizes, West Coast Book Prize SocietyJanet Smith

Awards across fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and more to be announced September 28

Apr 11, 2024READBC and Yukon Book Prizes, West Coast Book Prize SocietyJanet Smith

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 events to stimulate the heart and mind at the 2024 Jewish Book Festival

Feb 06, 2024CULTURE, READJewish Book Festival, Jewish Community Centre, Yosef Wosk, JCCStir Vancouver

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 events to stimulate the heart and mind at the 2024 Jewish Book Festival

Feb 06, 2024CULTURE, READJewish Book Festival, Jewish Community Centre, Yosef Wosk, JCCStir Vancouver

Michael Posner’s latest Leonard Cohen: Untold Stories installment, Jonathan Freedland’s The Escape Artist, and more standout conversations at annual event at JCC

Feb 06, 2024CULTURE, READJewish Book Festival, Jewish Community Centre, Yosef Wosk, JCCStir Vancouver

Vancouver Art Gallery appoints Jillian Christmas as inaugural poet-in-residence

Jan 05, 2024ART & DESIGN, READVancouver Art GalleryJanet Smith

Vancouver Art Gallery appoints Jillian Christmas as inaugural poet-in-residence

Jan 05, 2024ART & DESIGN, READVancouver Art GalleryJanet Smith

Award-winning Afro-Caribbean-Canadian multidisciplinary artist has previously worked with the Vancouver Writers Fest and Verses Festival of Words

Jan 05, 2024ART & DESIGN, READVancouver Art GalleryJanet Smith

Give school libraries in B.C. and Yukon the gift of new books with Adopt-a-Library

Dec 14, 2023READPartner Content, BC and Yukon Book PrizesStir Vancouver

Give school libraries in B.C. and Yukon the gift of new books with Adopt-a-Library

Dec 14, 2023READPartner Content, BC and Yukon Book PrizesStir Vancouver

Program run by the BC and Yukon Book Prizes has provided school libraries with over $100,000 worth of diverse titles since 2007

Dec 14, 2023READPartner Content, BC and Yukon Book PrizesStir Vancouver

Miss Chief Eagle Testickle Presents Her Memoir: Kent Monkman and Gisèle Gordon in Conversation takes place December 1

Nov 24, 2023READ, WHAT'S STIRRINGKent, Kent Monkman, Vancouver Writers Fest, Vancouver Art Gallery, Eastside Culture Crawl, Indigenous, booksGail Johnson

Miss Chief Eagle Testickle Presents Her Memoir: Kent Monkman and Gisèle Gordon in Conversation takes place December 1

Nov 24, 2023READ, WHAT'S STIRRINGKent, Kent Monkman, Vancouver Writers Fest, Vancouver Art Gallery, Eastside Culture Crawl, Indigenous, booksGail Johnson

Vancouver Writers Fest highlights the long-time collaborators’ new book, The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island

Nov 24, 2023READ, WHAT'S STIRRINGKent, Kent Monkman, Vancouver Writers Fest, Vancouver Art Gallery, Eastside Culture Crawl, Indigenous, booksGail Johnson

Writer Madeleine Thien revisits her Chinatown opera libretto at Future Mythologies, November 25

Nov 20, 2023MUSIC, OPERA, READMadeleine Thien, IndieFest, OperaJanet Smith

Writer Madeleine Thien revisits her Chinatown opera libretto at Future Mythologies, November 25

Nov 20, 2023MUSIC, OPERA, READMadeleine Thien, IndieFest, OperaJanet Smith

Vancouver-set work, following the story of two men’s struggles during the Chinese Immigration Act, is a passion project for the award-winning author

Nov 20, 2023MUSIC, OPERA, READMadeleine Thien, IndieFest, OperaJanet Smith

Canada Council for the Arts unveils selection of 70 finalists for 2023 Governor General's Literary Awards

Oct 25, 2023READGovernor General's Literary Awards, Susan Musgrave, Angela Sterritt, Harrison MooneyJanet Smith

Canada Council for the Arts unveils selection of 70 finalists for 2023 Governor General's Literary Awards

Oct 25, 2023READGovernor General's Literary Awards, Susan Musgrave, Angela Sterritt, Harrison MooneyJanet Smith

Among the B.C. finalists are Angela Sterritt’s Unbroken, Susan Musgrave’s Exculpatory Lilies, and Harrison Mooney’s Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery

Oct 25, 2023READGovernor General's Literary Awards, Susan Musgrave, Angela Sterritt, Harrison MooneyJanet Smith

Stir Q&A: Skid Dogs author Emelia Symington Fedy talks teen years and consent

Oct 18, 2023READWhistler Writers FestivalJanet Smith

Stir Q&A: Skid Dogs author Emelia Symington Fedy talks teen years and consent

Oct 18, 2023READWhistler Writers FestivalJanet Smith

The Chop Theatre artist returns to Ashcroft for her aching yet funny new memoir

Oct 18, 2023READWhistler Writers FestivalJanet Smith

Oct 14, 2023READ, FESTS, CULTUREJen Sookfong Lee, Vancouver Writers FestJanet Smith

At Vancouver Writers Fest, Jen Sookfong Lee reflects on the pop culture that shaped her in Superfan

Oct 14, 2023READ, FESTS, CULTUREJen Sookfong Lee, Vancouver Writers FestJanet Smith

The local author says reality television is the great equalizer in social situations

Oct 14, 2023READ, FESTS, CULTUREJen Sookfong Lee, Vancouver Writers FestJanet Smith

At Vancouver Writers Fest, Helen Knott's Becoming a Matriarch processed the loss of strong women in her life

Oct 12, 2023FESTS, READVancouver Writers Fest, Homepage featureJanet Smith

At Vancouver Writers Fest, Helen Knott's Becoming a Matriarch processed the loss of strong women in her life

Oct 12, 2023FESTS, READVancouver Writers Fest, Homepage featureJanet Smith

The In My Own Moccasins author’s second memoir charts her journey through grief to trusting her own intuition

Oct 12, 2023FESTS, READVancouver Writers Fest, Homepage featureJanet Smith

Max Wyman's The Compassionate Imagination among finalists for Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

Oct 04, 2023READMax Wyman, Writers' Trust of CanadaJanet Smith

Max Wyman's The Compassionate Imagination among finalists for Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

Oct 04, 2023READMax Wyman, Writers' Trust of CanadaJanet Smith

Nonfiction book praised for “deep insights into how and why arts and cultural funding is vital to safeguarding Canada’s present and future”

Oct 04, 2023READMax Wyman, Writers' Trust of CanadaJanet Smith

BC and Yukon Book Prizes reveal this year's selection of prize winners and award recipients

Sep 24, 2023READBC and Yukon Book PrizesEmily Lyth

BC and Yukon Book Prizes reveal this year's selection of prize winners and award recipients

Sep 24, 2023READBC and Yukon Book PrizesEmily Lyth

Titles include Billy-Ray Belcourt’s queer Indigenous fiction work A Minor Chorus, Karen Bakker’s The Sounds of Life, and more

Sep 24, 2023READBC and Yukon Book PrizesEmily Lyth

Vancouver Writers Fest announces roster with Naomi Klein, Mona Awad, Celeste Ng, and guest curator Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Aug 31, 2023FESTS, READVancouver International Writers Festival, Homepage feature, Vancouver Writers FestJanet Smith

Vancouver Writers Fest announces roster with Naomi Klein, Mona Awad, Celeste Ng, and guest curator Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Aug 31, 2023FESTS, READVancouver International Writers Festival, Homepage feature, Vancouver Writers FestJanet Smith

Climate-crisis panels, Giller Prize finalists, and Rick Mercer in conversation with singer Jann Arden among other events October 16 to 22

Aug 31, 2023FESTS, READVancouver International Writers Festival, Homepage feature, Vancouver Writers FestJanet Smith

City of Vancouver announces its 2023 Book Award finalists

Aug 16, 2023NEWS, READCity of Vancouver Book AwardsJanet Smith

City of Vancouver announces its 2023 Book Award finalists

Aug 16, 2023NEWS, READCity of Vancouver Book AwardsJanet Smith

Evelyn Lau, Tara McGuire, Danny Ramadan, Chelene Knight, and Michele Assarasakorn and Nathan Fairbairn are all up for the prize, plus a book about Jan Wade’s art

Aug 16, 2023NEWS, READCity of Vancouver Book AwardsJanet Smith