Book Launch Event with Author Kyla Bourgh

BOOK AUTHOR EVENT
Cadine 3345 Cambie Street, Vancouver
Thursday, October 22nd, 2026
5:00 - 6:30pm
Free Admission
RSVP here

 

Cadine is pleased to invite you to a book signing for French Ending / Une fin française by author and illustrator Kyla Bourgh on Thursday, October 22nd. This is an opportunity to meet with the author and hear her anecdotes about the fateful summer that inspired this metafiction. RSVP and preorder your own book signed by the author here.

French Ending / Une fin française was written by Kyla Bourgh during a two-month artist
residency in a small town in France and illustrated later by the author in Vancouver. 
Breaking away from conventional forms, Bourgh's prose unfolds as a fluid stream of conscious-
ness where emotions, thoughts, and metafiction narratives intertwine. Moving through moments of misunderstanding, humour, and vulnerability, Bourgh questions the limits of expression while revealing the surprising possibilities that emerge through fragmented language.

French Ending / Une fin française is bilingual in French and English with a version to be released in 2027 in English and Spanish. The book was created collaboratively with book designer, illustrator and graphic designer Viviana Maidanik, from Argentina and her publishing house Claraquel Edicione. The collaboration combined collective skills sets and connections. The book will tour France, Canada and Argentina.

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Kyla Bourgh is a Canadian artist and writer born in 1978. She is a graduate of the Master of Visual Arts program at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. She co-published Post Feminist Post from 2016-2019. French Ending is her first book published under her given name. It is also her first illustrated book. She lives and works in Vancouver BC ... for now.

Antonio Werli (b. 1980) is a translator from Spanish, Italian and English (Stefano D’Arrigo, Alberto Laiseca, Ronerto Bolaño, Ricardo Zelarayán, among others). He’s also an independent publisher and visual artist.

Claraquel Ediciones is an independent publishing project by Viviana Maidanik. It moves between reality and fiction in a playful, sensory and intimate way. From the margins of the book, it seeks out narratives where the visual and the literary enhance one another.

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Kyla Bourgh est une artiste et écrivaine canadienne née en 1978. Elle est diplômée d’un master en arts visuels de l’Université d’art et de design Emily Carr. Elle a co-éditié The Post Feminist Post de 2016 à 2019. French Ending est son premier livre publié sous son véritable nom. C’est également son premier livre illustré. Elle vit et travaille à Vancouver... pour l’instant.

Antonio Werli (France, 1980) est traducteur de l’espagnol, de l’italien et de l’anglais (Stefano D’Arrigo, Alberto Laiseca, Roberto Bolaño, Ricardo Zelarayán, entre autres). Il est aussi éditeur indépendant et artiste visuel.

Claraquel Ediciones est une maison d’édition indépendante fondée par Viviana Maidanik, qui navigue entre réalité et fiction de manière ludique, sensible et intime. Depuis les marges du livre, elle explore des récits où le visuel et le littéraire se nourrissent l’un l’autre.