Saturday, April 26, 2025, 11am -1pm, Mulberry Bush Bookstore in Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 2-4 pm, Fireside Books, Parksville, Vancouver Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sunday, April 27, 2025, 12-1:30, Windowseat Books, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oct. 14, 2023, Book Readings and Signings at the Big Island Book Fest at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtenay with dozens of other authors from all over Vancouver Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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, <\/strong>Paper Roses on Stony Mountain.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n On Feb. 18, 2023, Book Readings and Signings. <\/strong>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<\/em> at the Author’s Fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oct. 22\/ 22 <\/strong>Big Island Book Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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 Mountai<\/em>n<\/em><\/strong>. There will be so many wonderful authors from British Columbia signing their books and answering your questions. Hope to see you there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Feb. 06, 2022 at 1 pm. EST Literary Webinar: Author Reading and Discussion about the writing of Sunflowers Under Fire\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Lilacs in the Dust Bowl,\u00a0<\/em>as well as Paper Roses on Stony Mountain,\u00a0<\/em>which will be published in summer, 2022.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Feb. 04, 2022, at 5 pm PST, an ART TALK\u00a0 A video interview with KONTAKT TV HOST, Uliana Hlynchak, about my novels.<\/a> I share my writing process and some personal family anecdotes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n June 06, 2021 Meet the Author<\/a> e<\/a>vent<\/a> at St. Vladimir Institute, Toronto, co-hosted with Rozmova Book Club<\/a>.<\/a><\/strong> It was recorded.\u00a0<\/p>\n May 20, 2021 Showcase, Open Mic Event of poetry, book launch and stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n May 13, 2021 Virtual Book Launch of Lilacs in the Dust Bowl,<\/em>\u00a0hosted by the Vancouver Island Regional Library.\u00a0<\/p>\n May 11, 2021 Author Reading for Comox Valley Ukrainian Cultural Society.\u00a0<\/p>\n March 25, 2020. Author Reading from\u00a0Sunflowers Under Fire<\/em> at West Vancouver Memorial Library, West Vancouver, British Columbia.<\/p>\n March 12, 2020. Author Reading of Sunflowers Under Fire<\/em>, Q & A at Comox Writers Society in Comox, British Columbia.\u00a0<\/p>\n The North Shore libraries celebration of local authors. West Van library is hosting the reception where the public can mingle with the authors.\u00a0<\/p>\n BOOK READING AND SIGNING<\/p>\n Public Library in Whistler 5:30 – 7 pm as part of the Whistler Independent Writers Festival. I’ll be reading from Sunflowers Under Fire<\/em>, a finalist for the 2019 Whistler Independent Book Award, sponsored by the Writers Union of Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n Talk on using Family History to write stories and reading from my novel, SUNFLOWERS UNDER FIRE,\u00a0at the Harbourfront branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library in Nanaimo, Friday at 2 pm.<\/p>\n Author Reading from novel, SUNFLOWERS UNDER FIRE,\u00a0<\/strong>at the Courtenay branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library, 300 6th St. Courtenay, B.C. V9N 9V9 on Friday at 2 pm.<\/p>\n SUNFLOWERS UNDER FIRE at the Campbell River Library on Shoppers Row, Campbell River, British Columbia on Tuesday, at 7 pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n At North Shore Writers Festival on Saturday, April 6th, Lynn Valley Library, North Vancouver, BC V7J 0A2\u00a0 Noon to 4 pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n March 29-31st, 2019 Creative Ink Writers Festival.\u00a0 Presenting SELF-PUBLISHING 101 workshop with J P McLean at the Creative Ink Festival for Writers and Readers.\u00a0 <\/span>‘ll also be on three panels: Designing Character Backgrounds, Creating Believable Characters, and Write What You Know, Write What You Want.<\/span><\/p>\n 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,\u00a0<\/p>\n Feb. 10, 2018, Saturday, 12-2 pm, Book Signing at Coles bookstore, Driftwood Mall, Courtenay, B.C.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Oct. 21, 2017, Saturday, 5-7 pm, Book Signing at the Surrey International Writers Conference, Sheraton Guilford Hotel, Surrey, B.C. PUBLIC IS WELCOME.<\/p>\n May 3, 2017: Novel Writing Workshop, North Vancouver Library, North Vancouver, B.C. \u00a06:30 pm – 8 pm.<\/p>\n Feb. 21, 2017.\u00a0 Book Reading, Canadian Federation of University Women Comox Valley at the White Spot in Courtenay, B.C. 11:30 am -12:30 pm<\/p>\n November 26, 2016: Indie Author Book Fair, West Vancouver Library, West Vancouver, B.C. 10 am to 1 pm.<\/p>\n November 15, 2016:\u00a0Book Club Meeting, Campbell River.\u00a0I’ll be\u00a0discussing my novel, A CRY FROM THE DEEP.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n October 19, 2016. At a\u00a0Psychotherapists’ Group, Vancouver,\u00a0I’ll be discussing my novel,\u00a0THE RUBBER FENCE\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n October 8, 2016,\u00a0Book Fair, Courtenay Library, Courtenay, B.C.\u00a0Book signing of novels 10 am-12:45 pm<\/p>\n October 8, 2016, Presentation on Self-Publishing, Campbell River Library, Campbell River, B.C. 2 pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n April 28, 2016.\u00a0Talk on Self-Publishing, Courtenay Library, Courtenay.<\/p>\n April 21, 2016. International Twitter Chat, hosted by Porter<\/p>\n Anderson<\/p>\n April 16, 2016.\u00a0North Shore Writers’\u00a0Festival, North Vancouver,\u00a0on a panel about Self-Publishing.<\/p>\n April 10, 2016\u00a0Book Launch of\u00a0THE RUBBER FENCE\u00a0<\/em>at CampbellRiver library.\u00a0<\/p>\n April 7, 2016.\u00a0Book Club Meeting, Vancouver, by Skype,\u00a0novel,\u00a0A CRY FROM THE DEEP<\/em><\/p>\n January 30, 2016.\u00a0Book Signing at Laughing Oyster Book Shop, Courtenay, B.C.\u00a0<\/p>\n January 12, 2016,\u00a0Book Club, Campbell River, discussion about\u00a0A CRY FROM THE DEEP.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n BOOK SIGNINGS of ALONG CAME A GARDENER Saturday, April 26, 2025, 11am -1pm, Mulberry Bush Bookstore in Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island Saturday, April 26, 2025, 2-4 pm, Fireside Books, Parksville,… <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2892","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1LuVB-KE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2455,"url":"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/contact\/","url_meta":{"origin":2892,"position":0},"title":"CONTACT","author":"Diana Stevan","date":"21 \u0421\u0456\u0447\u043d\u044f, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 I love hearing from readers. 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BOOK READING and SIGNING<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
BOOK SIGNING<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
LITERARY WEBINAR<\/h4>\n\n\n
ART TALK<\/h4>\n
MEET THE AUTHOR EVENT<\/h4>\n
OPEN MIC\u00a0<\/h4>\n
VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH<\/h4>\n
BOOK READING<\/h4>\n
MEET THE AUTHORS<\/h4>\n
Nov. 21, 2019 \u00a0NORTH SHORE AUTHORS CELEBRATION\u00a0<\/h6>\n
Oct. 17-18, 2019 AUTHOR READING and SIGNING<\/h6>\n
BOOK TOUR<\/h4>\n
May 24, 2019 BOOK TOUR<\/h6>\n
May 17, 2019 BOOK TOUR\u00a0<\/h6>\n
May 7, 2019\u00a0BOOK LAUNCH\u00a0<\/h6>\n
PREVIOUS EVENTS<\/h4>\n
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