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June 2025

An Evening with the BC and Yukon Book Prizes Finalists

Join us on Thursday, June 5 at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate the finalists of the 2025 BC and Yukon Book Prizes! We’ll hear readings from shortlisted authors Shashi Bhat, Leanne Dunic and Minelle Mahtani, and toast the wonderful writerly talent this region has to offer. The BC and Yukon Book Prizes, established in 1985, celebrate ...read more

Thursday, Jun 5 Upstart & Crow Studio
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A Day of Joy for the Writers’ Exchange!

Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 7! We are planning an extra special day at Upstart & Crow to benefit The Writers’ Exchange, which offers fun literacy programs for under-resourced kids and youth in Vancouver, and volunteer opportunities for awesome people who want to see kids thrive. Come down and meet the team, see the ...read more

Saturday, Jun 7 Upstart & Crow Studio
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Write/Draw: An Outdoor Magpie Practice

Join us for an outdoor workshop where writing and drawing meet the natural world! Held outside in Granville Island’s vibrant, sensory-rich environment, this Write/Draw session invites you to slow down, tune in and collect what catches your attention, magpie-style. Guided by artist Louise Phillips, you’ll explore sights, sounds and textures through a series of writing ...read more

Tuesday, Jun 10 Upstart & Crow Studio
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‘A Catalogue of Risk’: Launch and Reading with Alisha Mascarenhas

Join us at Upstart & Crow for an evening of poetry with Brooklyn-based poet Alisha Mascarenhas, joined by local writers Sasha J. Langford and Danielle LaFrance, as we celebrate the launch of Mascarenhas’ new collection, A Catalogue of Risk. This debut book of poetry is a “volte-face of the neoliberal market economy’s construction of isolated, individual ...read more

Monday, Jun 23 Upstart & Crow Studio
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Poetry

Writing Toward Borderless Solidarities: A Workshop with Poet in Residence, Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal

Presented in collaboration with Indian Summer Festival, this generative workshop with Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal, Upstart & Crow’s 2025 Poet in Residence, invites participants to explore the theme of borderless solidarities through creative writing, connection, and shared reflection. We’ll begin with a series of freewriting exercises that invite you to explore the idea of borders — between people, places, identities, and within ourselves. ...read more

Wednesday, Jun 25 Upstart & Crow Studio
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