Scrivener’s Monthly is a series of public presentations that explore the space between material practices and spoken words: a periodical that talks. Set alongside the exhibitions program…

Please join us at the Pacific Bindery for a factory tour and discussion with artist Aaron Flint Jamison.  This event is the second edition of Scrivener’s Monthly, a…

In Rob Nixon’s book “Slow Violence,” he uses that term as a populist summary for an environmentalist politics of what is essentially structural violence (deforestation…

This fall Western Front presents three evenings with LA based writer and filmmaker Chris Kraus.  Kraus is an important figure in contemporary literature and art…

‘Driving the Blues Away’ is a monologue in English by Danish-Dutch-Swedish performance artist Olof Olsson.  It’s a meditation and celebration of the failures and perversities…

Confusion of any kind, particularly the kind of categorical confusion inherent in encountering novels in the exhibition-context of contemporary art, can lead to new ways…

Scrivener’s Monthly is pleased to present Daphne Marlatt reading from her new book of poems Liquidities: Vancouver Poems Then and Now. This publication gathers many of the…

Scrivener’s Monthly is pleased to present Michael Taussig drawing as talking about Peasant Tree Farms as A Mode of Thought and Beauty in The Age…

Scrivener’s Monthly is pleased to present Yann Chateigné Tytelman discussing Xenochronies on Tuesday April 23rd at 8pm in the Grand Luxe Hall at the Western Front. Xenochrony,…

Scrivener’s Monthly is pleased to present Dr. Paul Verhaeghe Speaking About The Diaries of Louise Bourgeois on June 1st at 8pm at the Western Front. “Last…

Scrivener’s Monthly presents an evening with New York poet, playwright and translator Ariana Reines. For her first visit to Vancouver, she will read some brand…

Peter Culley will be reading from Parkway, the third and final book of his Hammertown trilogy and projecting images taken from the daily walks he…

New York based photographer, writer and filmmaker Moyra Davey will present her film Les Goddesses (2011). The screening will be followed by a response and…

Scrivener’s Monthly is pleased to host Will Holder and Kaisa Lassinaro on Monday September 9th at 7pm in the Luxe Hall at Western Front. Will Holder will…

Scrivener’s Monthly is pleased to present Jacob Gleeson’s Tent Shop Hosting Readings and Screenings on Saturday June 16th from 1 till 6pm. The Tent Shop…

*Please note new 7:00PM start time* Scrivener’s Monthly is pleased to open its third season with publisher/typographer Will Holder (London) and musician Alex Waterman (New…

Scrivener’s Monthly presents a screening of Vancouver artist Casey Wei’s new film, Kingsgate Mall Happenings, with a response by writer Michael Turner. Wei’s film, produced…

Scrivener’s Monthly is pleased to present a reading by renowned Vancouver writer George Bowering. Author of more then 100 books, Bowering will read from new…