EVENTS

BIG ISLAND BOOK FEST

Oct. 14, 2023, Book Readings and Signings. I’ll be at the Big Island Book Fest at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtenay with dozens of other authors from all over Vancouver Island. I hope to see you there.

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And thanks to the Writers Union of Canada and Canada Council of the Arts for their support of my reading at this event. I’ll be reading from my latest novel, Paper Roses on Stony Mountain.

LOCAL BOOK FAIR in NANAIMO, B.C.

On Feb. 18, 2023, Book Readings and Signings. I’ll be participating in a wonderful local event with other authors at the Vancouver Island Library in Nanaimo. I’ll be reading from my latest novel, Paper Roses on Stony Mountain at the Author’s Fair. My other novels in Lukia’s Family Saga Series: Sunflowers Under Fire and Lilacs in the Dust Bowl will also be for sale and for book signing. As well. I’ll have my other novels, A Cry from the Deep and The Rubber Fence available for purchase.

LOCAL FAIR

BOOK READING and SIGNING

Oct. 22/ 22 Big Island Book Festival

So excited to be part of the first Book Festival on Vancouver Island. I’ll be manning an author table and signing any one of my novels, as well as reading an excerpt from my latest, Paper Roses on Stony Mountain. There will be so many wonderful authors from British Columbia signing their books and answering your questions. Hope to see you there.

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BOOK SIGNING

On Thursday, Oct. 20th, 2022, I’ll be at Coho Books in Campbell River from 10 to 2 and then at Laughing Oyster Bookshop in Courtenay from 1 to 3 to sign books. I’ll have the whole series with me for those who haven’t turned a page in any of them yet. Looking forward to this event.

LITERARY WEBINAR

Feb. 06, 2022 at 1 pm. EST  Literary Webinar: Author Reading and Discussion about the writing of Sunflowers Under Fire and Lilacs in the Dust Bowl, as well as Paper Roses on Stony Mountainwhich will be published in summer, 2022.

Maria Shuvalova, literary critic in Kyiv, will be doing the introduction and Uliana Hlynchak, Head of UCAF programming, journalist, and producer at Ukrainian TV Network KONTAKT will be moderating the event.

This is a FREE and PUBLIC EVENT available through both Zoom and Facebook Live.

To REGISTER email info@kumfgallery.com and get ZOOM LINK

REGISTER HERE for FACEBOOK LIVE PRESENTATION

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ART TALK

Feb. 04, 2022, at 5 pm PST, an ART TALK  A video interview with KONTAKT TV HOST, Uliana Hlynchak, about my novels. I share my writing process and some personal family anecdotes. 

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MEET THE AUTHOR EVENT

June 06, 2021 Meet the Author event at St. Vladimir Institute, Toronto, co-hosted with Rozmova Book Club. It was recorded. 

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OPEN MIC 

May 20, 2021 Showcase, Open Mic Event of poetry, book launch and stories. 

VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH

May 13, 2021 Virtual Book Launch of Lilacs in the Dust Bowl, hosted by the Vancouver Island Regional Library. 

BOOK READING

May 11, 2021 Author Reading for Comox Valley Ukrainian Cultural Society. 

March 25, 2020. Author Reading from Sunflowers Under Fire at West Vancouver Memorial Library, West Vancouver, British Columbia.

March 12, 2020. Author Reading of Sunflowers Under Fire, Q & A at Comox Writers Society in Comox, British Columbia. 

MEET THE AUTHORS

Nov. 21, 2019  NORTH SHORE AUTHORS CELEBRATION 

The North Shore libraries celebration of local authors. West Van library is hosting the reception where the public can mingle with the authors. It’s FREE: starts at 6:45 pm and goes to 8 pm. 

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BOOK READING AND SIGNING

Oct. 17-18, 2019 AUTHOR READING and SIGNING

Public Library in Whistler 5:30 – 7 pm as part of the Whistler Independent Writers Festival. I’ll be reading from Sunflowers Under Fire, a finalist for the 2019 Whistler Independent Book Award, sponsored by the Writers Union of Canada. 

BOOK TOUR

May 24, 2019 BOOK TOUR

Talk on using Family History to write stories and reading from my novel, SUNFLOWERS UNDER FIRE, at the Harbourfront branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library in Nanaimo, Friday at 2 pm.

May 17, 2019 BOOK TOUR 

Author Reading from novel, SUNFLOWERS UNDER FIRE, at the Courtenay branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library, 300 6th St. Courtenay, B.C. V9N 9V9 on Friday at 2 pm.

May 7, 2019 BOOK LAUNCH 

 SUNFLOWERS UNDER FIRE at the Campbell River Library on Shoppers Row, Campbell River, British Columbia on Tuesday, at 7 pm. 

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April 6th, 20019 BOOK FAIR

At North Shore Writers Festival on Saturday, April 6th, Lynn Valley Library, North Vancouver, BC V7J 0A2  Noon to 4 pm

March 29-31st, 2019 CREATIVE INK WRITERS FESTIVAL

Presenting SELF-PUBLISHING 101 workshop with J P McLean at the Creative Ink Festival for Writers and Readers.

I’ll also be on three panels: Designing Character Backgrounds, Creating Believable Characters, and Write What You Know, Write What You Want.

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May 3, 2018, Talk on Using Family History to Write A Novel.

In the Thulin Room, Maritime Heritage Centre, 621 Island Highway, Campbell River, B.C. Thursday, 7pm – 9pm, 

BOOK SIGNING

Feb. 10, 2018, Saturday, 12-2 pm, Book Signing at Coles bookstore, Driftwood Mall, Courtenay, B.C.  

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Oct. 21, 2017, Saturday, 5-7 pm, Book Signing at the Surrey International Writers Conference, Sheraton Guilford Hotel, Surrey, B.C. PUBLIC IS WELCOME.

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May 3, 2017: Novel Writing Workshop

North Vancouver Library, North Vancouver, B.C.  6:30 pm – 8 pm.

Feb. 21, 2017. Book Reading, Canadian Federation of University Women, Comox Valley at the White Spot in Courtenay, B.C. 11:30 am -12:30 pm

November 26, 2016: Indie Author Book Fair, West Vancouver Library, West Vancouver, B.C. 10 am to 1 pm.

November 15, 2016: Book Club Meeting, Campbell River. I’ll be discussing my novel, A CRY FROM THE DEEP. 

October 19, 2016. At a Psychotherapists’ Group, Vancouver, I’ll be discussing my novel, THE RUBBER FENCE 

eventsOctober 8, 2016, Book Fair, Courtenay Library, Courtenay, B.C. Book signing of novels 10 am-12:45 pm

October 8, 2016, Presentation on Self-Publishing, Campbell River Library, Campbell River, B.C. 2 pm. 

April 28, 2016. Talk on Self-Publishing, Courtenay Library, Courtenay.

Events

Lynn Valley Library North Vancouver

April 21, 2016. International Twitter Chat, hosted by Porter Anderson

April 16, 2016. North Shore Writers’ Festival, North Vancouver, on a panel about Self-Publishing.

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North Shore Writers Festival

April 10, 2016 Book Launch of THE RUBBER FENCE at CampbellRiver library. 

April 7, 2016. Book Club Meeting, Vancouver, by Skype, novel, A CRY FROM THE DEEP

January 30, 2016. Book Signing at Laughing Oyster Book Shop, Courtenay, B.C. 

January 12, 2016, Book Club, Campbell River, discussion about A CRY FROM THE DEEP.

If you’re interested in having me attend a book club meeting, it can be arranged through Skype or Zoom or Google Meet. I can be reached at dianastevan@telus.net

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