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📚 EVENT’s annual book sale fundraiser is back! Join us March 17-21 at Douglas College's New Westminster campus for a curated selection of fiction, poetry, lit mags, textbooks & more. New books & deals daily—don’t miss out! 10AM-5PM, Mon-Fri. See you there!

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EVENT is thrilled to announce the short list for our 2024 Non-Fiction Contest! 🎉 From 163 submissions, 10 entries were selected for the short ist by judge Michelle Cyca. Winning stories & the judge’s essay will appear in EVENT 54/1. Stay tuned for the winner’s announcement, coming soon.

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Thankful to have two new poems published in @eventmags.bsky.social <3 :))

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Reviews from our previous issue, EVENT 53/2, are now available to read on our website. This issue featured reviews from Michael Lake, Avery Qurashi, Brett Josef Grubisic, and Stephen Meisel. Read them all at eventmagazine.ca

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EVENT 53/3, our Notes on Writing issue. Read Call of the Void by Vincent Anioke, winner of the 2021 Austin Clarke Fiction Prize and finalist for the 2023 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award. His debut collection, Perfect Little Angels, arrives April 2024. Subscribe or order here: https://buff.ly/4gkfGbt

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The Winter issue of EVENT 53/3 is here! Featuring Notes on Writing by Vincent Anioke, Adèle Barclay, and Kayla Czaga, new fiction from Zilla Jones and Sara Heinonen, poetry by Jim Johnstone, Rahat Kurd, and Amber McMillan, plus reviews and more. Order your copy here: https://buff.ly/4gkfGbt

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Now on the EVENT website. Read the poem, High Risk Potentially Lethal by Jónína Kirton. Read the poem here: https://buff.ly/4aqUVJO Kirton's poem was featured in this month's newsletter. Sign up here for contributor notes, publishing opportunities, and more: https://buff.ly/40oqYVT

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Don't miss out! Our 2-for-1 subscription deal ends tomorrow! A year subscription to EVENT includes three issues delivered right to your door. Subscriptions are available in both print and digital, in one, two, and five year deals. Use code 2FOR1 at checkout to redeem: https://buff.ly/40lrGDi

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It ain’t up online yet, but chuffed to have a review of We Are Already Ghosts in the new issue of Event Mag! @eventmags.bsky.social #booksky www.eventmagazine.ca

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JAS M. MORGAN is a Cree-Métis-Saulteaux writer, curator, and PhD student at McGill. Winner of the 2019 Dayne Ogilvie Prize, they’ve been nominated for Lambda, Indigenous Voices, and National Magazine Awards. Their debut book nîtisânak was published in 2019. Morgan lives in Toronto.

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📸 Calling BC Photographers! EVENT is seeking stunning cover photo submissions! From our editor: "We love eye-catching photos that suggest a theme, mood, or story. Think newsstands, social feeds, coffee tables. Landscape format with space for text is ideal." Submit here ➡️ https://buff.ly/3efwtPF

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TEYA HOLLIER is a graduate of York University. Her work has recently appeared in The Soap Box Press, Grain, Room and Verses Magazine. She is the 2022 recipient of the Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. Find her non-fiction, The Weight of the World, in EVENT 53/2. https://buff.ly/3Yt3CyY

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There's still time to get your hands on print and digital copies of our Fall issue. Shop online, or take advantage of our 2-for-1 subscription deal until January 31st. Use coupon code 2FOR1 at checkout to get three issues of EVENT per year, delivered right to your door. https://buff.ly/3Yt3CyY

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Carolyn Smart, author of 6 poetry collections & an award-winning memoir, has seen 2 of her works staged internationally. Founder of the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award & longtime Queen's Univ. Creative Writing Director, she's shaped generations of writers.

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TOSH SHERKAT (they/them) is a Persian-Doukhobor settler-of-colour born on Sinixt territory (Nelson, BC). They are an MFA candidate studying poetry at UBC Okanagan on Syilx territory. Their writing has appeared in filling Station, carte blanche, Terrain.org and others. Photo credit: Sandy Ibrahim

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Until January 31, purchase a print or digital subscription to EVENT and receive a second subscription for FREE. Use coupon code 2FOR1 at checkout to share the best in contemporary poetry, fiction, and reviews with a fellow reader—or keep both for yourself! https://buff.ly/3FQGIFT

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Happy 2025! A reminder that we are accepting Canadian fiction and poetry submissions until January 31st (or until we hit our cap). These submissions are currently open to Canadian citizens and residents only. Find more info and our submission link here: https://buff.ly/3zlNd1a

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MAŁGOSIA HALLIOP immigrated to Canada from Poland as a child, and has lived in Toronto for more than 25 years. In the past decade, she has been a sometime writer, editor, community organizer, visual artist, wildlife tracker and nature educator while homeschooling two kids.

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ANNICK MACASKILL’s poetry includes Shadow Blight (Gaspereau, 2022), winner of the Governor General’s Award, and Votive (Gaspereau, 2024). Her fiction has appeared in The Ampersand Review, Plenitude, and more. Find her short fiction, The Pale, in EVENT 53/2 https://buff.ly/3Yt3CyY

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We're offering 2-for-1 subscriptions to EVENT until January 31st. Use 2FOR1 at checkout to claim this offer: https://buff.ly/4g5FXKX

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NEIL GRIFFIN is an award-winning poet and essayist. His work lives in The Narwhal, The Tyee and on CBC Books. Find two of Griffin's poems in EVENT 53/2: https://buff.ly/3Yt3CyY & more writing: buff.ly/4fbJmqA

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BILLY-RAY BELCOURT, from the Driftpile Cree Nation, is a UBC Creative Writing professor and acclaimed author of This Wound is a World, NDN Coping Mechanisms, A History of My Brief Body, and A Minor Chorus. Read his essay, Ambivalent Desires, in EVENT 52/3: https://buff.ly/42lXLMk

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From Issue 53/2, read an excerpt from "Net," a short story by Alex Leslie:

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2-for-1 subscriptions until January 31: Purchase a subscription to EVENT and receive a second for FREE. Use coupon code 2FOR1 at checkout to share the best in contemporary poetry, fiction, and reviews with a fellow reader—or keep both for yourself! buff.ly/4g5FXKX

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📢 Submissions are now open! December 1-31: General fiction & poetry (BIPOC writers encouraged). January 1-31: Canadian fiction & poetry (citizens/residents only). Submit early—spaces are limited. Full details: buff.ly/3zlNd1a

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Looking for the perfect gift for the literary lovers in your life? 🎁 Our latest blog features 12 CanLit-inspired ideas, from must-read books to ways to support Canadian writers. Explore now: buff.ly/3OwA5yG

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