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Myriam Steinberg's graphic-novel memoir confronts pain of infertility, at JCC Jewish Book Festival

Catalogue Baby captures five years of struggle, from grief and despair to rage and levity

Stir Q&A: writer Renee Sarojini Saklikar on the Poetry Phone, Vancouver’s first free poetry hotline

A prolific author, Surrey's inaugural Poet Laureate curates the new 1-833-POEMS-4-U

READGail JohnsonFebruary 9, 2021Read, Poetry, Renee Sarojini Saklikar, DVBIA, Surrey Art Gallery

Resurrecting Dead Fairy Tales brings subversive stories back to life

MISCELLANEOUS Productions presents an online lecture and live Q&A with folklorist and fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes

THEATRE, READ, SCREENStir VancouverFebruary 3, 2021Partner Content, Miscellaneous Productions

New book curated by Yosef Wosk features photographs by celebrated Israeli photographer Nachum Tim Gidal

Memories of Jewish Poland: The 1932 Photographs of Nachum Tim Gidal launches at Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival

READ, FESTSGail JohnsonFebruary 3, 2021Read, Books, Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival

Ethan Hawke joins Vancouver Writers Fest book club, March 14

The award-winning actor, screenwriter releases A Bright Ray of Darkness

READ, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonFebruary 2, 2021books, read, what's stirring, Vancouver Writers Fest

Mexican Gothic author Silvia Moreno-Garcia joins PNBA virtual gala, February 10

The Vancouver-based writer’s novel is a New York Times best-seller

READ, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJanuary 31, 2021books, read, PNBA, what's stirring

Junie Désil reads at Talonbooks' virtual launch, January 28

Cecily Nicholson hosts online event, which also features authors Taryn Hubbard, Colin Browne, Fred Mah

BOOKS, READ, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJanuary 24, 2021Read, Books, BC books, what's stirring

Association of Book Publishers of BC releases the top 20 titles from 2020

The list features fiction and nonfiction from Bountiful to the Salish Sea

READGail JohnsonJanuary 12, 2021Read, Books, BC books

The 36th annual JCC Jewish Book Festival announces 2021 lineup

Local writers join authors from across Canada, the US, Israel, Great Britain, and Chile for dynamic literary fest

READStir VancouverJanuary 11, 2021Partner Content

Stir Wine Pairing: poetry by Evelyn Lau; CedarCreek Pinot Gris; and a Parisienne meal at home

We’re tuning into Planet Earth Poetry’s January 8 online reading and ordering in from Jules Bistro

CULINARY, WINE, READGail JohnsonJanuary 6, 2021CULINARY, wine, BC wine, BC wineries, Evelyn Lau, Jules Bistro, CedarCreek, Wine, wine pairing

Stir ’Splainer: Michael Kluckner on 5 works from Here & Gone, his latest book of watercolours and other art

Vancouver’s back lanes, shadows, landmarks, and “glamour parkway”

READ, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJanuary 5, 2021Read, art and design, BOOKS, BC books, Michael Kluckner, heritage

The cookbooks that got us through COVID-19

3 local culinary talents share their picks from 2020

CULINARY, BOOKS, COMMENTARY, READGail JohnsonDecember 31, 2020CULINARY, cookbooks, books, cooking, Caren McSherry, Ned Bell, Angus An, Maenam, Naramata Inn, Read

On World AIDS Day, local queer author reads from his new memoir, Our Story: Coming out in the time of HIV and AIDS

Robert Hamilton appears via YouTube in support of McLaren Housing Society on December 1

READGail JohnsonNovember 30, 2020Read, Books, BC books, World AIDS Day

Stir Q&A: Modern queer tragedy After Elias picks up the pieces after a soon-to-be-married pilot flies his plane into the sea

Eddy Boudel Tan’s experiences living in Vancouver as the queer son of immigrant parents informs his gripping debut novel

BOOKS, READGail JohnsonNovember 19, 2020books, BC books, queer fiction, Read

B.C. cookbooks take home big wins at the 2020 Taste Canada Awards

Burdock & Co chef Andrea Carlson was doing “farm to table” cooking long before it became a catchphrase.

CULINARY, READ, NEWSGail JohnsonOctober 27, 2020CULINARY, BOOKS, Burdock & Co, Andrea Carlson, cookbooks

Vancouver Writers Fest goes gourmet with Granville Island Delivery Co.

You can get the full festival flavour with optional food-and-drink packages

CULINARY, READGail JohnsonOctober 15, 2020CULINARY, Vancouver Writers Fest, Granville Island, Read

Wade Davis shares the beauty and wonder of Colombia in Magdalena: River of Dreams

The world-renowned, B.C.-based explorer’s lyrical new book reveals why the Latin American nation set him free.

READ, FESTSGail JohnsonOctober 15, 2020Read, WADE DAVIS, Vancouver Writers Fest, Whistler Writers Festival, read

Vancouver photographer discovers his culture by documenting Chinatown

Jonathan Desmond Wong’s new book, I Was Lured Into a Tea Shop, consists of three years’ worth of images.

READGail JohnsonOctober 12, 2020Read, BC books, books, Chinatown, photography, Homepage feature

The Potlatch Fund holds "Conversation About Indigenous Identity and Solidarity Today", October 12

Author Alyssa London will discuss her recently published children’s book, The Journey of the Freckled Indian: A Tlingit Culture Story.

WHAT'S STIRRING, READGail JohnsonOctober 8, 2020what's stirring, books, Indigenous People, Indigenous culture

With Value Village, Burnaby writer Jonathan Poh takes home 2020 CBC Nonfiction Prize

Streetwear and sneakers became a kind of armour to protect the author against racism.

READ, NEWSGail JohnsonOctober 1, 2020Read, BC books, books, CBC, book prizes, BC authors

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