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
Sunday, Jan 19 Upstart & Crow Studio
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
Thursday, Jan 16 Upstart & Crow Studio
Holiday Sip and Shop at Upstart & Crow
Getting all your holiday shopping done in one magical night — cocktail in hand? The dream! Join us on Thursday, Dec. 12 for a sip and shop night at Upstart & Crow. We’ll be fully stocked with the best and buzziest books and gifts for the season, while also offering beautiful cocktails, wine and beer ...read more
Thursday, Dec 12 Upstart & Crow Studio
Join us on Saturday, Nov. 30 at 6:30 p.m. to launch Homing, Alice Irene Whittaker’s powerful debut memoir that captures her profound journey from a commuter-lifestyle to a refuge in the woods. Overwhelmed by obsessive productivity and environmental anxiety, recovering perfectionist Alice Irene Whittaker and her family decide to retreat to a cabin in the ...read more
Saturday, Nov 30 Upstart & Crow Studio
‘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