Events

by Eve Lazarus on May 23, 2014

Testimonials


“It was a true pleasure to host Eve Lazarus for a reading of Murder by Milkshake at the Powell River Public Library,” says Mark Merlino, adult services coordinator. “Eve is a very engaging natural storyteller. Her presentation of the events surrounding the murder of Esther Castellani was exceptionally professional. It felt almost like watching a polished documentary production. After the fact, more than one person in the audience told me that Eve’s author reading was the best one that our Library has ever hosted and I fully agree.”

“Eve Lazarus is an engaging public speaker who moves seamlessly between stories about heritage buildings, true crime and ghosts. Never one to shy away from the dark side of human behaviour, Eve's carefully researched murder stories are so compelling that they elicited muttered outrage and gasps of horror from her audience. Her passion for history and built heritage is unmistakable!” Aimee Greenaway, Friends of BC Archives board member

“Eve Lazarus is an engaging public speaker who moves seamlessly between stories about heritage buildings, true crime and ghosts. Never one to shy away from the dark side of human behaviour, Eve's carefully researched murder stories are so compelling that they elicited muttered outrage and gasps of horror from her audience,” says Aimee Greenaway, Friends of BC Archives board member. “Her passion for history and built heritage is unmistakable!”

“Eve gave a riveting talk at the Police Museum on the Pauls’ murders and left the entire crowd wanting more,” says Catherine Rose, Vancouver Police Museum. “We received overwhelmingly positive feedback.”

“Eve's presentation on Sensational Victoria was fantastic,” says Lindsay Williams, Galiano Literary Festival. “She was enthusiastic and truly passionate about her research. Eve engaged her audience and shared her knowledge and stories with great energy. This was a lovely book and she presented it in a wonderful way.”

“It was a delight having you talk,” says Bruce M. Watson, vice-president, Vancouver Historical Society. “I counted 93 people, all of them hanging on to your every word. Your slides were well chosen and your presentational thoughtful.”

“Talk about sensational!,” says Heidi Schiller, Librarian, Readers’ Services and Customer Engagement, North Vancouver City Library. “Eve’s presentation is lively, engaging, humorous and informative. She is also a delight to work with.”

"Eve Lazarus spun fascinating tales of Vancouver's unsavoury past, illustrated with historical photos of corrupt cops' increasingly lavish homes and the everyday-looking houses where chilling unsolved murders took place. Library patrons kept coming back to me at the Information Desk for days afterwards, commenting about how much they had enjoyed her presentation." Lise Kreps, Librarian, McGill Branch, Burnaby Public Library

Events

I regularly give talks on everything from the secrets behind Vancouver’s heritage houses to unsolved murders, and I love sharing a room with people who are as passionate about unconventional history and the writing process as I am. Please get in touch if you a looking for a speaker for your next event.

Past speaking engagements include:

Eve Lazarus Vancouver Police Museum

Saturday October 14 at 1:15 p.m.
  • Word Vancouver, September 16, 2023. A conversation with Aaron Chapman about Cold Case BC and true crime.
  • Vancouver Archives, Sunday April 23, 2:00. Is Van Tan the oldest nudist camp in Canada or is it just an urban myth? What’s the story behind the polka dot house on East 3rd? Who blew up the courthouse lion? What really happened to the Englesea Lodge? Join Eve Lazarus, as she takes you through some of her favourite stories from her book Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the city’s hidden history.
  • North Shore Writers Festival at West Vancouver Library
Eve Lazarus and John Ackermann North Vancouver Writer's Festival
Eve Lazarus and Iona Whishaw
  • Vancouver Historical Society: History, Heritage Buildings and Murder,” November 24, 2022:
  • Museum of North Vancouver: History, Heritage Buildings and Murder in North Vancouver,” September 20, 2022

February 19, 11:30 Vancouver Convention Centre

 

2019
  • BC Genealogy Society – Blood, Sweat, and Fear
  • City of Vancouver Book Award 2019
  • Editors of BC at the Vancouver Public Library
  • New Westminster Public Library
  • Word Vancouver: Vancouver Public Library
  • Port Moody Public Library“From Police Corruption and Brothels to Forensics and Murder: A Crime Romp Through our Torrid Past.”
  • “From Police Corruption and Brothels to Forensics and Murder: A Crime Romp Through our Torrid Past.” Friends of the BC Archives, Royal BC Museum, Victoria

Island Link Tour:

Incite, Vancouver Writers Festival and the Crime Writers of Canada at the Vancouver Public Library

 

 

Real Vancouver Writers Series, Russian Hall

2018

  • Crime Romp through Vancouver’s Torrid Past: Vancouver Public Library, with Aaron Chapman, November 2017
  • Burnaby Public Library, Blood, Sweat, and Fear, October 2017
  • Vancouver Lookout , Historic Crime: early forensic investigations,  October 2017
  • Word Vancouver, Blood, Sweat, and Fear; September 2017
  • North Vancouver District Library, Capilano Branch, June 2017.
  • Book launch for Blood, Sweat, and Fear, Vancouver Police Museum, June 2017
  • A Whisky Library: Fundraiser for the Lynn Valley Library, May 2017
  • The Unsolved Murder of Jennie Eldon Conroy. Vancouver Police Museum Speaker’s Series, April, 2017
  • UBC Bookstore, Authors for Indies, April 2017

  • Vancouver’s Greatest Mysteries; November 2016; Book Warehouse Main Street, with Caroline Adderson and Aaron Chapman
  • West Vancouver Memorial Library: Sensational Vancouver: an illustrated presentation about the famous and the infamous, the ordinary and the extraordinary, filtered through the house in which they lived, September 2016
  • Vancouver Historical Society: Sensational Vancouver: a romp through the city’s dark side, May 2016
  • Lynn Valley Library: Vancouver’s first triple murder,  May 2016
  • Vancouver Public Library with Caroline Adderson and Michael Kluckner,  April 2016
  • Burnaby Public Library: Unsavoury Vancouver,  April 2016
  • Vancouver Police Museum – Cold Case Vancouver at the morgue, November 2015
  • Book Launch for Cold Case Vancouver, November 2015; Pat’s Pub at the Patricia Hotel
  • Secrets, Booze & Rebellion, Lynn Valley Library, with Aaron Chapman and Daniel Francis, April 2015
  • Lynn Valley Library, Heritage Week, Sensational Vancouver, February 2015
  • The People’s Co-op Bookstore, 1391 Commercial Drive, December 2014
  • North Vancouver City Library, Local Author Series, Wednesday, November 2014
  • The Royal Hotel, Chilliwack – an evening of spooky stories and a tour of the historic hotel, October 2014
  • Word Vancouver, September 2014, Sensational Vancouver
  • Book Launch, Vancouver Police Museum, August 2014, Sensational Vancouver
  • The Canadian Author’s Association: June 2014
  • Vancouver Police Museum, April 2014: “The Pauls Murder—did Vancouver have a serial killer?”
  • Galiano Literary Festival, February 2014
  • Britannia Shipyards, September 2013
  • Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria, May 2013
  • Vancouver Historical Society, March 2013, “The amazing life of Alvo von Alvensleben”
  • North Vancouver Museum and Archives, February 2013; Co-presented workshop on researching your home’s history

Teaching:

School Visits:

  • Powell River Library: workshop for teens, April 2019
  • Vancouver Tech, grade 12 law class for Vancouver Writers Festival School Outreach Program, May 2016 and May 2017
  • Argyle Secondary, grade 12 law class, February 2016
  • Visiting author to elementary schools as part of the BC Federation of Writers Off the Page program in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

 

4 comments on “Events”

Good to see an upcoming talk for the BCGS on the schedule, Eve. Now I’ll have to read “Blood Sweat and Fear” which is on my shelves. Looks like I have plenty of time to fit it in.

Hi Eve,
I couldn’t get to south Surrey for your book signing. Are you having any other book signings before Christmas in the fraser valley? Im in Langley.
Thank you
Debbie

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