Sun Shining on Morning Snow: Book Launch with Ingrid Dahl
Join us for a wonderful evening celebrating the new book, Sun Shining on Morning Snow: A Memoir of Identity, Loss, and Living Boldly, by Ingrid Hu Dahl. The author will be in conversation with Donna Seto, author of Chinatown Vancouver: An Illustrated History. Sun Shining is a fearless and deeply moving memoir that celebrates the power of authenticity, love, ...read more
Saturday, Aug 16 Upstart & Crow Studio
Say No With Love: A Writing Workshop with Chelene Knight
Join Chelene Knight, award-winning author and founder of Breathing Space Creative Studio, for a transformative in-person workshop that could change the way you live and write. For one special evening, Chelene brings her renowned Say No With Love Workshop to our studio. This offering is for writers who want to set nourishing boundaries, protect their creative energy, and ...read more
Thursday, Sep 4 Upstart & Crow Studio
Praise and the Practice of Naming: A Generative Writing Workshop for a Complex World
In this 90-minute online session, Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal—our 2025 resident poet—will guide you through an exploration of praise poems as a radical, expansive form—not just for gratitude and joy, but for holding the contradictions of being alive. Together, we’ll explore how praise can be a practice of witnessing the full complexity of our lives: the beauty and ...read more
Tuesday, Sep 9 Online via Zoom
A Precarious Enterprise: Making a Life in Canadian Publishing
Join us for an evening celebrating a cornerstone of Canadian publishing history with the launch of A Precarious Enterprise: Making a Life in Canadian Publishing by Scott McIntyre. McIntyre has lived, and shaped, the story of Canadian literature. From his early days at McClelland & Stewart to cofounding Douglas & McIntyre in 1970, his career spans the ...read more
Wednesday, Sep 10 Upstart & Crow Studio
Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature
Join us on Thursday, September 11 at 6:30pm for an author talk with writer and political scientist Alyssa Battistoni in celebration of her new book, Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. Capitalism is typically treated as a force for relentless commodification. Yet it fails to place value on vital aspects of the nonhuman world, whether carbon ...read more
Thursday, Sep 11 Upstart & Crow Studio
Encrypted: A Reading with Arleen Paré
Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 6:30 p.m. for an evening reading with award-winning poet Arleen Paré to celebrate her new collection, Encrypted. Encrypted is a tribute to family and youth in a time of complex anxiety and loneliness. In September 2020, Arleen's almost 20-year old grandson moved into the basement of her home to attend courses nearby. ...read more
Wednesday, Sep 17 Upstart & Crow Studio
‘Slice the Water’: A Book Launch with PP Wong
Join us for an evening to celebrate the launch of PP Wong’s second novel, Slice the Water, a magical new work called “a knockout,” by novelist Annabel Lyon. Wong will be in conversation with journalist Lisa Tang. Born on the lush island nation of Mahana, Fred lives under the tyrannical rule of a book-burning king. Under ...read more
Thursday, Sep 18