Vancouver Art Book Fair (VABF) returns to the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre from July 4–6, 2025. This year’s program engages directly with recent political shifts and issues like borders, safety, and free speech. Visitors will have the rare opportunity to explore a wide range of publications — from
Join celebrated author, sailor, and artist R. Bruce Macdonald for an engaging evening exploring the colourful world of nautical language. In his latest book, Sound Like A Sailor – The Book of Nautical Expressions, Macdonald dives into the fascinating history behind the expressions we use every day—many of which have
In this book talk, Donna will reflect on why she wrote the book, her personal connections with Vancouver’s Chinatown, and the stories that inspired her work. Chinatown Vancouver: An Illustrated History (House of Anansi, 2025) is Donna Seto’s tribute to the neighbourhood and to the perseverance of Chinese Canadians whose
Are you stressed about the holidays or feeling a little lonely? The Vancouver Public Library is hosting a giant silent reading party to combat the holiday blues. Our "silent reading party" at the library is a social space where patrons can sit together and read in silence. Do you have
Love and nurturing exist across all species, from humans to plants and animals alike! Join us to explore the many ways species care for one another along the Fraser River, from humans helping salmon to trees supporting surrounding plants and wildlife. Through hands-on and self-guided activities, discover how birds travel
Love and nurturing exist across all species, from humans to plants and animals alike! Join us to explore the many ways species care for one another along the Fraser River, from humans helping salmon to trees supporting surrounding plants and wildlife. Through hands-on and self-guided activities, discover how birds travel
Israeli-born British chef, bestselling author, and culinary innovator known for vibrant, vegetable-focused, Middle Eastern-inspired cuisine that has transformed modern cooking with bold flavours and creative recipes.
Join author Denise Chong, best known for her family memoir, The Concubine’s Children, for a conversation on the writer’s use of the tool of memory: powerful, but also fickle and unreliable. Q&A moderated by Lucie McNeill, former CBC Radio current affairs host in Vancouver, and a freelance journalist in China.
Celebrate short story month with four talented fiction writers, Alix Ohlin, Andrea Routley, Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross, and Shashi Bhat, in conversation with local author Jen Currin about the art and craft of this wily and often misunderstood genre. Alix Ohlin's most recent book, the story collection We Want What We
Attend The Show, our annual exhibition featuring more than 400 new works from graduating artists, designers and creative thinkers from the class of 2026! Join us in celebrating the first class of ECU’s second century at The Show 2026. Graduates across Fine Arts, Media Arts and Design are coming together
Join us for the BOOK LAUNCH: Fish Tales: Cannery Community Cooking, Past and Present at the Cannery’s Boiler House Theatre on Sunday, June 7, 2026, from 2pm - 4pm! The Gulf of Georgia Cannery presents an all-new publication, Fish Tales: Cannery Community Cooking, Past and Present! Own a piece of
Join us for a warm and funny evening with Bill Gaston, author of the new “fascinating road trip” book, Spying on America. Will Ferguson describes it as “a journey through the looking glass into that torqued version of Canada we call the United States.” On a June morning in 2022,