Live Recording: Page Fright Podcast
2019-12-07 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | Massy Books, 229 E. Georgia St., Vancouver, British Columbia, V6A1Z6, Canada
Join us from 6-8pm on December 7th at Massy Books for the first live-recording of Page Fright: A Literary Podcast!
Host Andrew French will be joined by special guest Kevin Spenst, as well as previous guests and featured readers for the evening Hannah MacReady, A.H. Reaume, and Isabella Wang.

They're Hot: A Musical Comedy Variety Show
2019-12-13 20:00 - 22:00
A HOT new musical comedy variety show hosted by Danika Thibault, DJ On, and Savannah Erasmus. Come have a drink, a laugh, and feel free to turn a look.
When: Friday, Dec 13th
Where: Massy Books (upstairs) 229 East Georgia
Time: Doors 8pm// Show 830pm
Performances by:
Nathan Hare
Maddy Kelly
Graeme Achurch
Emily Bilton

Launch Event: Darcy Van Poelgeest, Little Bird
2019-12-14 18:00 - 20:00
Join Darcy Van Poelgeest, Vancouver-based filmmaker and writer, for the launch of the hardcover collection of the celebrated comic series Little Bird!
With the limitless scope of Star Wars and East of West paired with the sociopolitical explorations of A Handmaid’s Tale and Monstress, Little Bird tells the story of a young resistance fighter battling against an oppressive American Empire while searching for her own identity in a world on fire. A gorgeously illustrated epic from award-winning filmmaker Darcy Van Poelgeest and Angoulême-nominated artist Ian Bertram in which one girl risks everything to save her people, their land, and the freedom they so desperately deserve.
Darcy Van Poelgeest is an award-winning writer and director. He lives in Vancouver B.C. with his family, and prefers to walk whenever possible.

Poets Corner
2019-12-18 19:00 - 21:00
Our final reading of 2019 takes place one week before Christmas. Give yourself a break from shopping, stressing, fussing and fretting by coming out to hear two exceptional poetic voices on Wednesday, December 18. Here’s a little more about December’s featured poets…
John Lent is a professional writer, editor and singer/song-writer who lives in Vernon, BC. He has been publishing poetry, fiction and non-fiction nationally and internationally for the past thirty years. John has also taught Literature, Creative Writing and Canadian Literature courses at Okanagan College for over three decades, serving as Dean of the college for the last five years of his teaching tenure. One of the founders of Kalamalka Press, he also performs in the jazz/roots/blues group, the Lent/Fraser/Wall Trio.
Jay Ruzesky’s most recent book is In Antarctica, a travel memoir and historical narrative about the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. His poems and stories have been published in many magazines including The New Quarterly, Event, Saturday Night, and Poetry is Dead and have been included in anthologies and translated into several languages. His novel, The Wolsenburg Clock was shortlisted for the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize and he has work forthcoming in Five Dials.
Our full Open Mic segment is back for this reading! Please arrive at least 15 minutes before we get underway to ensure you land a spot on the list. We will be starting at 7pm sharp on Wednesday, December 18. Looking forward to seeing you then!

Lunchtime reading: Chris Bose
2019-12-19 12:00 - 13:00
In Nłeʔkepmxcin — the language of the Nlaka’pamux First Nations — N’shaytkin means “a relation that has passed on, or those that came before us.” Chris Bose’s new novella — incorporating elements of faux-memoir, film script and storyboards as well as historical documents, maps, and pictograms — explores the failure of a mine tailings dam from five perspectives in BC’s interior. Set in and around the remote reserve of Nkemci’n outside Spences Bridge, Bose’s interwoven narratives tackle the impact of colonialism, environment disaster, and indigenous mythology told with subtle humour and deft introspection.
Written by Chris Bose. Drawn by Chris and Jayda Bose. Edited by David McIntosh. Dramaturgy by DD Kugler.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Chris Bose is a writer, multi-disciplinary artist, musician, curator and filmmaker. He is Nlaka pamux/Secwepemc and currently spends his time in Kamloops, BC. Bose works as a councillor for at risk youth, and ran for Kamloops City Council in the last civic election. He is a published poet with Kegedonce Press. The drawings in N’shaytkin were created in combination with his daughter Jayda Bose. David McIntosh and Chris Bose previously collaborated on a series of stories tracing paths through the streets of Vancouver entitled Vancouver, Crawling, Weeping, Betting (2014).
ABOUT THE EVENT:
This event is taking place on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh Nations.
The event will take place in the upstairs gallery area of Massy Books (229 E Georgia St). The gallery is not currently wheelchair accessible.
Massy Books is easily reachable by transit! Close to the 22, 3, 8 and 19 bus lines at Main and Georgia/Gore and Georgia. There is metered street parking along Georgia, or lot parking at the Sun Wah Centre around the corner (268 Keefer).
