#Partnership  MassyBooks and Massy Arts continue to partner with local and national artists to bring artistic + cultural events to life. We are accepting applications for our 2023 Gallery Programming - focusing on Indigenous and over-excluded voices.

Wow, it's been a great year Inanna Publications! Thanks @kimmy_beach for your valued work on my book and so many others

Thanks Linda! It was a dream to be in fiction workshops with @Svendsen_Linda at UBC School of Creative Writing for my MFA in Creative Writing. Linda was a huge support for me in completing my fiction collection Such A Lovely Afternoon from Inanna Publications

Wrote about the lack of activity, amplification and hooplah surrounding the CanWNT ahead of the 2023 World Cup. Thanks to @amy13walsh.bsky.social for the insights. cbc.ca/sports/opinion…

Check out the latest review of my fiction collection Such A Lovely Afternoon, in The British Columbia Review The British Columbia Review (formerly Ormsby), by Candace Fertile. From Inanna Publications thebcreview.ca/2023/05/24/181…

Wonderful new review of "Such a Lovely Afternoon" by Patti Flather, w/ thanks to The British Columbia Review (formerly Ormsby)! 'it’s impossible not to run the stories as short movies in your head' thebcreview.ca/2023/05/24/181… #FemLitCan #FeministFiction #ShortStories #ShortFiction #CanLit #YukonWriters #books

Inspiring Gwich'in language revitalization story from Old Crow, Yukon. So proud of language champions in Vuntut Gwitchin territory (might know some of 'em). Shout out to Salish School of Spokane for sharing their Indigenous language acquisition model. cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

Writers, our 2023 Short Forms Contest is calling! 🪁 Stand a chance to win $500 and publication in ROOM. Submit by Dec 1, 2023 to be read by Tsering Yangzom Lama, whose debut novel WE MEASURE THE EARTH WITH OUR BODIES was a finalist for The Giller Prize! room.submittable.com/submit

On Tuesday, November 14th at 6pm, join Massy Arts, MassyBooks and Cormorant Books in celebrating the launch of Magdaragat: An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing with editors CE Gatchalian, Teodoro Alcuitas, and Patria Rivera. Register for free here: bit.ly/3rUiNnq

This looks great. Enjoyed hearing about it, as well as the sold-out Lim Building tour, on CBC CBC nxnx , all for #heartofthecityfestival

Looking forward to being part of Double Lives & Lovely Afternoons @MassyArts Nov. 2nd with Kevin Chong (virtually), Marcus Youssef, Christine Quintana, & me (in person). Register for free here: bit.ly/3LXpZWH I'll read from my fiction collection #suchalovelyafternoon

Hi everyone, Double Lives & Lovely Afternoons is now an online event on zoom this Thurs Nov 2nd 6 pm PST. So more of you can join us readers, coming to you all from Vancouver, the Maritimes, and the Yukon. Thank you @MassyArts!

Last call! Submit your poetry, fiction, and/or cnf by Nov. 7 for a chance to win one of three $2,000 prizes. Open Season Awards judges @kaylaczaga (poetry), Michelle Poirier Brown (cnf), and Deepa Rajagopalan (fiction) will each choose a winner. malahatreview.ca/contests/open_…

A thoughtful, beautifully written & important essay from Kevin Chong

The Jack Webster Foundation’s Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award honours an exemplary BC journalism career. Congratulations to this year's recipient, Frances Bula (Frances Bula). Learn more: jackwebster.com/bruce-hutchiso… #WebsterAwards

Bravo Frances!

Omg I know these people & they’re damn cool fine writers.

Fabulous news!!!

Wordsmiths, take us away 🌊 Stand a chance to win $1000 and publication in Room. Submit by March 10 be read by our fantastic judge Sarah Bernstein, named one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists! room.submittable.com/submit

cbc.ca/news/canada/br… Prescribing medical-grade opioids saves people's lives, a lot of lives. This BC study proves it. We can do more. We must, to save lives from drug poisonings.