Let It Go: An Evening with Chelene Knight
Let’s talk about joy! Join us the evening of Sunday, Feb. 18 as we celebrate the latest release from the prolific and ever-amazing writer, Chelene Knight. Her new book, Let It Go: Free Yourself from Old Beliefs and Find a New Path to Joy, is a candid and essential book that will guide the reader to ...read more
Sunday, Feb 18 Upstart & Crow Studio
Haters will say winter is dark and dreary, but the silver lining of those early sunsets? More time to curl up and read — in bed, by fire, or sprawled out on the couch in unergonomic bliss. Whatever your style, you’re invited to join the Friend Public Library and Upstart & Crow for Top Shelf ...read more
Friday, Dec 8 Upstart & Crow Studio
Memoir Writing: How to Piece Together the Past
**This event is sold out! Join the waitlist by emailing helloupstartandcrow.com. How do you write a memoir about something you don’t quite remember? Learn how to find your memories in the fragments that remain in this free and intimate writing workshop with Upstart & Crow’s 2023 Writer in Residence, RJ McDaniel. As a teenager, McDaniel ...read more
Tuesday, Nov 21 Upstart & Crow Studio
Strandings: A Conversation with Peter Riley
Calling all lovers of whales, genre-defying books, and conversations about culture, climate and psychology! You’re invited to join our virtual event with Peter Riley, the author of the brilliant new work, Strandings, and Upstart & Crow cofounder Zoe Grams. Settle into a cozy seat at home for a wide-ranging, thoughtful discussion about a book as enthralling as ...read more
Sunday, Nov 19 Online via Zoom
Poetry Is for Everyone: A Workshop with Kyla Jamieson
**This event is sold out! Join the waitlist by emailing helloupstartandcrow.com. Join us for a two-part virtual poetry workshop series with Kyla Jamieson, hosted by Upstart & Crow. Designed for anyone who wishes to develop or deepen their writing practice, this series will incorporate readings, discussion, writing exercises and reflective journaling to help us attune ...read more
Monday, Nov 13 Online via Zoom
An Evening with Cúagilákv Jessie Housty: Author, Activist and Curator of Thistalalh Library
Join us for an intimate evening and a spirited conversation on Wednesday, Nov. 8 with Jess Housty, a rising literary star and bad-ass activist, mother, organiser, community gardener, land-based educator, librarian and author of a brilliant new book of poems, Crushed Wild Mint (Nightwood Editions). Hear about a unique partnership between Upstart & Crow and ...read more
Wednesday, Nov 8 Upstart & Crow Studio
Canopy of Titans: Tofino Launch
Join us at Little Costa Rica Cafe in Tofino, B.C. to celebrate an essential and critical new book about the Pacific Coastal Temperate rainforest. In Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great North American Rainforest, authors Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate give us both a stunning biography of our part of the ...read more
Saturday, Oct 21 Little Costa Rica Cafe
‘River Mouth’: A Conversation on Liminal Identities
Join us on Saturday, Oct. 21 for an intimate book and panel discussion in honour of River Meets the Sea, a moving new novel about the complex nature of identity by Rachael Moorthy. In this event, Moorthy will be in conversation with writers Junie Desil and karmella benedito de barros, discussing their work and topics such ...read more
Saturday, Oct 21 Upstart & Crow Studio
Canopy of Titans: Vancouver Launch
Join us on Sunday, Oct. 15 at Upstart & Crow to celebrate an essential and critical new book about the Pacific Coastal Temperate rainforest. In Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great North American Rainforest, authors Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate give us both a stunning biography of our part of the ...read more
Sunday, Oct 15 Upstart & Crow Studio
The stakes couldn’t be higher: How can we mine the metals we need without replicating the environmental and human rights abuses of the past? Vancouver-based journalist Christopher Pollon grapples with that question and more in his critical new investigative work, Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places. Join us on Tuesday, Oct. ...read more
Tuesday, Oct 10 1447 Commercial Drive
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
Wednesday, Sep 27 Upstart & Crow Studio
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
Sunday, Sep 24 Upstart & Crow Studio