Poets Garth Martens, Eve Joseph and Billeh Nickerson gathered for this event travel through very different landscapes: a mother’s disappearance, the haunted rooms of childhood, and a hospital stay that prompts reflections on mortality, luck, and survival.

The Vancouver Accordion Orchestra presents a special set of music by Nino Rota, Erik Satie, Horace Silver, original tunes by director Anthony Schulz and featuring Russell Wallace’s “Grandmother’s Song,” which celebrates the power of music, memory, and storytelling. Wallace is the former Indigenous curator of Word Vancouver.

Two poets at different stages of their careers come together to explore identity, memory, labour, and place.

The Vancouver Accordion Orchestra presents a special set of music by Nino Rota, Erik Satie, Horace Silver, original tunes by director Anthony Schulz and featuring Russell Wallace’s “Grandmother’s Song,” which celebrates the power of music, memory, and storytelling. Wallace is the former Indigenous curator of Word Vancouver.

Join us to hear a selection of the featured 2026-27 poets read from their work, followed by a short discussion and Q&A in which you can engage with the poets over your love of the written verse!

Join Books BC as we celebrate 30 years of bringing poetry to your daily TransLink ride!