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July 2026

In Translation

In Translation Bonus Beach Party!

We're taking our Translation Book Club outdoors for a special summer bonus gathering at Kits Beach. Join us for a beachside bash, featuring Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst, translated from Danish by Nicolette Sherilyn Hellberg. Heralded as “The Quintessential Millennial Novel” by Vogue, this is a lush and delightfully messy summer read about friends, lovers, and ...read more

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Spying on America: Book Launch

Join us for a warm and funny evening with Bill Gaston, author of the new “fascinating road trip” book, Spying on America. Will Ferguson describes it as “a journey through the looking glass into that torqued version of Canada we call the United States.” On a June morning in 2022, Bill Gaston drives off the Victoria–Port Angeles ...read more

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Climate Solutions

Upstart Climate Book Club: Human Nature

Welcome to Upstart & Crow's climate book club! Upstart & Crow’s Climate Book Club meets every second month to read and discuss works that illuminate the complexity of our shared ecological present. While some are urgent works of non-fiction, and others are novels or hybrid texts, each book is chosen with care for its ability to ...read more

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In Translation

JAWS [tiburón]: A Celebration with Two Translators

First published in Mexico in 2015, JAWS by Xitlalitl Rodríguez Mendoza won the Premio Nacional de Poesía Ignacio Manuel Altamirano. Join us in celebrating this award-winning poetry book’s first publication in English! We’ll be joined by translators Dora Prieto and Daniela Rodríguez Chevalier, in conversation with author Marc Perez. With sharp lyricism, documentary fragments and cinematic echoes, this ...read more

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Community & Skills

Start an Easy Graphic Memoir With Jon Claytor

Simply put, this workshop is about opening the door to telling your story with words and images. We’ll start a 12-page memoir, no skills necessary. We will do some simple drawing and writing activities to get started and then dive into creating your memoir with images and text and above all encouragement to continue your ...read more

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June 2026

litty Book Club: London Falling

The litty book club is your chance to read the books everyone’s talking about before they’re talking about them. Created by readers and for readers, the litty book club is a bi-monthly function and a welcoming space for strong opinions and lively conversation around a curation of litty’s prospects — newly published books the litty team ...read more

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Community & Skills

Ex Libris: A Bookplate Design & Lino Printing Workshop with Bijal Patel

Imagine opening your favourite book and seeing a custom, hand-printed design inside the cover. Join us for a special evening of books and linocut printmaking with artist Bijal Patel. In this two-part workshop, you’ll choose a book that feels meaningful to you, then transform it into a personal keepsake by designing and hand printing your ...read more

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‘The Teachings of Mutton’: A BC and Yukon Book Prize Celebration

Until now, there has been very little written about the Coast Salish Woolly Dog, or sqʷəmey̓ in the Hul’q’umi’num language. Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog tells the story of the Woolly Dog, and Mutton in particular. For 150 years the pelt of a dog named "Mutton" languished in a drawer that the Smithsonian, until an ...read more

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Teachers’ Salon: A Free Staffroom Social for Educators

As public education systems are being asked to carry more with fewer resources, we’d like to recognize the people doing the endlessly hard work of helping shape generations to come. Teachers! On Wednesday, June 24 at 6:30 p.m., we’re throwing a party in celebration of you and the incredible work you do. Whether you’re a classroom teacher, ...read more

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‘Play Naked: Puta Economics Against Olympic Dispossession’: Book Launch

Join us for the Vancouver launch of Play Naked: Puta Economics Against Olympic Dispossession by Amanda De Lisio, an evening of conversation, celebration and collective care. The evening is intended as a celebration of all those who contributed to the book project, shared their stories and labour, and continue building collective forms of care, resistance, and ...read more

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A Day of Joy for the Writers’ Exchange!

Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 13 for our second annual Day of Joy! This is 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 ...read more

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The Art of Looking Back: Book Launch

Join us in launching Theresa Kishkan’s new memoir, The Art of Looking Back, about reclaiming her image and voice and dismantling the male gaze that once framed her. At 23, Theresa Kishkan met an artist who became obsessed with her. She was young, she was flattered, and the situation quickly overwhelmed her. He drew and painted her ...read more