Events › Tiny Desk Concert with Chris Bose, Elee Kraljii Gardiner and Graham How

Vancouver Public Library's Tiny Desk Concert is a live music and literary performance where artists play music or share verse in a small, intimate setting. It emphasizes the authenticity of music and storytelling rather than grandiose production values.

Join us for VPL's first TDC featuring Chris Bose, the 2025 Indigenous Storyteller in Residence, The City of Vancouver's Poet Laureate for 2025-2027, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, and special musical guest, Graham How with How Sound.

If it's a nice day, we'll be out in the rooftop garden space just outside the Yosef Wosk Poets' Corner on Level 9!
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Chris Bose is a writer, musician and multi-disciplinary artist hailing from Kamloops, B.C. A member of the Nlaka’pamux and Secwepemc Nations, Chris has been a professional storyteller for almost 30 years. His work has been published in a variety of publications and exhibited in galleries. He has also shared traditional Nlaka’pamux and Secwepemc stories at schools, festivals, and cultural events across Canada.

Elee Kraljii Gardiner is a writer, editor, and creative mentor living in Vancouver. She is the author of 2 poetry books, Trauma Head, which investigates the experience of stroke, and serpentine loop, which considers gender and physicality through the idea of ice. She is also editor of the anthologies Against Death: 35 Essays on Living and V6A: Writing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside with John Asfour. For a decade she ran Thursdays Writing Collective, a beloved drop-in program for DTES residents that produced 10 anthologies.

Graham How with the band How Sound is a producer, musician and trumpet player. His unique style is cool Trip Hop, Acid Jazz and Break beats

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To find out more about Chris’ residency and keep up with his upcoming events visit: vpl.ca/storyteller

Please register. Registration is required to attend and space is limited.