Meet the Author
Adult Book Club
This is an opportunity to interact with a diverse line-up of exciting, contemporary authors in an intimate setting. An open-ended discussion format embraces the interests of all participants. Be prepared for a series of evenings rife with intellectual stimulation and social camaraderie!
Meet the Author
Robert French
CAPTIVE
January 22, 2026
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
$30 + GST
Drinks and light fare provided. Wine supplied by Sage Hayward Vineyards
How do you track down a lost teenager, when everyone else who has tried to find her ends up missing or dead?
PI Cal Rogan goes to Hong Kong to search for a teenager who disappeared while on vacation. Her brother, who went looking for her, has also vanished. As Cal investigates, he discovers that hunting for this girl is a death warrant... and he’s next on the list. While Cal struggles to stay alive, his partner Nick is dealing with a blackmail case which goes horribly wrong and puts the whole firm in jeopardy.
If you like mystery thrillers, with characters you’ll fall in love with, and which keep you up nights turning pages, check out Captive now and just see if you can put it down.
“This might be one of Mr French’s best … who am I kidding, ALL the books in the series are excellent. In Captive, Cal travels outside Canada, which adds a new twist. The characters make you care, the action is furious, and there are enough mysteries and red herrings to keep one guessing to the end. Do yourself a favour and read this entire series! (✭✭✭✭)”
Robert French is a former software developer, former actor, turned author of the Cal Rogan Mysteries. Born in Oxford, he now lives in his beautiful adopted city, Vancouver. It has taken him many years and several books (either partial or failed) to learn the writers' craft. We invite you to enjoy the six Cal Rogan Mysteries. Six days a week you can see him at the Vancouver Public library hunched over the computer working on the next book in the series, as yet untitled.
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Jen Sookfong Lee
Superfan:
How Pop Culture Broke My Heart
April 24th, 2024
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
$30 + GST
ABOUT THE BOOK:
A memoir in pieces that uses one woman’s life-long obsession with pop culture as a lens to explore family, grief, the power of female rage, Asian fetish, and what it’s cost to resist the trap of being a “good Chinese girl.”
Jen’s first memoir, Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart, was published by McClelland & Stewart in 2023, becoming an instant bestseller before being named a Best Book of 2023 by both the Globe & Mail and Apple Books. Called “a dazzling, kaleidoscopic memoir” by the Toronto Star, Superfan was also featured on the Today Show, The Social, and eTalk.
REVIEW:
“Superfan is a book you will want to simultaneously hug close to your chest and press insistently into others’ hands. There is such honesty, intelligence, warmth, and vulnerability to these essays that, when you finally put them down, you’ll feel breathless—a little sad it’s over, but ultimately full, invigorated, as if you’ve just ended an evening of deep, intimate conversation with your best friend. It takes a rare talent to pull this feat off—and Jen Sookfong Lee is that talent. I love this book.”
—Alicia Elliott, author of A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
ABOUT JEN:
A familiar voice on radio and podcasts, Jen was a columnist for CBC Radio One’s On the Coast, All Points West, and The Next Chapter for many years and was also a frequent co-host of the Studio One Book Club. She also taught fiction at The Writers’ Studio Online at Simon Fraser University for six years. Currently, she co-hosts the literary podcast, Can’t Lit, with Dina Del Bucchia and acquires and edits for ECW Press. Jen is represented by Samantha Haywood at the Transatlantic Agency.
Born and raised in East Vancouver, Jen now lives in North Burnaby with her son and very emotional rescue dog.
Drinks and refreshments provided. Sponsored by Sage Hayward Vineyards.
