JACK WANG is the author of THE RIVETER (Anansi & HarperVia, 2025) and WE TWO ALONE (Anansi, 2020; HarperVia 2021). Find his Notes on Writing essay in EVENT 54/3: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
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This is no April Fools’ Day joke! EVENT is celebrating National Poetry Month by opening for poetry submissions from Canadian citizens and residents until April 30! Submission guidelines: buff.ly/3zlNd1a
Announcing the winners of our 2025 Non-Fiction Contest, judged by Vinh Nguyen!
🥇 “Metaphors We Die By,” Jennifer Manuel
🥈 “Waiting for the Bus: a memoir of dementia,” Meredith Quartermain
🥉 “The Shrine,” Hannah Roh
Find the winning essays + judge’s essay in EVENT 55/1 (Spring/Summer 2026).
EVENT 54/3 features Notes on Writing essays, new poetry from Jade Y. Liu, Kevin Irie and Carolyn Nakagawa, plus fiction by Jason Jobin and Susan Mersereau, reviews of new books and much more! Cover photo is by Garrick Bassey.
CONOR KERR is a Métis/Ukrainian writer, Labrador-retriever wrestler and English professor from the Prairies who has lost every major literary award in Canada—some multiple times. He is the author of five books. Find Kerr's Notes on Writing essay, Half-Dozen Oysters, in our current issue: EVENT 54/3
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PABLO STRAUSS is a translator of fiction from Quebec and non-fiction from wherever. He was born In Williams Lake, grew up in Victoria, and has lived in Quebec City for two decades.
Find Strauss' Notes on Writing essay, Finding the Right Music, in our current issue: EVENT 54/3.
JADE Y. LIU is a Chinese-Canadian poet from the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations.She has received the George McWhirter Prize in Poetry and twice won CV2’s 2-Day Poem Contest; her work was shortlisted for Arc’s Poem of the Year. Find two of Liu's poems in EVENT 54/3.
JESS HOUSTY (’CÚAGILÁKV) is a parent, herbalist and land-based educator from the community of Bella Bella. They live and thrive in their Heiltsuk homelands. Jess’s debut poetry collection Crushed Wild Mint was published by Nightwood Editions in 2023.
Find three of Housty's poems in EVENT 54/2.
Announcing our 2025 Non-Fiction Contest short list! The winning entries and judge Vinh Nguyen's essay will be published in the Spring/Summer 2026 issue of EVENT.
Our condolences to Sandy Shreve's family and friends. Please read these lovely words on her art and life, thoughtfully collected and edited by Rob Taylor.
EVENT 54/3 (Winter 2025–26) is out now. Essays on writing & not writing, new poetry, and fiction by Conor Kerr, Bren Simmers, Jack Wang, Chris Bailey, Kevin Irie, A.C. Koch, Susan Mersereau, and more. Subscribers—watch your mailbox. Newcomers, purchase here: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
Caitlyn Carr interviews Chelene Knight about her new @houseofanansi.bsky.social book, "Safekeeping: A Writer’s Guided Journal for Launching a Book with Love," for @eventmags.bsky.social:
Cassie Williams interviews @tolu.ca about his new McClelland & Stewart poetry collection, "Unravel," for @eventmags.bsky.social:
AIDAN CHAFE is a poet and educator. His poems have appeared in CV2, EVENT, The Fiddlehead and PRISM international. He lives on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh peoples (Vancouver).
Find two of Chafe's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
ELLIE SAWATZKY is the author of None of This Belongs to Me (Nightwood Editions, 2021). Her poems have appeared most recently in The Walrus, Canadian Literature and SAD Mag.
Find two of Sawatzky's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
Got the Juneuary blues? Curl up with a copy of EVENT 54/2. Filled with fiction, poetry, and CanLit book reviews, it might be just the thing to break you out of those winter doldrums.
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AIDAN CHAFE is a poet and educator. His poems have appeared in CV2, EVENT, The Fiddlehead and PRISM international. He lives on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh peoples (Vancouver).
Find two of Chafe's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
On the EVENT Blog: an excerpt from "Your Breasts are like Twin Fawns" by Dora Prieto.
"The ecstatic angels of her eyes, so alive, so living,
in the green laser-haze of the party."
Read the full except here: www.eventmagazine.ca/2026/01/poet...
Join us Fri, Jan 30 (6–8pm) for the Geist 35th Anniversary Issue Launch Party at The Pleasant (2434 Main St). Readings from Geist, EVENT & friends, an open mic, and cake. Stick around after to mingle.
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KEVIN SHAW lives in Ottawa. His poetry has appeared in The New Quarterly, CV2, The Fiddlehead, The Malahat Review and elsewhere. His debut poetry collection, Smaller Hours, was published by icehouse press (Goose Lane Editions) in 2017.
Find two of Shaw's poems in EVENT 54/2.
Happy new year from your friends at EVENT! If you haven't yet, pick up a copy (or subscription) of EVENT 54/2.
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The year begins with fresh pages. EVENT 54/2 is out now.
Inside: work by Alex Kitt, Maria Saba, Russell Thornton, Dora Prieto, Aidan Chafe, Jess Housty & more. Cover art: Caravan Park, Wonga Beach by Daniel Sneep.
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LESLIE PALLESON has been published in The Dalhousie Review, The Antigonish Review, filling Station, and more. She is the winner of the 2024 Alberta Magazine Awards silver medal. Find her work in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
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MEZI is a Vancouver-based poet, photographer and Zen student. His work appears or is forthcoming in The Malahat Review, filling Station, Plenitude, The Inflectionist, Beyond Queer Words and elsewhere. www.mezi.site.
Find three of Mezi's poems in EVENT 54/1.
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