Announcing EVENT’s 2024 Non-Fiction Contest Short List
Event Mags • February 27EVENT is proud to announce our 2024 Non-Fiction Contest short list! Judged by Michelle Cyca, this year’s contest saw 163 submissions. Witches...
Fiction: “Cut Off” by Zilla Jones
Event Mags • February 27ZILLA JONES is an African-Canadian woman writing in Treaty 1 (Winnipeg). In 2023, she won the Journey Prize and was shortlisted for the Bronwen...
Avery Qurashi Reviews New Fiction for EVENT 53/2
Event Mags • February 18Avery Qurashi Reviews: RM Vaughan, Pervatory, Coach House Books, 2023Russell Smith, Ed., Secret Sex: An Anthology, Dundurn Press,...
Michael Lake Reviews New Non-Fiction for EVENT 53/2
Event Mags • February 17Michael Lake Reviews: Mike Barnes, Sleep Is Now a Foreign Country, Biblioasis, 2023Steacy Easton, Daddy Lessons, Coach House Books,...
Brett Josef Grubisic Reviews New Queer Fiction for EVENT 53/2
Event Mags • February 14Brett Josef Grubisic Reviews: Jen Currin, Disembark, House of Anansi, 2024Myriam Lacroix, How It Works Out, Doubleday Canada, 2024 In...
Stephen Meisel Reviews New Short Fiction for EVENT 53/2
Event Mags • February 7Stephen Meisel Reviews: Allison Graves, Soft Serve, Breakwater Books Limited, 2023Jennifer Falkner, Above Discovery, Invisible Publishing,...
Poetry: “High Risk Potentially Lethal” by Jónína Kirton
Event Mags • January 21JÓNÍNA 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...
12 Curated Gift Ideas for Canadian Literature Enthusiasts
Event Mags • November 28Winter is here, and that means the season of gift-giving is upon us. For writers, or friends of writers, finding the right gift is never easy. You...
Fiction: “Net” by Alex Leslie
Event Mags • November 26ALEX LESLIE has published two collections of poetry, The things I heard about you (Nightwood, 2014) and Vancouver for Beginners (Book*hug,...
Poetry: “¡Ay de mí Llorona, Llorona!” by Yael Tobón
Event Mags • October 28YAEL TOBÓN is a queer Mexican writer and poet based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). Admitted initially into med school, they are now enrolled in the...
