Craving a wonderful new read that "melds food history with culinary derring-do?" Join us on Thursday, Sept. 27 to launch the marvellous new book, The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavours of the Past,by Montreal-based journalist Taras Grescoe. Grescoe will be joined by fellow journalist J.B. MacKinnon (The Day the World Stops Shopping, ...read more
Sep 27 Upstart & Crow Store
The Compassionate Imagination: Book Launch
Join us at Upstart & Crow to celebrate the launch of cultural commentator Max Wyman's urgent new book, The Compassionate Imagination: How the Arts Are Central to a Functioning Democracy. This will be a fun and passionate evening event! Max will do a reading and then share a conversation with The Tyee's culture editor, Dorothy Woodend. This ...read more
Sep 24 Upstart & Crow Store
We're thrilled to host Toronto author Tomas Hachard for an author meet and greet and book signing. His debut novel, City in Flames, is out now by the very great publisher, Flying Books. At once evocative and propulsive, City in Flames is a love story about two isolated people with a deep yet fragile bond trying to ...read more
Sep 21 Upstart & Crow Store
Louise Phillips: An Artist’s Talk
Paper artist/magician Louise Phillips has created “altered books,” a new art installation for Upstart & Crow, and we love it so much! Please join us on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 4 p.m. at Upstart & Crow for an artist’s talk about the installation and the joys of making. Altered books are books first found and ...read more
Sep 9 Upstart & Crow Store
Readings from River in an Ocean: Essays on Translation
Join us on Thursday, August 17 at 5 p.m. PST for a virtual celebration of the gorgeous new collection "River in an Ocean: Essays on Translation," published by the non-profit trace press. At Upstart & Crow we love translated works, and this collection -- on decolonizing and unsettling translation by a group of incredible feminist ...read more
Aug 17 Online via YouTube
Join us on Thursday, June 8 at 7 p.m. for a launch to celebrate the beautiful debut novel Atomweight, by Vancouver-based author Emi Sasagawa. Startling and sensitive, this is a coming-of-age page-turner that takes place in both London, England and Vancouver B.C., and tells the story of a young woman coming to grips with her identity ...read more
Jun 8 Upstart & Crow Store
Diary of an Invasion: A Night with Andrey Kurkov
We’re thrilled to partner with the Vancouver Writers Fest for this event, which brings Ukraine’s most celebrated writer, Andrey Kurkov, to Vancouver to discuss his latest work with international correspondent for The Globe and Mail, Nathan VanderKlippe. Diary of an Invasion is a searing dispatch from the heart of Kyiv during the first year of the Russian assault. ...read more
Jun 1 The Annex
Storylines: Ted Chamberlin in Conversation with Wade Davis
“Belief keeps us going,” writes veteran author Ted Chamberlin. “Doubt keeps us alive.” Join us at Upstart & Crow on Tuesday, May 23 to hear Chamberlin’s insightful exploration of the power of stories and songs. “We draw comfort from our great myths, and from the storytelling of our contemporaries.” One of Chamberlin’s contemporaries is acclaimed ...read more
May 23 Upstart & Crow Store
Spring has sprung, and so has a second volume of Top Shelf! Following our first sold out event, the Friend Public Library and Upstart & Crow are back with another night of literary magic, this time with a local twist. Join us to discover books and beverages from across the region, with a few fun ...read more
May 5 Upstart & Crow Store
All Things Move: Book Launch and Conversation
Join Upstart & Crow and Biblioasis on Thursday, May 4 for an evening of conversation in celebration of Jeannie Marshall's beautiful new book, All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel. The book is an incredibly clever and articulate exploration of our relationship to art, especially art that we may not have an ...read more
May 4 Upstart & Crow Store
Buzzworthy: Book Launch and Cocktail Party
Join us at Upstart & Crow to celebrate the release of Jennifer Croll’s new book, Buzzworthy: Cocktails Inspired by Female Literary Greats. We’ll be selling copies, serving drinks, and toasting Jen for her latest feat of cocktail creation, as well as celebrating all the amazing writers featured in the book — like studio favourites Louise ...read more
Apr 27 Upstart & Crow Store
Top Shelf: An Evening of Books and Cocktails
This December, Upstart & Crow is turning down the lights, breaking out the stemware, and staying open late for TOP SHELF, two evenings of book and beverages. It’s a chance to spend an early winter’s evening with friends or loved ones browsing our bookshelves, enjoying cocktail pairings from Provincial Spirits, and discovering great reads and ...read more
Dec 2 Upstart & Crow Store