Download the complete 2009 BC Book and Magazine Week Program (PDF, 1 MB) (Note: the Victoria Magazine Cabaret takes place on Monday, April 20, not April 21 as the first page of the program indicates.)
Click on event names below for more information.
WORDSCONNECT BOOK & MAGAZINE FAIR
Presented by Canada Post
April 18 · 12 PM - 4:30 PM · FREE
Central Library, Vancouver
350 W. Georgia Street
BC BOOK PRIZE SOIRÉE
April 18 · 7 PM - 9 PM · FREE
Metropolitan Hotel
645 Howe Street, Vancouver
MAGAZINE CABARET: VICTORIA
April 20 · 7 PM · FREE
Cornerstone Café
1301 Gladstone Avenue
MAGAZINE CABARET: VANCOUVER
April 21 · 7 PM · FREE
The Railway Club
579 Dunsmuir Street
MAGAZINE CABARET: KELOWNA
April 22 · 7 PM · FREE
The Bohemian Café
524 Bernard Avenue
MAGAZINE CABARET: PRINCE GEORGE
April 22 · 7 PM · FREE
Books and Company
1685 3rd Avenue
MAIN STREET LITERARY TOUR
April 23 · 6 PM - 9 PM · FREE
Various venues, Main Street
Vancouver
BC BOOK PRIZES GALA
April 25 · 5:30 PM - 11 PM
Marriott Pinnacle Downtown Hotel
1128 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
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
BOOK LAUNCH: ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS AUTHOR READINGS
Monday, April 20 · 7 PM · FREE
Bolen Books, Hillside Mall, Victoria
AUTHOR READING: MAXWELL NEWHOUSE
Tuesday, April 21 · 1 PM · FREE
Chilliwack Library, 45860 First Avenue
AUTHOR SIGNING: JUDY NORBURY
Tuesday, April 21 · 2 PM · FREE
Mulberry Bush Bookstore
130 West 2nd Avenue, Qualicum Beach
Wednesday, April 22 · 7 PM · FREE
Lynn Valley Library, 1277 Lynn Valley Road
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
AUTHOR READING: P.K. PAGE
Thursday, April 23 · 4 PM - 6 PM · FREE
Winchester Galleries, 796 Humboldt Street, Victoria
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
AUTHOR READING: ANNY SCOONES AND M.A.C. FARRANT
Friday, April 24 · 7:30 PM · $5
Red Brick Café, 2423 Beacon Avenue, Sidney
CHILLIWACK RALLY AND WALK FOR LITERACY AND LEARNING (CRAWLL)
Thursday, April 23 · Ceremonies begin at 10:30 AM
FREE · Chilliwack Library, 45860 First Avenue
BRUCE SERAFIN’S STARDUST WINS 2008 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD FOR CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Friday, April 24 · 7:00 PM · FREE
Pulpfiction Books, 2422 Main Street, Vancouver
