literary

Juno nominee Lenka Lichtenberg at her home in Toronto, Monday, Feb. 21, 2023. A series of poems, written in concentration camp, about romantic love and relationships, hopeful dreams of faraway places, and betrayal is brought to life in album form, sung in Czech by the author’s granddaughter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Lenka Lichtenberg’s Juno-nominated album brings Holocaust survivor’s poetry to life

Poetry was written by Lichtenberg’s grandmother in a concentration camp

 

The week of Feb. 19 to 24 is Freedom to Read Week in Canada. (Black Press file photo)

QUIZ: How much do you know about your freedom to read?

Feb. 19 to 24 is Freedom to Read Week in Canada

 

On May 28, authors JJ Lee and Lenore Rattray will be sharing how their lives have influenced their writing as part of “Memoirs: Telling our Stories,” the latest instalment of the Delta Literary Arts Society’s bi-monthly reading-in-conversation series InkWellTold at the new North Delta Centre for the Arts. (Delta Literary Arts Society image)

North Delta talk to focus on healing through memoir writing

The Delta Literary Arts Society event on May 29 is the second in the bi-monthly InkWellTold series

 

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Delta Literary Arts Society launching reading-in-conversation series

‘InkWellTold’ billed as a free bi-monthly night blending poetry, dance, visual art and science

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The Delta Literary Arts Society is presenting “Suki’s Reindeer Wish,” a children’s show paired with crafts and an opportunity for family portraits in a winter setting, on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. The event will also serve as a fundraiser benefiting Deltassist. (Delta Literary Arts Society image)

Delta Literary Arts Society hosting family holiday show supporting Deltassist

Performance of Suki’s Reindeer Wish on Dec. 18 benefiting Deltassist’s emergency food cupboard

The Delta Literary Arts Society is presenting “Suki’s Reindeer Wish,” a children’s show paired with crafts and an opportunity for family portraits in a winter setting, on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. The event will also serve as a fundraiser benefiting Deltassist. (Delta Literary Arts Society image)
The newly-formed Delta Literary Arts Society is hosting it’s first event, “Killer Verse: A Night of Literary Terror,” at the now complete North Delta Centre for the Arts on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 7pm. (Delta Literary Arts Society image)

Delta Literary Arts Society launching with Halloween-themed show

‘Killer Verse’ to feature fiction, poetry from Canadian horror writers, performances by local actors

The newly-formed Delta Literary Arts Society is hosting it’s first event, “Killer Verse: A Night of Literary Terror,” at the now complete North Delta Centre for the Arts on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 7pm. (Delta Literary Arts Society image)
At Home with Writers Esi Edugyan and Steven Price

At Home with Writers Esi Edugyan and Steven Price

Award winning Canadian authors enjoy Vancouver Island lifestyle

  • Sep 6, 2018
At Home with Writers Esi Edugyan and Steven Price