Sad Mag is really excited to be a part of WORD on the Street in Vancouver this year! WORD Vancouver is Western Canada’s largest celebration of literacy and reading held on the last weekend of September at Library Square in beautiful downtown Vancouver. The festival promotes books and authors with free exhibits, performances, and hands-on activities for a wide range of ages and interests.

We’ll be teaming up with some Vancouver notables who made an appearance in our Mad Mad World issue, including the talented Michael de Courcy, Jesse Donaldson, and Caroline Adderson to chat about making art and writing novels in Vancouver. Mediated by Books On The Radio founder, Sean Cranbury, each speaker will be recounting stories and experiences of Vancouver and how the city has changed since they first started tromping around.

Sad Mag would like to invite you to a special photo exhibition next weekend as part of the Word on the Street festival. Word on the Street is one of the biggest literary festivals in Vancouver, that also incorporates local art! Sad Mag has the honor to show off some of our images from the Mad Mad World issue at the Moat Gallery, which is a stunning little gallery hidden on the bottom floor of the VPL.

The photography exhibit will only be up for 2 days, so we’d love for you to join us next weekend! (September 28/29). This special exhibition will feature the works of young photographers from the Red Fox Society, the Writer’s Exchange and Tracey Ayton, and of course, some of the images from the issue by Rommy Ghaly and Michael De Courcy.

This Must Be The Place:
The Evolution of Vancouver’s Cultural Landscape Speakers’ forumLocation Vancouver Public Library Square, Magazine Life Tent

Date Sunday, September 29th
Time 1-2pm
Presenters & Readers Michael de Courcy, Jesse Donaldson, Caroline Adderson, mediated by Sean Cranbury