Fiction: “Cut Off” by Zilla Jones

 •  February 27

ZILLA JONES is an African-Canadian woman writing in Treaty 1 (Winnipeg). In 2023, she won the Journey Prize and was shortlisted for the Bronwen...

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Poetry: “High Risk Potentially Lethal” by Jónína Kirton

 •  January 21

JÓNÍNA KIRTON, a Red River Métis and Icelandic poet, was 61 when she received the 2016 Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for an Emerging Artist in...

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Fiction: “Net” by Alex Leslie

 •  November 26

ALEX LESLIE has published two collections of poetry, The things I heard about you (Nightwood, 2014) and Vancouver for Beginners (Book*hug,...

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Poetry: “¡Ay de mí Llorona, Llorona!” by Yael Tobón

 •  October 28

YAEL TOBÓN is a queer Mexican writer and poet based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). Admitted initially into med school,  they are now enrolled in the...

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Poetry: “Caterpillar” by Patrick Grace

 •  September 24

PATRICK GRACE is a queer author and teacher from Vancouver, BC. His poems have beenpublished widely in Canadian literary magazines, including Best...

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Poetry: “raindeer sundeer clouddear” by Jane Shi

 •  September 10

JANE SHI lives on the occupied, stolen, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú-7mesh (Squamish) and...

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In the Dream World of Poems: Elena Johnson Interviews Kareem Tayyar

 •  February 23

KAREEM TAYYAR’s most recent book, Keats in San Francisco & Other Poems, was published byLily Poetry Review Books in 2022, and his work has appeared...

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My Lil’wat Love, Song by Russell Wallace

 •  January 25

-- RUSSELL WALLACE is an award-winning composer, producer and traditional sing­er from the St’at’imc Nation (Salish). In 2022, he was...

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Video Poem: fireseed by Mark Mushet and Catherine Graham

 •  January 18

https://vimeo.com/858859786 Mark Mushet, a photographer and video producer, recently worked with EVENT contributor Catherine Graham to create a...

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A Two-Way Flow: Elena Johnson Interviews Samantha Jones

 •  November 6

Samantha Jones (she/her) is an earth scientist, writer, and copyeditor based in Moh’kins’tsis (Calgary), Treaty 7 territory. Her words appear in...

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