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“A Day in the Life” with: Vancouver Writer Léa Taranto

April 9, 2025 Emilea Semancik

I first met Léa Taranto at UBC in 2014 when we took an undergraduate workshop together in fiction. We bonded immediately over our shared Sino-diaspora heritage and love of speculative fiction. Since then, over the […]

Tom Wayman
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“A Day in the Life” with: Vancouver Author Tom Wayman

March 12, 2025 Demian Vernieri

I met Tom Wayman in the early 1980s when he was teaching English and writing at David Thompson University Centre in Nelson. DTUC (1979-84), a joint venture between UVic and Selkirk College, was the provincial […]

Ruby Smith Díaz
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“A Day in the Life” with: Vancouver Multi-Disciplinary Artist Ruby Smith Díaz

January 15, 2025 Emilea Semancik

One of my earliest recollections of Ruby Smith Díaz is of chatting on Commercial Drive over a decade ago and noticing her latest art piece rolled up and sticking, too long, out of the basket […]

Jen Currin
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“A Day in the Life” with: Vancouver Writer Jen Currin

October 16, 2024 Emilea Semancik

Having known Jen Currin for more than 10 years, most of that time as their partner, I see every day that writing, being a writer, is just an essential part of Jen as a person. Not […]

Niloufar-Lily Soltani
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“A Day in the Life” with Vancouver Writer Niloufar-Lily Soltani

June 5, 2024 Lauren Kannwischer

Niloufar-Lily Soltani is a writer, literature lover, fitness enthusiast, and supply chain expert living in Vancouver. I first met Lily over 20 years ago when a mutual friend invited me to meet “one of the […]

Leslie Hurtig
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“A Day in the Life” with Artistic Director at Vancouver Writers, Leslie Hurtig

October 18, 2023 Emilea Semancik

For the past 30 years, Leslie Hurtig has occupied various positions within the Canadian literary landscape. She has served as a sales representative, publicist, rights manager, and book buyer for some of North America’s leading […]

Vancouver Writers Festival hosts over 125 authors in over 85 events
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Vancouver Writers Festival hosts over 125 authors in 85 events

October 6, 2023 Catherine Hercus

The Vancouver’s Writers Festival returns from October 16th to 22nd at Granville Island and other venues. Featured authors include Zadie Smith, Naomi Klein, Cherie Dimaline, Michael Crummy, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Patrick De Witt, John Valliant, and […]

Best Bookstores in Vancouver
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The Best Bookstores in Vancouver

March 24, 2023 Bronwyn Lewis

In Vancouver there is a bookstore to suit every bibliophile, whether you prefer treasure-hunting through a stack of titles, picking up a copy of an old favourite, or getting a recommendation from a trusted staff […]

In/Verse Reading Series Returns with New Host Neil Surkan
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In/Verse Reading Series Returns with New Host Neil Surkan

January 14, 2023 Shannon Page

Mark your calendars, poetry lovers. In/Verse, The Federation of BC Writers’ monthly poetry reading series, returns on January 14th. The online event features curated readings by established and early-career poets from British Columbia and the […]

Her Courage Rises: Island Author Haley Healey’s Latest Book Showcases Historical Women of BC and the Yukon
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Her Courage Rises: Island Author Haley Healey’s Latest Book Showcases Historical Women of BC and the Yukon

November 2, 2022 Shannon Page

Her Courage Rises: 50 Trailblazing Women of British Columbia and the Yukon, the latest book of ground-breaking historical women from Nanaimo author Haley Healey, introduces young readers to a diverse group of inspirational women who […]

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