Pandora's Collective - Literary Events
Pandora's Collective currently offers the following on-going literary events.
We also facilitate workshops and additional events on misc dates.
We also facilitate workshops and additional events on misc dates.
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Vancouver:
Word Whips Vancouver East: 2nd Tuesday of every month Word Whips Writing Series: 3rd Tuesday of every month Book Talks - Book Club: 4th Wed of every month Twisted Poets Literary Salon: 4th Thursday of every month Poetry and Art at the JCC: Misc dates Poetic Pairings: Quarterly North Shore: Word Whips North Shore Edition: 4th Tues of each month White Rock: Word Whips By The Water: 1st Wed of each month |
Vancouver Events
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Pandora's Collective and Isaac Waldman Jewish Public Library present Spring Renewal - Expressive Arts Workshops Mar 4, 11, 18, 25 Facilitator: Bonnie Nish Co-Facilitators: Ruby Cone and Ali Denno Discover your playfulness and words again whether they have been lying dormant over the winter or just moving at a slower pace. This series of interactive art and writing workshops will explore ways in which we connect to our words and help to clear space for new idea. No experience necessary. Registration Required: 604.257.5181 Time: 5:30 – 7:30 pm Location: Isaac Waldman Jewish Public Library, 950 West 41st Ave, Vancouver Suggested Donation: $10-20 (to cover supplies) Contact: blnish@pandorascollective.com www.pandorascollective.com 
Thursday Feb 20th
Poetry Evening with Pandora’s Collective Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery 7- 9 pm 950 West 41st Ave, Vancouver Poets: Amy Lam, Rosemary Nowicki, Diane Tucker, Jude Neale, David Shewell, Timothy Shay, Bonnie Nish Art Exhibit: Beckoned by the Light by Linda Frimer Come out and hear the work of these wonderful poets who have written to this art exhibit. There will be an open mic time when the audience will have an opportunity to write and read poems relating to the exhibit. Presented by the Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery in collaboration with Pandora’s Collective and the Isaac Waldman Jewish Public Library, and made possible by the Yosef Wosk Poetry Initiative Grant Beckoned by the Light by Linda Frimer From the time I was a young child living in the wilderness town of Wells, BC, I have followed the light in creation and sought to immerse myself within it. I sought light in the forest behind our home, where it filtered like inspiration between thick trunks and feathery branches. Inside our home, I overheard stories where the darkness of prejudice and war sought to overcome the light of my cultural family and so, the light of all humanity. I grew to understand that nature and culture rise inseparable in creation, and I devote my art to ennobling the sacred light within them both, as this light beckons me every day. Contact: blnish@pandorascollective.com www.pandorascollective.com 
2nd Tuesday of every month
Vancouver Public Library and Pandora’s Collective Present Word Whips Vancouver East 6:30-8:30 Take the challenge. We provide the writing prompts and the opportunity for sharing. 10 -15 minutes to write to each prompt. See what you can whip up. Hosts: Jami Macarty & Leanne Boschman Guest Hosts: Lilija Valis (March, May), Fran Bourassa (April) Location: Vancouver Library--Hastings Branch 2674 E Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V5K 1Z6 Contact: blnish@pandorascollective.com 
3rd Tuesday of every month
Britannia Branch and Pandora's Collective Present WORD WHIPS WRITING SERIES Take the challenge. We provide the writing prompts and the opportunity for sharing. 10 -15 minutes to write to each prompt. See what you can whip up. (3rd Tuesday of each month except Dec) Host: Bonnie Nish and Sita Carboni (January Guest Host: Wayne Smith) Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm Location: Britannia Library, Gallery Room, 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, BC http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/branches/details/britannia_branch Contact: blnish@pandorascollective.com www.pandorascollective.com 
4th Wednesday of every month
Britannia Branch and Pandora’s Collective Present BOOK TALKS - BOOK CLUB Bring your favourite passages, points of interest, and share your reading experiences with us. Admission is free. Registration not required. Each person is responsible for either borrowing or buying their own copy to read. (4th Wednesday of each month except December) Feb 26th: Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda Somer’s life is everything she imagined it would be—she’s newly married and has started her career as a physician in San Francisco—until she makes the devastating discovery she never will be able to have children. The same year in India, a poor mother makes the heartbreaking choice to save her newborn daughter’s life by giving her away. It is a decision that will haunt Kavita for the rest of her life, and cause a ripple effect that travels across the world and back again. Asha, adopted out of a Mumbai orphanage, is the child that binds the destinies of these two women. We follow both families, invisibly connected until Asha’s journey of self-discovery leads her back to India. Compulsively readable and deeply touching, Secret Daughter is a story of the unforeseen ways in which our choices and families affect our lives, and the indelible power of love in all its many forms. - Amazon.ca Upcoming Dates: March 25th: The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate -Discoveries from A Secret World by Peter Wohlleben April 22nd: Washington Black: A Novel by Esi Edugyan May 27th: Educated by Tara Westover June 24th: A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott July 22nd: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Aug 26th: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson Sept 23rd: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Oct 28th: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Africville: An African Nova Scotian Community Is Demolished - and Fights Back by Gloria Ann Wesley Nov 25th: Suzanne by Anais Barbeau-Lavalette Dec: on hiatus 2021: Jan 27th: Help Me: My Perfectly Disastrous Journey through the World of Self-Help by Marianne Power Feb 24th: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood March 24th: Book Recommendation Night April 28th: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari May 26th: The Boat People by Sharon Bala June 23rd: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm Location: Britannia Library, Gallery Room, 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, BC Hosts: Mary Duffy and Sita Carboni Contact: booktalks@pandorascollective.com www.pandorascollective.com www.pandorascollective.com 
4th Thursday of every month
Pandora's Collective Presents TWISTED POETS LITERARY SALON Location: HOOD 29 4468 Main Street, Vancouver, BC Three Features + Open Mic. Suggested donation at the door: $5 Upcoming Dates: JANUARY 23rd: Readings from Against Death Anthology. Guest reader Brian Brett FEBRUARY 27th: Cornelia Hoogland, Adrienne Drobnies, Natasha Boskic MARCH 26th: Sweet Water: Poems for the Watershed Readers from the anthology: Barbara Black, Kevin Spenst, Rob Taylor, Fiona Tinwei Lam, Barbara Pelman, David Pimm, Michelle Brown, Daniela Elza, Rhona McAdam,Kirsten Pendreigh, Geoffrey Nilson, Elena Johnson, Lee Beavington, Wendy Donawa APRIL 23rd: Youth/Kids Event with Michelle Barker. MAY 28th: Double Poetry Book Launch Daniela Elza (the broken boat, April 2019) & MC Warrior (Disappearing Minglewood Blues, April 2019) Twisted Poets is supported by the Writers Union of Canada and The League of Canadian Poets. Contact: blnish@pandorascollective.com www.pandorascollective.com 
Thursday March 19th
Poetry Evening with Pandora’s Collective Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery 7- 9 pm 950 West 41st Ave, Vancouver Host: Natasha Boskic Poets: Heidi Greco, Leanne Boschman, David Pritchett, Quinn Casey, Laura Farina, Daniela Elza, Amanda Wardrop Art Exhibit: Community Longing and Belonging Come out and hear the work of these wonderful poets who have written to this art exhibit. There will be an open mic time when the audience will have an opportunity to write and read poems relating to the exhibit. Presented by the Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery in collaboration with Pandora’s Collective and the Isaac Waldman Jewish Public Library, and made possible by the Yosef Wosk Poetry Initiative Grant Community Longing and Belonging How do we make meaning of the concept of community, the real and the imagined spaces we inhabit? What does community longing look like, and what are the possibilities for belonging in an ever changing world? This 2nd annual exhibit is in celebration of the Jewish Disability Awareness Acceptance and Inclusion Month. Art piece included above: “A Home for All in Aquamarine” by Julia Zimet Russell Contact: blnish@pandorascollective.com www.pandorascollective.com 
Tuesday April 28
Pandora's Collective and Britannia Library Present POETIC PAIRINGS 6:30 – 8:30 pm Join us for delightful pairings of poetic voices. Free Event. Britannia Library, Gallery Room 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, BC Host: Rosemary Nowicki Poetic Pairs: Natasha Sanders-Kay and Bonnie Nish Allan Hill and David Geary RC Weslowski and Kedrick James Natasha Boskic and Fran Bourassa Voices become differently engaged when set against another writer’s work. Listen as couplets bounce words off one another, relate their stories and rejoice in the collaboration of expression. Question period to follow. Contact: blnish@pandorascollective.com www.pandorascollective.com |
North Shore Events
This event has been moved to Feb 18th this month
but will go back to the usual 4th Tuesday of the month in March 4th Tuesday of every month (except August) Pandora's Collective Presents WORD WHIPS - THE NORTH SHORE EDITION A warm environment, writing prompts and the opportunity for sharing. Great for beginners or seasoned writers. Get past the inner critic by writing ten to fifteen minutes on each prompt. See what you can whip up. Host: Fran Bourassa Time: 6:30 to 8:30pm Location: The Silk Purse Arts Centre 1570 Argyle Avenue, West Vancouver, BC, V7V 1A1 Contact: Fran at fbourassa@hotmail.com www.pandorascollective.com |
White Rock Events
1st Wednesday of every month
Pandora's Collective Presents WORD WHIPS BY THE WATER We provide writing prompts and encourage people to take the challenge. Emphasis is on exercising the right brain in a safe environment – sharing is optional. Host: Karen Shaw Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm Location: White Rock Library on Buena Vista Avenue. 15342 Buena Vista Ave, White Rock, BC V4B 1Y6 (604) 541-2201 Contact: pcwhiterock@yahoo.ca or Karen Shaw, chezshaw2013@gmail.com www.pandorascollective.com |
Annual Events
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2010 - Present: Annual Gala Awards Night.
2004 - 2014: The Summer Dreams Literary Arts Festival (an annual, multi-day, summer festival, than ran for 10 years) |
