2025 Exhibitors

Non-Profit

Crime Writers of Canada
Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) is a national non-profit organization for Canadian mystery and crime writers, associated professionals, and others with a serious interest in Canadian crime writing. Our mission is to promote Canadian crime writing and to raise the profile of Canadian crime writers with readers, reviewers, librarians, booksellers, and media.
crimewriterscanada.com

BC Chapter of Canadian Authors Association
We are the BC Chapter (former BC Branch) of the Canadian Authors Association. CAA is a national organization with multiple chapters. Our members include both unpublished and published writers. We believe in writers helping writers.
canadianauthors.org

Coast Foundation Society - Young Adult Program - Rabble Rouser
We’re the Rabble Rousers, a group of mental health advocates speaking up about the stigma and struggles young people face on their recovery journeys. This year, we’re focusing on the link between food and mental health with our first-ever magazine, contemPLATE, where we share our stories, recipes, and artworks.

Our mission is to bring people together around a “community kitchen table” to share meals, share stories, and push for change. In the past, we’ve created digital stories on YouTube, launched the They Called Me Mental podcast, teamed up with the Vancouver Mural Festival on the Courage mural, and put out PSAs to spark conversation about mental health. We operate through the Young Adult Program at Coast Mental Health.
issuu.com

Royal City Arts Society - New westminster, B.C. (RCLAS)
Una was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and immigrated to Canada in 1969. She resides in New Westminster, B.C. Una is an Author, Poet, Sakura/Haiku and Tanka award winner. She is a photographer, videographer, Documentarian, and visual Artist. The Writers International Canada awarded her a Community Ambassador award. She also dabbles in Watercolour Painting and Acrylic Paint pouring.

Sisters in Crime - Canada West
We are a Canadian chapter of the Sisters in Crime organization, an international writing community of more than 3,600 worldwide members. Our mission is to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Our goal is to bring the Western Canadian community of authors, librarians, booksellers and readers together. Although our focus is on women crime writers, we welcome all writers and book lovers. We support and encourage writers at every stage of their career. Chapter members benefit from writing challenges, workshops, retreats, guest speakers and member discounts.
sinc-cw.ca

Vancouver Poetry House
Vancouver Poetry House is the largest spoken word organization in Canada. VPH is dedicated to bringing poetry from diverse oral and literary traditions to Vancouver and British Columbia. VPH oversees three programs: Vancouver Poetry Slam, a weekly community stage with a headlining performer; WordPlay Poets, an outreach program that offers workshops and performances in schools and communities around BC; and Verses Festival of Words, Canada’s largest, annual spoken word festival.
vancouverpoetryhouse.com

Historic Joy Kogawa House
Located in the Marpole neighbourhood of Vancouver, Historic Joy Kogawa House was once the childhood home of acclaimed author Joy Kogawa and her family. Today, the property is a unique live/work space for writers, a space for public events, and an ongoing symbol of the racial discrimination experienced by Japanese Canadians as a consequence of the Second World War.
kogawahouse.com

North Shore Writers' Association
The North Shore Writers’ Association is a supportive community of published and aspiring writers in North and West Vancouver who share their knowledge and experience about the artistry, challenges, and the joys of writing. For over 30 years, our association has hosted inspiring guest speakers, workshops on craft, annual contests, and community events. We’re dedicated to providing a welcoming environment that provides networking, promotion, and peer feedback opportunities. We produce quarterly newsletters that include writing bulletins, book launch news, and poetry and prose from our members.
nswriters.org

Writers Union of Canada
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is the national organization of professionally published writers. TWUC was founded in 1973 to work with governments, publishers, booksellers, and readers to improve the conditions of Canadian writers. Now over 2,900 members strong, TWUC advocates on behalf of writers’ collective interests, and delivers value to members through advocacy, community, and information. TWUC believes in a thriving, diverse Canadian culture that values and supports writers.
writersunion.ca

Friends of the Vancouver Public Library
The Friends of the VPL is a registered charity that supports the Vancouver Public Library through fundraising, advocacy and volunteering. Our goal is to offer financial support to the library while also growing and connecting Vancouver's community of libary lovers. The Friends operates book'mark, The Library Store and promotes annual used book sales.
friendsofthevpl.ca

Pacific Canada Heritage Centre - Museum of Migration (PCHC-MoM)
The Pacific Canada Heritage Centre – Museum of Migration (PCHC - MoM) Society is a charitable non-profit society incorporated in 2011 to build a wider and improved understanding of Canada’s history and growth through intercultural explorations of historic and current trans-Pacific immigration. PCHC-MoM is rooted in a commitment to inclusivity, community, and shared history. We aim to foster a sense of belonging by curating migration stories, amplifying underrepresented voices, and building respectful relationships on unceded Indigenous lands. Guided by our values, we work to create a more equitable and welcoming Pacific Canada for all.
pchc-mom.ca

Magazine Association of BC
Visit our booth to explore the great content and variety of just some of our made-in-BC magazines and enter our draw to win a free subscription!
magsbc.com

West Cost Cultural Lab Society
West Coast Cultural Lab bridges communities through art and technology. Its flagship project, Vancouver on Ink, is a free community paper published three times a year and celebrated with interactive Art Jam events that bring neighbours together through music, doodling, writing, storytelling, and more. By blending analog and digital practices, West Coast Cultural Lab creates welcoming spaces where diverse voices are shared, and is always open to collaboration.
wcculturallab.ca

Delta Literary Arts Society
The Delta Literary Arts Society is a not-for-profit society with an ambitious mandate to promote the literary arts in all three of Delta’s communities by hosting free events such as writers’ readings, dramatized literary events, festivals, contests, workshops, interviews, annual anthology, and writers' circles among others.

The Federation of BC Writers
Promote excellence and professionalism in the literary arts in British Columbia.

Writer

MiLOS Books/Nargis Abraham
Ming Louie Stein (she/her) High School: Gladstone Secondary, graduated in 1974 UBC: unfinished 2 years of Sciences Kwantlen College: Marketing Vancouver Vocational Institute: Compositor Trades Work History: Typesetter: Journal of Commerce, U&I Type, Lithotech Prepress, Benwell-Atkins Printers & Mailers, Colour-Time Printers, Bull Dog Bags Hostess/Owner of Bed & Breakfast in Summerland, BC. Skills: Typesetting, Customer Service Representative, Project Coordinator, Account Manager, Estimating, Baking, Meal Planning, Creative Writing Retired in 2020, --- began Creative Writing January 2025 - self published Kintsugi: A Woman, auto-fiction completed manuscript of Saint Annie, a novella, 37,000 words a children’s book: Come Travel the World with Artie and Mimi - for ages 4 to 7 published end of 2025 currently working on fiction novella: Bella and Bear I am a grandmother, and loves my pets. I travel and winter in Spain.
minglouiestein.com

Nargis Abraham is a writer and retired academic. Began a career in advertising. Moved on to an academic career teaching journalism and mass communication at Osmania University, India. Taught Communication Skills at BCIT, Burnaby BC.  Created and taught a course on Technology and Society at BCIT. Served as program head for the pre-entry program.  Volunteered on the Board of Directors of HUGGS Canada, a non-profit agency that funded college students in Vishakhapatnam India. Ph.D. in Communication Studies (Pune University, India) and master’s degrees in English Education (University of British Columbia, Canada) and Mass Communication & Journalism (Osmania University India). Awarded gold medals for bachelor’s and master’s journalism degrees, and scholarships by USEFI Fulbright (USA) and the Indo-Canadian Shastri Institute (Canada). Published articles in magazines and newspapers. Registered in the Port Moody Writers’ Group since 2015. Member of Tri-City Wordsmiths (Metro Vancouver), presented in their Writers in Our Midst series. Published a novel titled “Munni at my Doorstep” in 2025.  Currently working on a second novel about social class differences.
nargisabraham.com

Sandra Nomoto
Sandra Nomoto is a book whisperer for authors with impact and vegan hype woman. Nomoto authored two books, including the world's first vegan marketing book, Vegan Marketing Success Stories, in 2022. She's spoken at TELUS, Main Street Vegan Academy, Planted Expo, and the Vancouver Vegan Festival. On the side of her desk, she co-hosts VEG Networking Canada, Canada's only vegan networking group.
sandranomoto.com/for-authors

John Ward
John Ward is a Vancouver-based writer, filmmaker, and podcaster. His recent comic book credits include The Memory Machine, Acausal, Scratcher, and, Offbeats. His short fiction has been published by Black Hare Press, Haunted MTL, and Printed Words. He’s a graduate of the UCLA professional program in screenwriting and was a past recipient of the Telefilm Canada New Voices Award. He’s the creator and host of the 49 Degrees North Writers Podcast, and has made award-winning short films such as Solus, Dollhouse, and Linda. John was previously a theoretical physicist, obtaining a PhD in string theory from Queen Mary University of London. He subsequently worked at CERN, the University of Iceland, and the University of Victoria, and now uses his science background to consult on film/TV projects.
arbutusfilms.com

Joanna Liang
Joanna Liang (she/her) is a book artist and poet who authors, illustrates, and photographs for her artist’s books and zines. Her artist's books explore the intersections between climate grief, toxic productivity, and what gardening can teach us about sustaining love and care. Joanna’s unique way of designing her images and text around the windows she cuts out from her pages allows her to take advantage of a book’s sequentiality to form recontextualized repetitions with a single page turn. By revealing the terrible, ridiculous, and beautiful within the routine of our everyday, her practice aims to smash our bottles of grief open, sharp, and jagged, to ferry us towards a simply complicated joy.
joannaliangart.carrd.co

PKS Books
"Parabjot Kaur Singh is a high school English and Punjabi teacher. She is a former co-host of the Punjabi children’s radio show, Saade Bache Saada Virsa, and former executive member for PLEA (Punjabi Language Education Association). Her poems have been published in the PULP, a literary arts magazine of Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU). She is also one of the co-organizers for the Dhahan Prize Youth Award. Inspired by her grandfather, who is also a writer, Parabjot’s passion is fueled by a love of reading and a deep interest in Punjabi history and culture. She is also the author of Chewie the Budgie, a bilingual children’s storybook, which was published in 2019. Parabjot lives with her family in British Columbia, and in her spare time, enjoys watching movies, reading books, travelling, and hiking" (FriesenPress).
books.friesenpress.com

Pat Sullivan
Pat Sullivan grew up in Cornwall, Ontario, and studied English at York University, before indulging her love of travel with a spell in Amsterdam for almost two years. Returning to university, she obtained her master’s in art history from Queen’s, which led to her career as an educator at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, and at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston. In the Frame is her first novel. Pat lives in Vancouver, British Columbia and is a member of the West End Writers and the Federation of BC Writers.
patriciasullivan.ca

Winona Kent
Winona Kent was born in London, England and grew up in Saskatchewan. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and a screenwriting diploma from VFS. Winona has been a temporary secretary, a travel agent, a screenwriter, the Managing Editor of a literary magazine and a university Graduate Programs Assistant. She's the author of an anthology of short stories and eleven novels, including her five current Jason Davey soft-boiled musical mysteries. Winona lives in New Westminster, BC with her husband, and a concerning number of disobedient houseplants, many of which were rescued from her apartment building’s compost bin after being abandoned by previous owners. She’s the past Chair of the Crime Writers of Canada and a member of Sisters in Crime-Canada West, the Writers Union of Canada, Tri-City Wordsmiths, the Federation of BC Writers and the Royal City Literary Arts Society.
winonakent.com

A story of thoughts
My name is Rindala, and I’m a Vancouver-based child development specialist and clinical counselor with a deep passion for storytelling and writing. This past winter, I self-published a French-language bedtime story titled Et si on dormait ?, which I both wrote and illustrated. This gentle story follows a curious baby and a wise firefly as they explore the magic of dreams—a calming story created with intention to soothe and inspire little ones at bedtime. Since its release, it has received very encouraging feedback from parents who have shared how much their children have connected with it.
astoryofthoughts.com

Oscar Martens
I’ve been publishing in literary journals since I was 17. A collection of my short fiction titled The Girl with the Full Figure Is Your Daughter was published by Turnstone Press in September 2002. One of my stories, originally published in Queen’s Quarterly, was chosen for the 2008 Journey Prize Stories 20. Both The Malahat Review and Prairie Fire have nominated my work for a National Magazine Award. The Antigonish Review submitted one of my stories to the 2013 Journey Prize Stories anthology. In 2020, Central Avenue published No Call Too Small, my second collection of stories. In 2000 I participated in the St. Roch Voyage of Rediscovery through the Northwest Passage. The next year I started working on coastal tugboats. Although currently living in Burnaby, I have lived in Winnipeg, Victoria, Ottawa, Kenya and New Zealand.
www.oscarmartens.com

A Woman's Guide to World Travel
Caryl's has trekked through the Himalayas, sailed the Nile, fished for piranhas in the Amazon, and ridden camels across the Sahara.

Caryl has co-authored two travel books from years of research and travel experience, including the self-published book "The Complete Guide to Independent Travel" and the published Canadian bestseller "The Globetrotter's Guide - Essential Skills for Budget Travel." Her remarkable travel expertise has been featured on television, radio, and in over 400 media interviews, as well as countless presentations and lectures across North America.

Caryl's newest book, published by Whitecap Books in March 2025, "A Woman's Guide to World Travel" is a comprehensive travel guide and memoir designed for women of all ages and backgrounds interested in exploring the world. Drawing on the author's forty years of experience traveling across nearly 100 countries, the book highlights both the unique challenges and rewards women encounter on their journeys.
womansguidetoworldtravel.com

The Pineapple Theory
Cultivating PineHapply People

Experience a remarkably refreshing modern learning approach and become a Thriving leader in life, and in business.

Creatively served with a sweet balance of biography for inspiration, psychology for understanding, philosophy for perspectives, science for curiosity, fiction for creativity, self-help for action , and peculiar humor, you will be introduced to refreshing new ways of thinking and authentic new ways of seeing life.

Absolutely anything & everything about the pineapple fruit serves as an analogy, metaphor, and symbol of positivity to serve you with an exceptional tasty & fruitful experience.

The Pineapple Theory is 100% human made with real travels for 100% organic experiences. Mr. Pineapple travels the world to write his books, and he carefully observed tens of thousands of years with our timeline to identify fundamental emotional patterns, then he blended the ananas into the recipe.
thepineappletheory.ca

M.E. Kalous
M.E. Kalous studied English, humanities, and publishing at Simon Fraser University. She has a deep love of Greek and Norse mythology and all things related to the Inferno. She is a voracious reader of fiction, fantasy, fairy tales, and sci-fi. She lives in Vancouver, B.C., with her impossibly tall other half and their two beloved hell spawn (others may refer to them as cats). Her appetite for fantasy extends beyond the passive into the realm of Dungeons & Dragons, as an enthusiastic, but clumsy player. Dawning of the Sun is her debut novel.
mekalous.com

Una Bruhns/RCLAS
Una was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and immigrated to Canada in 1969. She resides in New Westminster, B.C. Una is an Author, Poet, Sakura/Haiku and Tanka award winner. She is a photographer, videographer, Documentarian, and visual Artist. The Writers International Canada awarded her a Community Ambassador award. She also dabbles in Watercolour Painting and Acrylic Paint pouring.

Helen Gowans
Helen Gowans is an emerging writer who writes poetry and prose. She has published five chapbooks of poetry, two of which are about her travels “There and Here” and “And Back Again.” She has contributed to “A Gelato a Day Keeps the Tantrums Away” (Guernica Editions 2022) and “Don’t Tell: Family Secrets” (Demeter Press 2023) and “The Bravest Thing I Ever Did” (UBC Alumni Journal 2024). Since 2016 she has been taking poetry courses at SFU and with the Federation of BC Writers. In 2020 she won Pandoras’s Collective Poetry Contest and has been short and long listed for Magpie Poetry Awards. She received an Honourable Mention in the War of Words competition and the poem will be published in 2025. She is currently working on a memoir of two years spent in Slovakia during Soviet times 1978-81.
HelenGowans.com

PARI MOKRADI
Pari Mokradi (he/they) is a BIPOC artist-writer based in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. His practice emerges from lived experiences of housing precarity and community resilience, weaving together poetry, installation, and archival research. His debut chapbook, DTES Watching (Pinhole Poetry, 2025), is a handmade collection of poems rooted in housing instability, grief, and survival, written from lived experience in SRO housing. Alongside his writing, Pari has also organized community storytelling nights and created art projects that reimagine memory and belonging in the DTES.
parimokradi.com

Bryan C Doyle
Tarot card reader for 16 years. Wrote You and Tarot in 2022. Taught card reading in Continuing Education Department at Vancouver School Board evening classes for 5 years.
Goldmind@shaw.ca

Timothy Forner
In addition to weird middle-grade stories, Timothy Forner also writes screenplays and D&D adventures. He speaks some dog language and learns a little more each day. He lives in a big city beside an ocean with his wife and a Miniature Schnauzer who plays Monty at book signings. He hopes these stories will inspire people to adopt pets from shelters and be kind to animals - and to each other.
MontgomerySchnauzer.com

Retail

Enabling Arts
Enabling Arts is a multidisciplinary creative retail space focused on wellness through the arts. We host community events and workshops for sustainable creative practices. We sell books, local/ curated art, natural products, and more.
enablingarts.com

rhinobeetlart
rhinobeetl is a comic artist and illustrator with a passion for the bizarre. Inspired by folklore, urban legend and superstition, rhinobeetl’s latest work revolves around pests, body horror and beloved monsters.
rhinobeetlportfolio.carrd.co

kuraluu
kuraluu draws inspiration from Japanese manga and creates original comics and zines. Feature works include a full-colour wordless comic, a food zine based on the seasons, and a letter to the world about personal artistry.
kuraluu.carrd.co

Institution

Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Creative Writing Dept.
KPU Creative Writing is a home for those who love community, creativity and imagination. Our program offers award-winning faculty, small class sizes, and a rigorous approach to the discipline of writing.
kpu.ca/arts/creative-writing

The Writer's Studio and Communications Programs - SFU Continuing Studies 
Want to hone your writing and editing skills? SFU Continuing Studies offers programs and courses focused on getting words on the page, and making them sing. We offer online courses in: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, editing, plain language, technical communications and more.

The Writer's Studio at SFU
The Writer's Studio at SFU offers creative writing mentorship in a supportive community. Join us for programs, courses and special events designed to invigorate and inspire your writing practice.
sfu.ca/write

The Writer's Studio - Alumni
Alumni of the Writer's Studio at SFU share information about writing and community-building activities they've created. Come by to learn more about literary events and initiatives happening across the Lower Mainland!
sfu.ca/write

Artist/Artisan

The Roaming Rabbit
Jewelry made with love by hand in Vancouver, BC.
etsy.com/ca/shop/TheRoamingRabbit

Arthurbutus Designs
Bringing a whole new meaning to the term "colourful language" Arthurbutus Designs offers a truly unique form of artwork that uses sound-colour synesthesia as inspiration. Using their unconventional perception of the world, Jes creates mandala-like designs in colour palettes based on specific words, names, and even music!
arthurbutusdesigns.com

AC/DC Comics
AC/DC Comics is a collaboration between artists Annie Canto and Dionne Co. We make comics, zines, and handmade books in addition to producing screenprinted shirts, prints, stickers, posters and other bespoke merchandise. Cartoons are at the centre of our visual aesthetic. As Filipino women artists, our work together is guided by the values of solidarity and community engagement. We keep prices accessible while maintaining a high quality to our work. AC/DC Comics is a fairly new artist collective, but since we started this year, we have had awesome experiences tabling together at the Vancouver Art Book Fair, Zine Harvest, and other art markets around the Lower Mainland.
Dionneco.net

Dawn Lo
Dawn Lo is an illustrator whose work has appeared in zines, picture books, stationery, greeting cards, public art installations, and more. Growing up in both Hong Kong and Canada, Dawn tends to create quirky and whimsical works that are inspired by little moments from everyday life with a nod to the Asian diaspora.
dawndawndawnillustration.tumblr.com

Marcela J Villaca
Marcela was born and raised in Brazil and has lived on Coast Salish Lands for a decade. Her work centers on themes of belonging, migration, seasonality, and play. She creates using pencils, acrylics, collage, watercolors, and crayons. Although visual art is her primary output, music, food, movement, and writing are essential parts of her creative process.
marcelajvillaca.com

Oliver Arthur
I’m a cartoonist/illustrator currently living on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, or ‘Vancouver’. Most of my work takes the form of self published zines, comics, and artist books, with particular attention paid to the material qualities of print; ink and paper choices being just as important to the art object as its contents. My stories range in genre and subject matter from wordless meditations on hope and heartache, to satirical parodies of film noir. Though the themes may change from piece to piece, my love of cartoon language and the tightrope-walk between sentimentality and levity lies at the heart of each story.
oliverarthur.art

pArtners
Gary Jones & Dana Stewart have been collaborating and creating for 11 years. They bring their creativity to War Vancouver this year with Gary's dog portrait sketches and Dana's laser-etched dog tags and hand-stitched leather notebook covers.

Moonberry Market
Moonberry Market is a collaboration between two artists, Sukémitsu Illustrations (Rei) and Rabbits And Hurricane (Susanna). We try to provide a series of stationery products and home décor such as vibrant prints and posters. Our merch are all hand drawn and designed by the two of us. Sukémitsu Illustrations has also been expanding to releasing fanzines, TTRPGs, original manga and Rabbits and Hurricane has been releasing cozy food themed comics about their mascot bunny characters.
moonberrymarket818.wixsite.com/moonberry-market

Kalvin Kulz
Hello I'm Kalvin! I work in animation as an animator and storyboard by day and by night I'm a comic artist who likes to make silly stories often involving the unusual and fantastic. I also enjoy printmaking and have been experimenting with screen printing, linocut, and risograph.
kalvinkulz.com

Sophia Zarders
I’m a mixed race Black visual artist, illustrator, zine maker, and educator based in Vancouver. I’ve self-published illustrated zines and comics for almost 10 years and tabled at several publishing events in the U.S. and Canada (most recently VABF). My work explores the intersections of pop culture, film, social critique, politics, and identity. My most recent zines are Divas of Cult Cinema and Auteur Rebels, which celebrate underrepresented figures of film history with obsessive research and cheeky humor. As an illustrator, I design bold and colorful prints for social movements, including LGBTQ+ rights, Palestine, Black power, and immigrant rights. I currently teach visual art at Emily Carr University and Langara College. I would love to table at Word Vancouver and join a broader community of zine creators, writers, and artists.
sophiazarders.com

Westcoast Calligraphy Society
The Westcoast Calligraphy Society is an enthusiastic group of people with a common bond–a love of all things calligraphic. We like to share our knowledge of design, colour, illustration, bookbinding, paper making and our other talents with everyone interested in the art of letters. Many of our members teach beginning and more advanced calligraphy throughout the Lower Mainland.
westcoastcalligraphy.com

Laura Rivera Art
Laura Rivera was born and raised in the Sonoran desert where she started drawing as soon as she could hold a pencil. She studied Digital Arts: Film Animation in Arizona and after graduation, she went on to share her knowledge as a middle school art teacher in Mexico for four years. During this period, she also taught character design and writing panels at conventions n, won awards in costuming and started writing/drawing her webcomic “1126”, which ended in August 2020, among other one shot comics. She then went to Vancouver Film School’s Writing for Film and Television program and eventually she also joined the Classical Animation program and graduated with honors. Laura now works as a freelance artist and writer. She also teaches drawing and painting r while writing and illustrating her graphic novel “The Butterfly Cape”.
laurariveraart.wixsite.com

A Pint of Knowledge
I am a poet, spoken word, artist, host and self published author of 4 poetry books.
@theyoungandgifted24

Magazine

Pulp Mag
pulp MAG is Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s literature and visual arts magazine. Made by students, the magazine acts as a touchstone for emerging writers and artists from Kwantlen and the surrounding area.
pulpmag.ca

Portal magazine
Portal is an annual full-colour 96-page literary magazine that offers a gateway to accomplished short fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, scripts, interviews, art, and photography by emerging writers.
portalmagazine.ca

subTerrain Magazine / Anvil Press
subTerrain magazine is published 3 times a year from modest offices in East Vancouver, BC. We strive to produce a stimulating fusion of fiction, poetry, photography and graphic illustration from uprising Canadian, U.S. & International writers and artists. If you crave provocative art & writing in your life, then get yourself a subscription to this sometimes SUBCONSCIOUS, often in-SUBORDINATE, but never SUBMISSIVE literary magazine.
www.subterrain.ca

EVENT Magazine
EVENT publishes fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction and literary reviews. In every issue we aim to present a compelling selection of work by established and newer writers, both from Canada and abroad.
eventmagazine.ca

The Geist Foundation
Geist is a magazine of ideas and culture—fact + fiction, photography and comix, essays, reviews, and the weird and wonderful from the world of words. We publish the best that we can find of narrative essays (fiction and non-fiction), poetry, reviews, photography, drawings, comix, puzzles and little-known facts—with a special interest in fresh interactions between text and image. Our mandate is to find and encourage a wide audience for new and established Canadian writers and artists of merit.
geist.com


SAD Magazine
Published two times per year, SAD Mag is an independent publication dedicated to covering the stories, art and design of Vancouver from the perspective of local, emerging creatives. We strive to provide an accessible platform for early-career writ­ers, pho­tog­ra­phers, illus­tra­tors, graphic designers, musicians, performers, typographers and multimedia to showcase their work. SAD Mag aspires to the values of inclusivity and diversity. We are dedicated to proactively seeking out and publishing underrepresented voices, including queer folks, people of colour, Indigenous peoples, and contributors of all ages. We welcome contributions from emerging writers and artists, regardless of formal training or previous experience. SAD Mag is published on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples.
sadmag.ca

Eavesdrop Literary Magazine
Eavesdrop is a nonprofit multimedia community founded on Canada’s West Coast that supports queer, disabled, BIPOC, and other marginalized artists to showcase their work. Eavesdrop Magazine takes patrons through a multimedia exploration of self, art, and belonging. We publish poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, plays, comics, visual art, and spoken word. Through anthologies, podcasts, audio editions, and other content, Eavesdrop cuts through the industry’s status quo by making literature more accessible fiscally, visually, and audibly. We are passionate about sharing the experiences this diverse country has to offer through every perspective and emphasize growing alongside one another as we untangle what it means to be an artist in the modern world.
eavesdropmagazine.ca

Publisher

Caitlin Press
Caitlin Press publishes books that reflect the diverse cultures, histories and concerns of BC, bridging the gap between the urban and the rural. Caitlin also remains committed to its feminist origins by publishing bold works by and about BC women for a local and national readership. We also publish culturally significant books, including fiction, non-fiction (both historical and creative), and poetry.
caitlinpress.com

Harbour Publishing
An award-winning independent book publisher owned and operated by Howard and Mary White. Established in 1974 and based on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast.
harbourpublishing.com

Tradewind Books
Tradewind Books has been publishing prize-winning picture books, novels and poetry for children of all ages for over 20 years. Carol Frank and Michael Katz started Tradewind Books in 1996. Our titles have been recognized internationally for their fine illustrations, award-winning writing and innovative design. We celebrate the work of authors from diverse cultures within Canada and around the world.
tradewindbooks.com

Midtown Press
Books in Print: 27 in English, 30 in French. Some of our categories are history, juvenile and young adult fiction, picture books, graphic novels and Photography.
midtownpress.ca

Mythic Texture Media
Akem is a writer and artist that has illustrated picture books and written short stories in the spec fic and fantasy genre. Her background is as an artist in animation, based in Vancouver, BC.  She publishes some of her work under Mythic Texture Media.
www.mythictexture.com

UBC Press
UBC Press produces books integral to Canada’s cultural, political, and social fabric and is widely touted as the country’s pre-eminent social science publisher. UBC Press also manages the book distribution for twenty-five academic publishers.
ubcpress.ca

Small Press/Printer

Bell Press
Small press publisher of literary anthologies. We currently have 6 books, including our most recent title Off the Map: Vancouver Writers with Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues, edited by Betsy Warland, Seema Shah and Kate Bird.
bellpressbooks.com/

Thornapple Press
Thornapple Press publishes non-fiction books that discuss relationships, love, sexuality and relational ethics from unique and underrepresented perspectives. This includes books on consensual nonmonogamy, kink, sex work, harm reduction, LGBTQIAA+ identities, families, mental health, disability and related topics. We are sex-positive and recognize that gender and sexuality are non-binary. We are particularly interested in receiving submissions from authors who can offer new insights on the themes of ethics, safety, community and consent. We welcome proposals from emerging authors and from perspectives that are underrepresented in sexuality literature, such as from BIPOC and disabled individuals. We aim to provide our readers with high-quality and well-researched content that is also accessible and engaging.
thornapplepress.ca

Paper Trail Publishing
Life stories, life wisdom. Paper Trail Publishing provides professional editing services to local writers, especially self-publishers of memoirs and family histories. Recent client titles include The Carry-On Imperative, by Robin Pascoe; Winging It, by Pauline Buck; and Hard Landings, by Bonnie McGhie, nominated for the 2024 Whistler Independent Book Awards.
linkedin.com/in/papertrail

broke press
At broke press, the purpose of publishing is seen simply as getting art to an audience. broke press fulfills this mandate by producing chapbooks and poetry zines, by both emerging and established Canadian writers. broke press publications are produced using a mix of modern and traditional bookmaking processes. Digitally designed and printed, broke press chapbooks are then hand-folded, -trimmed, and -bound. Great care is put into the production of each literary creation. Located in the heart of the Okanagan Valley, in Vernon, British Columbia, broke press is operated solely by Clare Thiessen, who acts as editor, designer, and book maker.
brokepress.ca

Wharfinger's Press
Wharfinger's Press is an independent and eccentric publishing house nestled comfortably against the Fraser River, in Maple Ridge, BC. We carry D.I.Y. esthetics while creating professional publications and enjoy working with first-time authors, passion projects, and differently thinkers with the goal of bringing a concept to reality. Our titles are not limited by genre.
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Community Group

Vancouver Genre Writers
We are a group of writers whose work spans the gamut of Mystery, Horror, Suspsense, Historical, Adventure, Romance, etc.
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