Kelsey is a creative chameleon, community educator, slam poet, and the author of the independently published All This While F*cking: Sex, Self, and Social Stigma in the Modern Age. She fell in love with the written word while growing up in Vancouver, where she now edits books for self-published authors, … Continued

The staff and board are working to continue the gains we’ve made in the last year. Part of this is to hire more staff, to be more realistic about the number of hours staff dedicate to their jobs, and ultimately to pay them better during the next 4-year planning cycle. … Continued

Join us, in this opportunity to learn with Brandon Wint in his writing workshop, on Sunday, August 18th, 2-4pm | $5/pwyc at the door | 4th floor, 111 West Hastings.   Through a combination of reading, writing, analysis and communal discussion, this workshop will explore the formal and emotional approaches … Continued

There is a new policy statement here.

There is a new policy statement here.

There is a new policy statement here.

There’s a new policy announcement here.

Here’s the announcement. Here’s the job description. Go to the “full article” for clickable links.

Here’s the announcement. Here’s the job description. Go to the “full article” for clickable links.

Here’s the announcement. Here’s the job description. Go to the “full article” for clickable links.

Here’s the announcement. Here’s the job description. Go to the “full article” for clickable links.

The board is meeting on Sunday July 24, 2019 at noon. As always, #210, 111 W. Hastings.

Having successfully led and directed, Johnny is moving on to new projects.   As the Artistic Director of the 2019 Verses Festival of Words Johnny, curated Canada’s largest alternative literary festival.  Over 10 days of Spoken Word, Storytelling and Music featuring Vivek Shraya, Regie Cabico, Christie Lee Charles, Ian Keteku & … Continued

Welcome! DJ ANGLE, Bassam and (the magnificent, returning) Leslie Stark. Look under about / board of directors for headshots and bios.

VPH is hiring. Position announcement here. about/position announcements

VPH is hiring. If you’d like to be on the hiring committee please contact the board at admin@vancouverpoetryhouse.com or come speak to one of us Monday nights at VanSlam.

We’ve designed a short survey so members of the community can let us know what they would like to see from VPH in the future. The survey takes approximately 5 minutes to complete. Vancouver Poetry House Survey Please join us on Saturday, June 29th, 4-6 for the last community planning … Continued

Vancouver Poetry House and Vancouver Poetry Slam would like to thank the community members who brought forward the lack of Indigenous programming during June – National Indigenous Peoples Month. To those who brought this oversight forward, to our community, specifically to the Indigenous members, we recognize we have not followed … Continued

We are hosting four conversations at Vancouver Poetry House that will help to set our goals for the coming year. We need your input. If you have comments or concerns and aren’t able to come to a meeting we still want to hear from you. You can reach our Board … Continued