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April 2025

Poetry

Letterpress Poetry: A Two-Day How To with New Leaf Editions

We’re partnering with New Leaf Editions for a fascinating, hands-on, two-day workshop in which attendees can transform a short poem into print form. You’ll learn the essentials of letterpress, including inking and printing techniques, how to set your own type, and how to operate the press yourselves. The end result will be a broadsheet with your ...read more

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Poetry

Strips and Remnants: A Short Poem Workshop with Vancouver’s Poet Laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner

Join Vancouver’s Poet Laureate—award-winning poet, editor, and artist—Elee Kraljii Gardiner, for a short poem workshop on Tuesday, April 22 at 6:30pm. Using the idea of fragments (visual, sonic, or otherwise) this poetry workshop explores how small pieces become part of a whole. We will experiment with physical materials on site, perhaps generating new materials in ...read more

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I Don’t Do Disability and Other Lies I’ve Told Myself: Book Launch

Please join Upstart & Crow and Adelle Purdham to celebrate the West Coast launch of her debut memoir-in-essays, I Don't Do Disability and Other Lies I've Told Myself (Dundurn Press). Purdham will be in the shop talking about her new collection, which, at its heart, is about being a mom to a daughter with Down syndrome and ...read more

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A Sunday Morning with ‘Crooked Cross’ and Persephone Books

Join us for an online chat with Francesca Beauman, publisher of the U.K.-based Persephone Books, about the press’s forthcoming book — the forgotten classic Crooked Cross by Sally Carson, “a richly detailed, page-turning and remarkably prescient account of the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany and its devastating impact on the lives of the fictional Kluger ...read more

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Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre — A Special Event with Mark Bourrie and The Tyee

As Canada nears a pivotal election, we’re proud to partner with The Tyee to bring you a conversation about an essential and timely new book delving deep into the background of political “ripper,” Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre. Join us on Thursday, April 10 at 6:30 p.m. PST for a special online author talk with ...read more

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Community & Skills

Staying Creative: A Workshop with Master Writing Coach Sarah Selecky

How do we cultivate a sustainable writing practice and keep our creative energy alive? Join acclaimed author and master writing coach Sarah Selecky on Tuesday, April 1 at 6:30 p.m. for a meditative writing workshop on maintaining your creative spark. Whether you're beginning your writing journey anew or seeking to deepen your relationship with an ...read more

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March 2025

An Evening with Nalo Hopkinson, Speculative Fiction ‘Grand Master’

Spend an evening with Nalo Hopkinson, the brilliant speculative fiction writer and youngest ever winner of the Science Fiction Writers of America’s Grand Master award. Hear a reading from her latest story collection, Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions, and take the opportunity to ask her your questions. We’ll have books on hand for sale and signing! ...read more

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In Translation

Translator for a Night: A Workshop with Janet Hong

Translation, often considered an act of literary alchemy, allows beloved texts to live fully in new linguistic and cultural spaces. Yet despite its essential role in the literary world, it’s an art form that many of us who speak only one language have never experienced first-hand. What if you could step into the shoes of ...read more

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Community & Skills

Windows as Metaphor: A Poetry Workshop with Doretta Lau & Holly Flauto

How might windows serve as a dual metaphor—a lens to the outside world and a mirror reflecting the self? Join writers Doretta Lau and Holly Flauto on Saturday, March 1 at 9am for an immersive poetry workshop on perspective, reflection, and transformation. The barriers we pass through, both in body and in metaphor, can be ...read more

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January 2025

Climate Solutions

Power Metal: Vince Beiser in Conversation with Christopher Pollon

Both the world’s critical transition to renewable energy, along with ever-evolving technology, require massive amounts of metal. And the race to mine it is already spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and rising violence. Join us on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. for an evening with journalist Vince Beiser, author of the new book Power ...read more

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Community & Skills

Write/Draw: An Integrated Workshop on Noticing

The Write/Draw workshop series is a powerful tool for deepening your creative practice — whether that’s writing, drawing or both. Write/Draw shifts focus from creating a “finished” work of art product to fostering an open, observant mindset. At the heart of the workshops is the idea of "noticing what we notice," where drawing trains the eye to see and ...read more

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Community & Skills

Cemeteries for the Future: A Single-Page Zine Workshop

If the tombstones of your ancestors (chosen or otherwise) asked questions, what would they be? Join us on Thursday, January 16th at 6:30PM for an introductory workshop on zine-making! In this workshop we’ll use the single-page zine to commemorate our big and little griefs and also those we don’t yet know the shape of (grief ...read more