Name: Anakana Schofield: Library of Brothel
Start: 2026-06-13T15:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-13T16:00:00-07:00
Location: 303 E 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, British Columbia V5T 1S1

Western Front is pleased to present an afternoon with the writer Anakana Schofield to launch her latest novel 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘭 (Knopf Canada, 2026). Loosely inspired by the architecture and atmosphere of Western Front’s own building, the novel imagines a precarious and unruly space shaped by labour, care, and collective survival.
“𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯? 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯. 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦.”
𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 “𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘭”: 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘙𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺: 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦?
The event will begin with a conversation with curator, cultural worker, and writer Caitlin Jones, and will be followed by a reading from the book by Schofield.
Copies of 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘭 will be available for purchase at the event from Pulpfiction Books. Tea, coffee, and light refreshments will also be served.
Presented in partnership with Knopf Canada and Pulpfiction Books.