2023 Exhibitors
Publisher
Medicine Wheel Publishing
Medicine Wheel Publishing produces culturally authentic Indigenous books, resources and tools specialized for moral and cultural education.
medicinewheelpublishing.com
Anvil Press
Anvil Press is a small literary press known for award-winner poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and regional history titles.
Midtown Press
Midtown Press produces 2-4 titles per season with a focus on BC.
midtownpress.ca
Red + Blue Stories
Red + Blue Stories is a local storytelling studio crafting interactive experiences with compelling narratives that spark excitement and wonder.
redbluestories.com
Cloudscape Comics Society
The Cloudscape Comics Society is a graphic novel publisher based in Vancouver. Since our founding in 2007, Cloudscape has published over 30 works.
cloudscapecomics.com
Barefoot Books
Barefoot Books Publishing is the best way to diversify your bookshelf! Discover cultures through stories and songs. Children love Barefoot Books!
barefootbooks.com
Harbour Publishing
Harbour Publishing is the publisher of over nine hundred regional titles. Established in 1974, it is based on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast.
harbourpublishing.com
Simply Read Books Inc.
simplyreadbooks.com
Magazine
EVENT Magazine
EVENT inspires and nurtures writers, showcasing award-winning contemporary writing from Canada and abroad for over five decades.
eventmagazine.ca
Room Magazine
Room is Canada's oldest feminist literary magazine, publishing art & writing by women, trans men, two-spirit, and nonbinary people since 1975.
roommagazine.com
Asparagus Journalism Society
Asparagus Magazine is an award-winning, Vancouver-based publication telling the large and small stories of how we can live sustainably.
asparagusmagazine.com
subTerrain Magazine
subTerrain Magazine is an East Van literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.
Artist/Artisan
Only Words
Edible flowers present a unique way of experiencing poetry. They are made of wafer paper and the verses printed on the petals are food colouring.
onlywords.ca
Marina Sonkina
Author, Speaker Educator. My book "Ukrainian Portraits Diaries from the Border" reflects my experience at the Ukrainian border at the beginning of war.
marinasonkina.com
happen stance collective
happen stance is a collective of Vancouver-based artists who make zines. Currently all ladies, the work spans poetry, horror, deep space, and beyond.
linktr.ee/happen_stance
Art by Tuna
Rachel "Tuna" Petrovicz is an illustrator and comic artist from North Vancouver who specializes in all thing creepy, cute, and colourful.
artbytuna.com
Moniker Press
Moniker Press is a risograph print studio and publishing project that works collaboratively with artists to produce small editions.
monikerpress.ca
Marcela Villaca
Marcela makes love-born art prints. They are reproductions of the paintings, collages, and doodles that help her both cope with and celebrate life :)
etsy.com/ca/shop/marcelajvillaca
Retrophiliac
Margaux Wosk (Retrophiliac) is an Autistic, Non-binary, self-taught artist, designer, writer, entrepreneur, disability advocate.
etsy.com/shop/retrophiliac
Kiskisiw Creations
kiskisiw.creations and Amber's Beading & Art will be collaborating on hand-made and beaded items including earrings, bracelets and other beauties.
Leest Candles
Every candle is made with the highest quality ingredients. Leest uses eco-friendly soy wax and premium fragrance oils to create unique and delicious scents.
leest.ca
Institution
The Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University
The Writer's Studio is a year-long, part-time creative writing program that offers mentorship in a supportive community.
sfu.ca/write
BC Branch of the Canadian Authors Association
We are an organization for published writers living in British Columbia.
elizabethmclean.ca
Alumni UBC
Alumni UBC enriches lives of UBC graduates with continuous support and aims to link alumni with the University.
alumni.ubc.ca
Non-Profit
Pacific Canada Heritage Centre - Museum of Migration Society
PCHC works with diverse communities to build an inclusive, anti-racist understanding of Pacific Canada's cultural heritage.
pchc-mom.ca
Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop Society
The Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop (ACWW) supports Canadian writers of Asian descent and is a community-building initiative.
asiancanadianwriters.ca
Association of Book Publishers of BC (Books BC)
The Association of Book Publishers of BC (Books BC) advocates for conditions in which publishers and book-related communities will thrive.
books.bc.ca
Vancouver Poetry House
Vancouver Poetry House is the largest spoken word organization in Canada. VPH is dedicated to bringing poetry from diverse oral and literary tradition
vancouverpoetryhouse.com
Burnaby Writers' Society
Burnaby Writers' Society welcomes all writers from novice to experienced to share their work in an supportive environment conducive to this purpose.
Magazine Association of BC
Visit our booth and our website magsbc.com to explore the great content and variety of BC magazines, and enter our draw to win a free subscription!
magsbc.com
Sisters in Crime Canada-West
We are a Canadian chapter of the Sisters in Crime organisation, an international writing community of more than 3,600 worldwide members.
sinc-cw.ca
Crime Writers of Canada
We are the national professional association for mystery and crime writers in Canada.
crimewriterscanada.com
Indexing Society of Canada/Société canadienne d’indexation (ISC/SCI)
The Indexing Society of Canada / Société canadienne d’indexation (ISC/SCI) is Canada’s national association of indexers.
indexers.ca
Joy Kogawa House
Writers live and work and learn together in the childhood home of anti-racism activist Joy Kogawa, author of the novel "Obasan."
kogawahouse.com
The Writers Union of Canada
The Writers’ Union of Canada celebrates 50 years representing the national interests of professionally published writers.
writersunion.ca
Delta Literary Arts Society
dlas.ca
Crime Writers of Canada
We are the national professional association for mystery and crime writers in Canada.
crimewriterscanada.com
Small Press
Less Words Press
Less Words Press presents Hold That Thought: 12 Cartoonists on Their Worlds of Humor, a curated international collection of cartoonists. Meet the Canadian contributors!
lesswordspress.com
Publication Studio Vancouver
Publication Studio prints and binds books on demand. We are part of an network of other Publication Studios in cities around the world.
bookmachine.ca
Jeff Cottrill
Jeff Cottrill is a novelist, performance poet and spoken-word artist based in Toronto, Canada. Last year, he launched his debut novel, Hate Story.
JeffCottrill.com
Gwynne Hunt
Through My Lens, Unlocking the Tin Box, rampage: the pathology of an epidemic, bruises& bad haircuts, coddiwomple memoir, fiction, poetry by Hunt.
Expedition Press
Expedition Press is a poetry-focused letterpress printshop. Our mission is to deepen regard for language and connect people with poetry.
expedition.press
Pandemic Book Launch Exhibitors
Word Vancouver recognizes the effect COVID safety measures have had on book launches. This book launch held in UBC Robson’s HSBC Hall aims to give authors another platform to reach the public and showcase their new works.
Denise M. Nadeau
Unsettling Spirit (McGill-Queen's University Press)
Jami Lynne Gigot
My Daddy Can Fly (Penguin Random House)
Matthew Tomkinson & Geoffrey Morrison
Archaic Torso of Gumby (Gordon Hill Press)
Naomi Kelly
The Syren Stories (Self-Published)
Pam Withers & Arooj Hayat
The Parkour Club (Self-Published)
Winona Kent
Lost Time (Self-Published)
Gregory J. Corcoran
Murder in the Mayan World (Self-Published)
Return of Gilgamesh (Self-Published)
Tara K. Torme
In Conversation Volumes I-IV (Silver Bow)
Bull (Silver Bow)
Ite, Missa Est Volumes I & II (Silver Bow)
Heather Haley
Skookum Raven (Ekstasis Editions)
S.M. Freedman
The Day She Died (Dundurn Press)
Geoff Mynett
Murders on the Skeena (Caitlin Press)
Pinkerton's and the Hunt for Simon Gunanoot (Caitlin Press)
Phyllis Dyson
Among Silent Echoes (Caitlin Press)
Ash Winters
Run Riot: Ninety Poems in Ninety Days (Caitlin Press)
Kim Mooney
Hidden Daughter-Secret Sister (Austin Macauley)
Lee Edward Fodi
Spell Sweeper (HarperCollins Publishing)
Pam Withers
Mountain Runaways (Dundurn Press)
Tanja Bartel
Everyone at This Party (Goose Lane Editions)
Alison Acheson
Dance Me to the End (Touchwood Editions)
Christina Myers
The List of Last Chances (Caitlin Press)
Kelly Rose Pflug-Back
The Hammer of Witches (Caitlin Press)
Jami Lynne Gigot
Starboy: Inspired by the Life and Lyrics of David Bowie (Henry Holt & Co)
Anuradha Rao
One Earth (Orca Book Publishers)
Megan Clendenan
Cities: How Humans Live Together (Orca Book Publishers)
Design Like Nature (Orca Book Publishers)
Rhiannon Wallace
Leopold's Leotard (Orca Book Publishers)
Ann Eriksson
Bird's-Eye View (Orca Book Publishers)
PJ Patten
Tower 25 (Cloudscape Comics)
Claire Eamer
Extremely Gross Animals (Kids Can Press)
Nikki Bergstresser
Seasons for Stones (Brandylane Publishers)
Lila Lou's Little Library (Cardinal Rule Press)
Jennie Tschoban
Tales & Lies My Baba Told Me (JTS Press)
Margaret Cadwaladr
Food Floor: My Woodward's Days (Madrona Books)
Paola Opal
Spookie (Simply Read Books)
Tecka (Simply Read Books)
