![Frances Peck holding a cobra-shaped pen, about to sign a copy of her novel, The Broken Places.](https://francespeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Word-Vancouver2-768x1024.jpg)
What fun to celebrate reading and writing in person again at Word Vancouver! On Sunday, September 25, at SFU Harbour Centre, I took part in the panel “Editors Aren’t (Always) Evil” (the recording is on YouTube); mixed and mingled with an exhilarating assortment of authors and readers; and even signed a few books—including, memorably, with the “signature” Cobra Pen belonging to fellow NeWest Press author A.J. Devlin.
![Authors Frances Peck, Eve Lazarus and Tara Moss standing in front of several artworks at SFU Harbour Centre.](https://francespeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Word-Vancouver1-cropped.jpg)