
Filipino Canadian Book Festival showcases a thriving diasporic Pinoy writing community
Manila-born, Scarborough-raised, and New York-based author and historian Adrian De Leon will deliver the keynote address.

Manila-born, Scarborough-raised, and New York-based author and historian Adrian De Leon will deliver the keynote address.

« Nous sommes partis de Science World sur le brise-lames de False Creek avec l’intention de lire des poèmes aux inconnus, » Spenst dit à Pancouver autour d’un café dans un Starbucks du coin.

Spenst, a language instructor and resident of the West End of Vancouver, has written four collections and 15 chapbooks.



The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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