Dina Del Bucchia

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Dina Del Bucchia is the author of five collections of poetry, Coping with Emotions and Otters (Talonbooks, 2013), Blind Items (Insomniac Press, 2014), Rom Com (Talonbooks, 2015), written with Daniel Zomparelli, and It’s a Big Deal! (Talonbooks, 2019), You’re Gonna Love This (Talonbooks, 2019). She also hosts Can’t Lit, a podcast on Canadian literature and culture, with Jen Sookfong Lee. Her short story, "Under the 'I'," was a finalist for the Writers' Trust RBC Bronwen Wallace Award in 2012. Her first collection of short stories, Don’t Tell Me What to Do, was published in fall 2017 with Arsenal Pulp Press. She was the Artistic Director of the Real Vancouver Writers' Series and is on the editorial board of the independent press fine press. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, where she currently is a sessional instructor.

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Dina Del Bucchia was born in the Trail regional hospital and grew up in the small village of Fruitvale, British Columbia. Now she lives in Vancouver. Most of her working life has been spent in bookstores, both independent and big box.

She hosts a podcast with Jen Sookfong Lee called Can't Lit. They interview writers, talk about literature and also pop culture and butts.

Her story, "Under the 'I'"  was a finalist for the 2012 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers.  Coping with Emotions and Otters is her first book (Talonbooks, 2013). Blind Items is her second book (Insomniac Press, 2014). With her podcast co-creator Daniel Zomparelli she published Rom Com (Talonbooks, 2015). Her first collection of short stories, Don't Tell Me What to Do (Arsenal Pulp Press) came out in 2017. Her two newest poetry collections are It’s a Big Deal! (Talonbooks, 2019) and You’re Gonna Love This (Talonbooks, 2024).

Her writing has appeared in literary publications across Canada, and as art in Old Friends’ exhibition Funny Business (Gallery Atsui, Vancouver, 2010). She also performed a one-woman show at the 2005 Vancouver International Fringe Festival.

She's taught creative writing to children and teens at the Vancouver Public Library and as part of the Vancouver Biennale’s Big Ideas program and holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia where she currently teaches courses in writing comedic forms.

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She's was a senior editor of Poetry Is Dead magazine, worked with the Robson Reading Series, and was the Artistic Director of the Real Vancouver Writers' Series. 

Her hosting and event skills have landed her at such great events as the launch of books by Elizabeth Bachinsky, Michael Christie, Jamella Hagen, Alex Leslie, Carol Shaben, John Vigna, Sheryda Warrener, Hannah McGregor, Jen Sookfong Lee and many more. She has hosted PRISM International's 50th anniversary, the Giller Light Bash Vancouver, Griffin Vancouver, and was a coordinator of the Jewish Book Festival, and has performed at the Vancouver Writers Festival, Victoria Festival of Authors, Verses Festival of Words, the Galiano Literary Festival, the Whitehorse Poetry Festival, the Ottawa International Writers’ Festival and some others that she can't remember for various reasons.

She has also performed at comedy events like Millennial Line, Say Wha?!, Teen Angst, and as part of storytelling and comedy festivals and events across Vancouver.

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