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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Sending and Receiving Letters: An Interview With Nadia Ragbar

 •  March 9

Nadia Ragbar lives in Toronto with her partner and son. She has previously published her flash fiction work in This Magazine, as well as Broken...

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EVENT’S Annual Used Book Sale is Back March 16-20!

 •  March 5

EVENT's Used Book Sale, our biggest fundraiser of the year, is back! Join us at the Douglas College second-floor concourse, 700 Royal Avenue,...

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Alex Trnka Reviews Two Novels for EVENT 54/2

 •  March 3

Alex Trnka Reviews: Bronwyn Fischer, The Adult, Penguin Random House Canada, 2023Holly Pester, The Lodgers, Assembly Press,...

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Rosalie Morris Reviews Two New Memoirs for EVENT 54/2

 •  March 3

Rosalie Morris Reviews: Tree Abraham, elseship: an unrequited affair, Book*hug Press, 2025Rachel Phan, Restaurant Kid: A Memoir of Family...

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Marguerite Pigeon Reviews New Poetry Collections for EVENT 54/2

 •  March 3

Marguerite Pigeon Reviews: Matthew Gwathmey, Family Band, The Porcupine’s Quill, 2024Alice Burdick, Ox Lost, Snow Deep, Anvil Press,...

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Kathryn MacDonald Reviews Three Books of Poetry for EVENT 54/2

 •  March 3

Kathryn MacDonald Reviews: Jaspreet Singh, Dreams of the Epoch & the Rock, NeWest Press, 2024 Michael Trussler, 10:10, icehouse poetry...

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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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“Saying No With Love”: A Conversation With Chelene Knight

 •  February 9

Chelene Knight is the author of Braided Skin (Mother Tongue 2015), the memoir Dear Current Occupant, winner of the 2018 Vancouver Book Award, and...

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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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