SATURDAY, APRIL 18
BOOK LAUNCH: FIST OF THE SPIDER WOMAN: TALES OF FEAR AND QUEER DESIRE
Saturday, April 18 · 8 PM · FREE
Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver
Arsenal Pulp Press and Xtra! West present the launch of the highly anticipated queer woman’s horror erotica anthology, Fist of the Spider Women’s: Tales of Queer Fear and Desire, edited by Amber Dawn. Readings by contributors Mette Bach, Kestrel Barnes, Larissa Lai, Elizabeth Bachinsky, Amanda Lamarche and Amber Dawn.
MONDAY, APRIL 20
ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS AUTHOR READINGS
Monday, April 20 · 7 PM · FREE
Bolen Books, Hillside Mall, Victoria
You are invited to join: Mike Deas, Rachel Dunstan Muller, James Heneghan, Andrea Spalding, Robin Stevenson and Nikki Tate at a celebration of the publication of their new books for young readers. Get ready for an evening of mingling, author
readings, book sales and refreshments.
TUESDAY, APRIL 21
AUTHOR READING: MAXWELL NEWHOUSE
Tuesday, April 21 · 1 PM · FREE
Chilliwack Library, 45860 First Avenue
The theme at Fraser Valley Regional Library in 2009 is “The Big Picture,” so picture books and how they are created are the general context for author Maxwell Newhouse’s presentation at the Chilliwack Library. He is one of this country’s most accomplished folk artists, with work exhibited in galleries across Canada.
AUTHOR SIGNING: JUDY NORBURY
Tuesday, April 21 · 2 PM · FREE
Mulberry Bush Bookstore
130 West 2nd Avenue, Qualicum Beach
Author Judy Norbury will sign copies of her book, Come Back, Judy Baba: Memoirs of India.
BOOK LAUNCH: THE VERSE MAP OF VANCOUVER
Tuesday, April 21 · 7 PM · FREE
Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level Central Library,
350 W. Georgia Street, Vancouver
Join Anvil Press for the launch of The Verse Map of Vancouver, a gorgeous full-colour publication edited by Vancouver’s Inagural Poet Laureate, George McWhirter and accompanied by Derek Von Essen’s stunning photography.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
AUTHOR READING: JUDY NORBURY
Wednesday, April 22 · 7 PM · FREE
Lynn Valley Library, 1277 Lynn Valley Road
North Vancouver
Author Judy Norbury will read from and sign copies of her book, Come Back, Judy Baba: Memoirs of India.
THURSDAY, APRIL 23
AUTHOR READING: P.K. PAGE
Thursday, April 23 · 4 PM - 6 PM · FREE
Winchester Galleries,
796 Humboldt Street, Victoria
Author P.K. Page reads from her new book, You Are Here (Hedgerow Press). Refreshments by Mela’s Tearoom.
BOOK LAUNCH AND READING: THE LIFE & ART OF DAVID MARSHALL BY MONIKA ULLMANN
Thursday, April 23 · 7 PM · FREE
The Bellevue Gallery, 2475 Bellevue Avenue
West Vancouver
Mother Tongue Publishing is proud to launch the first book in the groundbreaking series, “The Unheralded Artists of BC.”
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
AUTHOR READING: ANNY SCOONES AND M.A.C. FARRANT
Friday, April 24 · 7:30 PM · $5
Red Brick Café, 2423 Beacon Avenue, Sidney
A community activist, heritage preservationist, farmer and writer, Anny Scoones published her first book, Home: Tales of a Heritage Farm, (Hedgerow Press) in 2004. Her second book, Home and Away, followed in 2007 (Touchwood Editions). M.A.C. Farrant is the author of nine collections of satirical and humourous short fiction. As well, a novel-length memoir, My Turquoise Years, was published by Greystone Books/Douglas & McIntyre in 2004.
