Strangers on a Train - Spring 2024

Strangers on a Train is a monthly reading series hosted by the Langara College English department, with the goal of encouraging discussion and promoting collaboration among Vancouver’s diverse literary community (and with other Canadian literary communities).

All events are free to attend and are open to the public. 

Upcoming readings: 

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 @ 7PM 
Location: L224, Library Building

Join us for a reading from Evelyn Lau, Langara's Writer in Residence. 

About Evelyn Lau 

Evelyn is a lifelong Vancouverite who has authored 14 books – two bestselling memoirs, a novel, two short story collections and nine volumes of poetry. Her memoir Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid (1989), published when she was 18, was made into a CBC movie starring Sandra Oh in her first major role. Evelyn's prose books have been translated into a dozen languages worldwide; her poetry has received the Milton Acorn People's Poet Award, the Pat Lowther Award for best book of poetry by a Canadian woman, and a National Magazine Award, as well as being shortlisted for the Governor-General's Award and a BC Book Prize. From 2011–2014, Evelyn served as Vancouver's Poet Laureate. Her most recent collection, Cactus Gardens (2022) was named one of CBC's Top 20 poetry books, and was shortlisted for the Vancouver Book Award.

Evelyn has worked with emerging writers/students for decades at SFU Continuing Studies, as well as through previous writer-in-residencies at UBC, University of Calgary, Kwantlen University and Vancouver Community College. She has served on many local and national literary prize juries, and published in over a hundred journals and anthologies over the course of her writing life.