On Monday, March 13 at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and a directory of authors in Caller ID: Poetry That Calls Back—featuring David Bradford, Hari Alluri and River Halen. Crossing essays, poems and journal entries, these three collections are deeply personal, tender explorations of inheritance, grief, joy and loss through encounters in the…
Category: Voices
An ever-evolving collection of book launches and talks that celebrate community voices and the stories they carry.
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Valley of the Birdtail by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii)
On Monday, March 6th at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and Harper Collins for the launch of this multigenerational tale: Valley of the Birdtail by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii). Spanning generations, Valley of the Birdtail brings together two families, one white and one Indigenous, and weaves their lives into…
Illuminations: An Evening with Sheryda Warrener and Jane Munro
On Thursday, March 2nd at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books, Harbour Publishing and Coach House Books for Illuminations: An Evening with Sheryda Warrener and Jane Munro, a double launch of False Creek by Jane Munro and Test Piece by Sheryda Warrener, hosted by Raoul Fernandes. These two collections of poetry offer meditations on…
Watch: Falling Hour by Geoffrey D. Morrison with Marisa Grizenko
On Tuesday, February 7 at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and Coach House Books for the launch of Falling Hour by Geoffrey D. Morrison. The Mezzanine meets Ducks, Newburyport in this meandering and captivating debut novel. Morrison will be joined by co-reader Kristjana Gunnars, who will read from The Scent of Light, her collection of five autofiction novellas. Both…
Watch: kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân / The Way I Remember by Solomon Ratt
On Wednesday, February 22nd at 6pm PST/7pm CST, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and University of Regina Press for the virtual launch of Solomon Ratt’s kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân / The Way I Remember. Through a blend of languages and a combination of âcimisowin (autobiographical stories) and âcathôhkîwina (traditional tales), this unique memoir uses a particular Cree…
Watch: Questions for Today & Tomorrow: Poetry Reading with Brandon Wint + Lili Robinson + David Ly
On Sunday, February 26th at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society, and Massy Books, for Questions for Today & Tomorrow, a poetry reading event featuring poets Brandon Wint, Lili Robinson, and David Ly. The event presents unique poetry, theatre and spoken word performances which welcomes Vancouver-based writers to share, through their varied artistry, the questions, curiosities…
Watch: Conversations with Khahtsahlano: As We Knew Him
On Thursday, January 26 at 7pm, join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and Vancouver Public Library for Conversations with Khahtsahlano: As We Knew Him. One of the most significant books on local history that’s been out of print for more than 60 years, Conversations with Khahtsahlano 1932-1954, contains twenty-two years of conversations between Sḵwx̱uwú7mesh Chief X̱ats’alanexw, a.k.a. Chief…
Watch: An Anti-Guide to Foreplay with Anna Moschovakis and Danielle LaFrance
Tuesday, January 24 at 6pm, join Massy Arts Society Massy Books, Talonbooks, Book*hug and Coffee House Press for An Anti-Guide To Foreplay. A double launch featuring two dissertations on desire: Participation by Anna Moschovakis and #postdildo by Danielle LaFrance. From suspicion to sexual objects, LaFrance and Moschovakis offer a pleasure-filled evening of reading from their…
Watch: Another Way to Split Water by Alycia Pirmohamed
Join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and Birlinn Ltd for the launch of Alycia Pirmohamed’s debut collection, Another Way to Split Water. This lyrical exploration offers stories told and retold, how ancestral memory reforms and transforms and the imagined and reimagined. Joined by Isabella Wang, author of Pebble Swing (Nightwood Editions) and poet ALHS, the three will offer meditations and…
Watch: Strange Beasts & Good Citizens
Massy Arts Society presents Rachel Rose, author of the Giller-longlisted story collection, The Octopus Has Three Hearts (Douglas & McIntyre), and Maria Reva, author of Good Citizens Need Not Fear (Knopf Canada), in conversation with Renée Sarojini Saklikar, author of Bramah and the Beggar Boy (Nightwood Editions), for a virtual event in celebration of their…