About us
Vancouver Literature and Film is for people who still think books, poems, plays, essays, and movies can bite.
Most months, we do a mix of:
- book club discussions
- short story and poetry nights
- Shakespeare and classic literature
- film and documentary discussions
- cinema outings
- gallery, theatre, and art-adjacent meetups
- silent reading parties
This is not school. No one is here to perform being smart. The best rooms are serious without becoming stiff: people bring real questions, strong reactions, disagreements, favorite scenes, and the one line that would not leave them alone.
If you want art to feel alive instead of assigned, this is probably your room.
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Upcoming events
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❄️🎭 The Winter’s Tale - jealousy, false certainty, and repair
Trees Organic Coffee 738 Granville, 738 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1G3, Canada, Vancouver, BC, CAShakespeare play discussion - read beforehand, no reading aloud.
What this is
Shakespeare has a language barrier. Let’s deal with that early.
Modern English is available. Use it. Side-by-side is fine. Original text is fine. Whatever gets you into the play without pretending the old language is effortless.
We are not reading the play aloud in the room.
The Winter’s Tale is a strange one: jealousy, false certainty, broken families, time, forgiveness, and the hard question of whether repair can ever undo what suspicion destroyed.A few questions for the room
- “Why does false certainty become so dangerous in this play?”
- “When does jealousy stop being emotion and become a worldview?”
- “Can forgiveness repair harm, or only make life possible after it?”
Reading
Original text:
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/the-winters-tale/Modern English:
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/the-winters-taleWhen and where
🗓️ Date: Sunday, October 25th, 2026
🕒 Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
📍 Location: Trees Organic Coffee 738 Granville
738 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1G3, Canada
Meeting point: Inside the cafe at 738 Granville Street; look for Rza.
Cap: 204 attendees
Past events
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