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The Pacific Tree Frogs are singing! Come for an informal listening party to the frogs in the water features around Mundell Park at UBC’s Wesbrook Village. We’ll meet at the playground and wander towards the sounds. Think “amphibious John Cage”! https://www.vancouverplaygrounds.com/mundell-park-playground-ubc/ There is a Facebook event page here.

Bookwarehouse, 4118 Main St, Vancouver Doors at 6:30 pm, event starts at 7:00 pm; free to attend and all are welcome. A National Poetry Month reading to celebrate the work and life of Elise Partridge (1958-2015) on the tenth anniversary of her passing. A number of Elise’s friends will read poems by or about her,…

A short poem workshop on Tuesday, April 22 at 6:30pm, Upstart &Crow Bookstore, Granville Island, Vancouver Using the idea of fragments (visual, sonic, or otherwise) this poetry workshop explores how small pieces become part of a whole. We will experiment with physical materials on site, perhaps generating new materials in the form of sounds and…

On our annual Jane’s Walk through Mount Pleasant, we’ll be looking and listening with the assistance (and insistence!) of poetry. While the bulk of the walk will take us through several art galleries, poetry will be read by some of Vancouver’s most engaging poets who will explore art on and off the page in the…

Join the Whole Cloth and Dead Poet’s Reading Series in this unique collaborative event where audience members become readers. We celebrate BC poet Pat Lowther’s posthumous book A Stone Diary by reading it from start to finish. April 2, 20255 – 6:30 pm (with light refreshments) Piano Lounge, Graham House, Green College, University of British Columbia1…

Forest Weathering: A Double Book Welcome with Astrida Neimanis and Elee Kraljii Gardiner Thursday, May 7, 2026, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm VPL Central Library, 350 West Georgia St, Vancouver at the Grand Staircase between the 8th and 9th floors Free, accessible, all welcome. You are invited to be part of a gathering-reading-experience marking the release of…

sonic poetry creation collaboration at Flateyri Literature Festival, Iceland

Join us at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall for the launch of the Talonbooks spring 2026 titles! Come help us celebrate this season’s authors and books. Here’s the lineup! It’s going to be an amazing evening.  Taryn Hubbard will read from Beautiful Unknown FutureJenn Ashton (attending digitally) will read from Growing My Way HomeGeorge Bowering (attending digitally) will read…

VERSES Festival Wednesday, April 29, 2026 @ 2:30 pm at Chill-X Studios Un-Closing Captions: possibilities for descriptive text Closed captions are an important accessibility feature for many viewers. But, as artist Christine Sun Kim points out, descriptive subtitles for the musical soundtrack in videos often default to something unspecific such as [MUSIC PLAYING]. How can…

March 27, 2025 in Iceland’s Westfjord’s town Flateyri, at Bryggjukaffi at 20:40 I will be in conversation with Angela Snafellsjökuls Rawling about our work. Learn more here.