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Planning & Plotting: Methods for Outlining When: 25 Feb 2024 2:00 PM, PSTWhere: Zoom Register In this 1.5-hour interactive online workshop, FBCW ambassador Christina Myers will...

Opening Event at Vancouver Public Library's Central Branch to celebrate the Indigenous Storyteller in Residence program! Thursday, March 7   |   6:30–7:30pm   | ...

Thank you to everyone who came out to the launch of the second edition of Breathing the Page. It was a beautiful evening. If you missed the event, you can still enjoy it at the recording here....

Join Betsy Warland on November 29th at 4pm PST as she celebrates the second edition of her bestselling collection of essays on the craft of writing, Breathing the Page: Reading the Act of Writing...

Join Betsy at the Joe Fortes Branch for a reading and Q&A in partnership with Qmunity! Come to hear Besty read from her work, talk about her experience mentoring writers, and discuss her...

A Dream in the Eye presents the paintings and photo-collages of the brilliant Canadian poet Phyllis Webb. The book includes an essay by Besty Warland, a selection of poems by Diana Hayes, and an...

These three finalists have been chosen by judge, Chantal Gibson. The winner will be announced at the Vancouver Writers Fest on Oct 20, 2023 at 1pm at the Blended Genres Panel.  The VMI Betsy Warland...