Vancouver Public Library Central Library

Word Vancouver is Western Canada’s largest celebration of literacy and reading. Held during the week leading up to the last Sunday of September at various venues throughout the city, our festival promotes books and authors with free exhibits, performances, and hands-on activities for a wide range of ages and interests. Learn more here.

Come celebrate the release of What the Poets Are Doing: Canadian Poets in Conversation. The Vancouver launch will feature readings and discussion with four of the book's contributors: Elizabeth Bachinsky, Raoul Fernandes, Amanda Jernigan and Russell Thornton. The event is hosted by editor Rob Taylor, and opens with a poem by special guest Arleen Pare. The launch will take place in the brand new Montalbano Family Theatre, which is part of the newly redesigned top floors of the Central Branch…

The next Dead Poets reading will take place at the Vancouver Public Library's Central Branch on September 16, 2018, from 3-4:30 PM. The reading will be hosted in the Montalbano Family Theatre, a brand new theatre space on the library's 8th floor. It will feature: Roy Kiyooka (1926 - 1994), read by Jen Sookfong Lee Mark Strand (1934 - 2014), read by Shazia Hafiz Ramji Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), read by Benjamin Hertwig Sharron Proulx-Turner (1953 - 2016),…