Touchstone Theatre and Neworld Theatre present a reading of Christine Quintana's play El Terremoto (directed by Daniela Atiencia). Twenty years have passed since the three Jurado sisters lost their parents, and life just seems to continue on in their East Vancouver home. A birthday party, a failed proposal, and a
Join us for our 4th annual Human Library® event and challenge your own prejudices and stereotypes to broaden your understanding. Connect in-person with people who might not normally cross your path. Check out a volunteer Book for 20 minutes to hear about their lived experiences and ask questions.
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.
Esteemed novelist Joseph Boyden, acclaimed film director Michelle Latimer and former University of Saskatchewan professor Carrie Bourassa have all made front-page news in recent years for the same reason: each is alleged to have been a “pretendian.” The term “pretendian” has come to refer to someone who claims distant Indigenous
Pelmet and Sables is a play by Cee Peal that is in its early developmental stages of production. Two non-human characters, Pelmet and Sables, cannot die because they are not living, but they keep trying to kill each other on their journey to find out what death is, what life
Vancouver Art Book Fair is back this year at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre from May 15–17, 2026. This year’s edition features roughly 80 tables and more than 100 exhibitors, with new participants from across British Columbia and beyond. This year’s program is produced in collaboration with Emily
On Sunday, May 17, 2025, the community is invited to gather at the Museum of Vancouver for the launch of Gathering Our Breath, a collaborative grief anthology created in the wake of the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy on April 26, 2025. The event runs from 1:00 to 3:30 PM and
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
The cheongsam (Cantonese for “long dress”), or qipao (Mandarin for “banner robe”) is an internationally recognized symbol of Chinese cultural identity and femininity. Originating as a combination of Han and Manchu clothing styles and later influenced by Western fashion, the garment carries layered meanings across generations and diasporas. For Canadian-born
The LiterASIAN Festival returns for its 14th annual edition with “Re-Generation,” a timely exploration of how Asian Canadian writers are reshaping literary culture today. Running from May 22 to September 29, 2026, across Vancouver, Toronto, and Ottawa, the festival brings together leading and emerging voices for a national celebration of
What’s not to love about the huge surging interest in romance books and ebooks? With #RomanceRecs, #BookTok and #FriendsToLovers hashtags influencing reader behaviour find out what’s hot in the world of romance at the library. Join us for a sweet summer social hangout with workshops, author readings, meet and greets
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,