‘Upon A Midnight Clear: More Christmas Epiphanies’ Book Launch
Join us on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. to launch Upon A Midnight Clear: More Christmas Epiphanies, edited by acclaimed memoirist JJ Lee. Featuring five writers from Metro Vancouver, this second volume of the Better Next Year non-fiction series collects even more true-life memories of dashed holiday hopes, Christmas catastrophes, and slender, heartbreaking shards of joy. The Tyee said ...read more
Saturday, Nov 16 Upstart & Crow Studio
Party in a Bookshop: An Upstart & Crow Fundraiser
Books, cocktails, and a party in a bookshop? There’s perhaps only one thing better than enjoying this combination: doing so to help a good cause. Get your tickets now for this special event at Upstart & Crow on Thursday, Nov. 7! All proceeds from ticket, drink and book sales will go toward our fall fundraising campaign to ...read more
Thursday, Nov 7 Upstart & Crow Studio
Two Tyee Titans: andrea bennett and Christopher Cheung in Conversation
Join us on Wednesday, November 6 as two staffers at The Tyee, B.C.’s best-read online news source, chat about their newest books! Combining journalism, cultural commentary, and personal reflection, andrea bennett’s Hearty explores appetite and desire in food media, the art of substitution, seed saving, complex societal narratives around health and pleasure, and more. For ...read more
Wednesday, Nov 6 Upstart & Crow Studio
A Sunday Morning with Yuri Herrera
Join us for a Found in Translation discussion on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 10am PDT with Yuri Herrera about history, justice, literature... and how 19th-century New Orleans can help us understand the world we live in. “Told in Herrera’s typically sparkling, form-exploding language, this one is screaming ‘modern epic.’” — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub A ...read more
Sunday, Nov 3 Online via Zoom
Ukrainian Voices: A Talk with Lyuba Yakimchuk
It’s our third Ukrainian Voices event! Join us for an online conversation on Sunday, October 27 at 10 AM. Our special guests will include Lyuba Yakimchuk—the award-winning Ukrainian poet, playwright, and screenwriter, renowned for her poem collections such as Apricots of Donbas—in conversation with Amelia Glaser, distinguished scholar, translator, and author. Apricots of Donbas is ...read more
Sunday, Oct 27 Online via Zoom
Drawing Your Daily Life: A Workshop with Teresa Wong
Learn how drawing your life experiences can help you see things in a different way. Drawing is something we all do as kids, but then stop because we think we’re bad at it. But drawing can benefit us all, no matter our skill level. Join the wonderful cartoonist and graphic memoirist Teresa Wong on Saturday, ...read more
Saturday, Oct 26 Upstart & Crow Studio
Premee Mohamed & Jes Battis in Conversation
Join us on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 4:30 p.m. for a conversation with authors Premee Mohamed and Jes Battis as they chat about their latest books and the themes that unite them. Expect discussions about anticolonialism, climate fiction, strange magical worlds and more! Mohamed is the author of the new We Speak Through the Mountain, published by ECW Press. Battis is the ...read more
Sunday, Oct 20 Upstart & Crow Studio
Storytime and an Expedition with David Suzuki
Calling all young nature lovers! Cozy up with us at Upstart & Crow on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 9:30 a.m. for a special storytime with celebrated author and activist, David Suzuki, in partnership with the False Creek Friends. At this special event, Suzuki will read from his latest children's book, Bompa's Insect Expedition (Greystone Books). ...read more
Saturday, Oct 5 Upstart & Crow Studio
The Pages of the Sea: Book Launch
Join us on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. to launch The Pages of the Sea, the tender debut novel by writer Anne Hawk. Hawk will be in conversation with author Jasmine Sealy. A story of sisterhood, secrets, and the sacrifices of love set on a Caribbean island in the mid-1960s, The Pages of the ...read more
Thursday, Oct 3 Upstart & Crow Studio
Death and Decolonization: Jess Goldman and Jess Housty in Conversation
Join us on Friday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. for a special conversation about death and decolonization with Jess Goldman, Upstart & Crow’s 2024 writer in residence, and 'Cúagilákv, Jess Housty, essayist and Crushed Wild Mint poet. This event keys off Goldman’s residency project where they explore Jewish death practices as a possible site of ...read more
Friday, Sep 27 Upstart & Crow Studio
An Evening with Richard Kelly Kemick and Damian Tarnopolsky
Join us on Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. for readings and chats with Richard Kelly Kemick and Damian Tarnopolsky, the authors of two brand-new story collections published by two incredible Canadian presses. Kemick’s book, Hello, Horse, is a collection of taut, stylish stories that take on big moral questions from surprising perspectives. As Kirkus ...read more
Tuesday, Aug 27 Upstart & Crow Studio
An Introduction to Persephone Books
U.K. publisher Persephone Books reprints neglected fiction and non-fiction, mostly by women writers and mostly dating from the early twentieth-century. Join us for a fascinating evening with publisher Francesca Beauman, who will discuss why the company was founded, how the books are chosen, the thinking behind the unusual design, and what the future holds following ...read more
Thursday, Aug 15 Upstart & Crow Studio