Vancouver Flexes its Literary Muscle
Vancouver isn’t just a pretty face. Beneath the glamorous exterior of snow-capped mountains and glittering highrises is a burgeoning literary scene made up of some of Canada’s most promising young...
View ArticleGlass Castle author Jeannette Walls in Vancouver
The Glass Castle author Jeannette Walls. Photo courtesy Scribner. Jeannette Walls’ 2005 memoir The Glass Castle was a sensation. Telling the story of the author’s almost unbelievable childhood, the...
View ArticleThe Girl On the Train author and other guests announced for Vancouver Writers...
Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train, is one of the guests with this year’s Vancouver Writers Festival. It seems that you can’t get on a plane (or a train, for that matter) without seeing...
View ArticleMan Booker Prize winner makes an additional appearance at Vancouver Writers...
The winner of this year’s Man Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world, will make an additional appearance at this year’s Vancouver Writers Festival. Both of the...
View ArticleFive LGBTQ+ Vancouver Fiction Authors You Should Know
Ivan Coyote / Image via cbc.ca By Casey Stepaniuk A few weeks ago we brought you Three New Queer Vancouver Writers. The five Vancouver authors featured in this post are well-established pros from here...
View ArticleDon’t Miss the Last Installment of Reverb, a Queer Reading Series in Vancouver
By Casey Stepaniuk This is a bittersweet post for me to write, as it’s about the last installment of one of my absolute favourite Vancouver events. Reverb is a queer reading series that has been...
View ArticleSatire, memoir, and afternoon tea—five events to check out at this year’s...
Tom Perrotta. Ben King photo courtesy HBO. The 30th Annual Vancouver Writers Festival (Oct. 16-22) is less than two weeks away, and some events are already sold out. Fortunately, there are still plenty...
View ArticleFour Amazing Books by Queer Vancouver Authors That Make Great Holiday Gifts
By Casey Stepaniuk If you’re looking for the perfect gift this holiday season, why not let your loved ones delve into imaginative and heartfelt stories by Vancouver queer and/or trans authors? For...
View ArticleBring Your Book: Three Vancouver Authors Share their Favourite Places in the...
Image by Kyle Pearce | Flickr A glass skyline that reflects vibrant summer sunsets, moody forests of damp mist after a winter rainfall, a medley of languages that pass by on city sidewalks, and...
View Article5 Not-to-Be-Missed Speakers at The Growing Room Festival 2019
Hannah McGregor, creator of podcasts: Secret Feminist Agenda and Witch Please | Image by Christopher M Turbulence By Rachel Rosenberg The Growing Room Festival was founded in 2017 by Room Magazine and...
View ArticleFive events to check out at this year’s Vancouver Writers Festival—including...
Author Tanya Talaga is a guest curator at this year’s Vancouver Writers Festival. This year’s Vancouver Writers Festival takes place Oct. 21-27. The week-long festival welcomes over a hundred authors,...
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