Literary Events

Wed March 29th
Pandora’s Collective and Britannia Library Present
BOOK TALKS - BOOK CLUB  (currently via Zoom)
Join a conversation about the book. Bring your favourite passages, points of interest, and share your reading experiences. Each person is responsible for either borrowing or buying their own copy to read. ​
Time: 6:30 -8pm
Location: Via Zoom 
West March 29th: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions. Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny. - Amazon.ca
Upcoming book club meetings: 4th Wed of each month
April 26th: Nishga by Jordan Abel
May 24th: What Strange Paradise: A Novel by Omar El Akkad
June 28th: Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
July 26th: Book Recommendation Night (bring your recommendations for our next reading list)
Aug 23rd: The Last White Man: A Novel by Mohsin Hamid
Hosts: Mary Duffy, Sita Carboni, Natasha Boskic
Registration Required:  Email booktalks@pandorascollective.com to receive the Zoom link.
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​​Saturday April 29, 2023
Pandora's Collective Presents
MASK WORKSHOP: OUTER VS. INNER
YOU THROUGH THE PANDEMIC
Time: 1-4pm
Location: tba
The pandemic created social isolation and stress for many people as many people’s worlds shrunk. Those things which brought them joy and gave them a sense of identity disappeared in a very short time. This period has left many of us wondering how do we once again find our sense of self and purpose. In this interactive 3-hour workshop, you will find a safe place to explore the many facets of your creative internal world allowing you to once again regain your footing in the external world. No experience necessary.
Cost: $50
Register & Pay: Please register and pay in advance via our Pandora’s Collective donation button.
Add in the name of the workshop when paying. Thank you.
​Workshop Facilitators:
Dr. Bonnie Nish is Executive Director of Word Vancouver and Pandora’s Collective Outreach Society. Bonnie’s first book of poetry ‘Love and Bones’ was released by Karma Press in 2013. Bonnie has a Masters in Arts Education from Simon Fraser University and a PhD in Language and Literacy Education from the University of British Columbia where she currently teaches. Her next book “Concussion and Mild TBI: Not Just Another Headline” an anthology of concussion related stories, was published by Lash and Associates in 2016. Bonnie is an Expressive Arts Therapist with a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from the Vancouver Expressive Arts Therapy School where she is also a faculty member. Her latest book, Cantata in Two Voices, co-written with Jude Neal was released last fall by Ekstasis Editions in 2018. As Executive Director of both Word Vancouver and Pandora’s Collective Outreach Society, Bonnie has worked with and given more people of diverse backgrounds in various situations, especially those of marginalized voices, the opportunity to be seen and heard. Bonnie lives in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada. Bonnienish.com
Ruby Cone MA is a Certified Expressive Arts Therapist who specializes in grief work and the many complications, which arise for individuals, partners and groups alike. In recent years, she has worked at the Dr. Peter’s Centre and Musqueam Nation and is currently working with special needs students in the Vancouver school system, while continuing to develop her private practice. She has an extensive background in aquatic therapy. It is through Ruby’s own personal journey through loss combined with her Masters studies at the European Graduate School, which has led her to gain a deeper insight into the often complicated work that surrounds grief. She brings with her an individual knowledge that allows a delicate balance of compassion, expression and theory to those she works with.
Contact: blnish@pandorascollective.com
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UPCOMING
Pandora's Collective is excited to announce that we will be starting up some some of our literary series again in person very soon.
Stayed tuned for more details about some of your old favorites like​ Twisted Poets Literary Salon (starting June, 2023), Art & Poetry in the Gallery (also starting June 203), and Poetic Pairings (starting July 2023). 
Word Whips Writing Series will be metamorphosing into Poetry on the Move (starting May 2023). 
​We also have a new and excited literary series to tell you about. More details to follow shortly.