The Flash of Fireflies: Writing the Short Story
Celebrate short story month with four talented fiction writers, Alix Ohlin, (We Want What We Want), Andrea Routley (This Unlikely Soil and Jane and the Whales), Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross (The Longest Way to Eat a Melon), and Shashi Bhat (Death by a Thousand Cuts, The Most Precious Substance on Earth and The Family Took Shape), in conversation with local author Jen Currin, (Hider/Seeker, Disembark, and Trinity Street) about the art and craft of this wily and often misunderstood genre.
Tue, May 19 | 6:30 pm
Central Library Alice MacKay Room Lower Level
Free | For Adults
Registration not required
Poetry in Translation
Thursday, October 30, 2025
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
VPL Central Library
Montalbano Family Theatre, Level 8
Join us for an evening lost in translation with three talented poets as they discuss the often overlooked art of translation. How do you carry a book from one language to another, line by line, with precision? UBC Associate Professor Bronwen Tate will moderate the discussion with poets Rhea Tregebov, Rahat Kurd and Deborah Woodard.
What Poetry Needs w/ Jen Currin by Page Fright: A Literary Podcast (spotify.com)
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Reading on CBC in April: April is Poetry Month | CBC.ca
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