diff --git a/event/bus.go b/event/bus.go
index ac0334f4..d038cea0 100644
--- a/event/bus.go
+++ b/event/bus.go
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ import "context"
 
 // Bus is the pub-sub client for Events.
 type Bus interface {
-	// Publish should send the Event to subscribers who subscribed to Events
-	// whose name is evt.Name().
-	Publish(ctx context.Context, evt Event) error
+	// Publish should send each Event evt in events to subscribers who
+	// subscribed to Events with a name of evt.Name().
+	Publish(ctx context.Context, events ...Event) error
 
 	// Subscribe returns a channel of Events. For every published Event evt
 	// where evt.Name() is one of names, that Event should be received from the
-	// returned Events channel. When ctx is canceled, events channel should be
+	// returned Event channel. When ctx is canceled, events channel should be
 	// closed by the implementing Bus.
 	Subscribe(ctx context.Context, names ...string) (<-chan Event, error)
 }
diff --git a/event/eventbus/chanbus/chan.go b/event/eventbus/chanbus/bus.go
similarity index 50%
rename from event/eventbus/chanbus/chan.go
rename to event/eventbus/chanbus/bus.go
index 6e886210..3ca4fef1 100644
--- a/event/eventbus/chanbus/chan.go
+++ b/event/eventbus/chanbus/bus.go
@@ -9,51 +9,71 @@ import (
 
 type eventBus struct {
 	mux   sync.RWMutex
-	subs  map[string]map[chan event.Event]bool
+	subs  map[string]map[subscriber]bool
 	queue chan event.Event
 }
 
+type subscriber struct {
+	ctx    context.Context
+	events chan event.Event
+}
+
 // New returns a Bus that communicates over channels.
 func New() event.Bus {
 	bus := &eventBus{
-		subs:  make(map[string]map[chan event.Event]bool),
+		subs:  make(map[string]map[subscriber]bool),
 		queue: make(chan event.Event),
 	}
 	go bus.run()
 	return bus
 }
 
-// Publish sends the Event to the Event channels that have been returned by
-// previous calls to bus.Subscribe() with evt.Name() as the Event name. If ctx
-// is canceled, ctx.Err() is returned.
-func (bus *eventBus) Publish(ctx context.Context, evt event.Event) error {
-	select {
-	case <-ctx.Done():
-		return ctx.Err()
-	case bus.queue <- evt:
-		return nil
+// Publish sends events to the channels that have been returned by previous
+// calls to bus.Subscribe() where the subscribed Event name matches the
+// evt.Name() for an Event in events. If ctx is canceled before every Event has
+// been queued, ctx.Err() is returned.
+func (bus *eventBus) Publish(ctx context.Context, events ...event.Event) error {
+	for _, evt := range events {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return ctx.Err()
+		case bus.queue <- evt:
+		}
 	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Subscribe returns a channel of Events. For every published Event evt where
 // evt.Name() is one of names, that Event will be received from the returned
-// Events channel. When ctx is canceled, events will be closed.
+// Events channel. When ctx is canceled, events won't accept any new Events and
+// will be closed.
 func (bus *eventBus) Subscribe(ctx context.Context, names ...string) (<-chan event.Event, error) {
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return nil, ctx.Err()
+	default:
+	}
+
 	events := make(chan event.Event, 1)
+	sub := subscriber{
+		ctx:    ctx,
+		events: events,
+	}
+
 	bus.mux.Lock()
 	defer bus.mux.Unlock()
 	for _, name := range names {
 		if bus.subs[name] == nil {
-			bus.subs[name] = make(map[chan event.Event]bool)
+			bus.subs[name] = make(map[subscriber]bool)
 		}
-		bus.subs[name][events] = true
+		bus.subs[name][sub] = true
 	}
 
 	// unsubscribe when ctx canceled
 	go func() {
 		defer close(events)
 		<-ctx.Done()
-		bus.unsubscribe(events, names...)
+		bus.unsubscribe(sub, names...)
 	}()
 
 	return events, nil
@@ -67,23 +87,27 @@ func (bus *eventBus) run() {
 
 func (bus *eventBus) publish(evt event.Event) {
 	subs := bus.subscribers(evt.Name())
-	for _, events := range subs {
-		events := events
-		go func() { events <- evt }()
+	for _, sub := range subs {
+		go func(sub subscriber) {
+			select {
+			case <-sub.ctx.Done():
+			case sub.events <- evt:
+			}
+		}(sub)
 	}
 }
 
-func (bus *eventBus) subscribers(name string) []chan event.Event {
+func (bus *eventBus) subscribers(name string) []subscriber {
 	bus.mux.RLock()
 	defer bus.mux.RUnlock()
-	subs := make([]chan event.Event, 0, len(bus.subs[name]))
+	subs := make([]subscriber, 0, len(bus.subs[name]))
 	for sub := range bus.subs[name] {
 		subs = append(subs, sub)
 	}
 	return subs
 }
 
-func (bus *eventBus) unsubscribe(sub chan event.Event, names ...string) {
+func (bus *eventBus) unsubscribe(sub subscriber, names ...string) {
 	bus.mux.Lock()
 	defer bus.mux.Unlock()
 	for _, name := range names {
diff --git a/event/eventbus/chanbus/chan_test.go b/event/eventbus/chanbus/bus_test.go
similarity index 56%
rename from event/eventbus/chanbus/chan_test.go
rename to event/eventbus/chanbus/bus_test.go
index 13d3a1f0..7849c0bd 100644
--- a/event/eventbus/chanbus/chan_test.go
+++ b/event/eventbus/chanbus/bus_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package chanbus_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -102,18 +104,6 @@ func TestEventBus_Subscribe_multipleNames(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func expectEvent(name string, events <-chan event.Event) error {
-	select {
-	case <-time.After(100 * time.Millisecond):
-		return fmt.Errorf(`didn't receive "%s" event after 100ms`, name)
-	case evt := <-events:
-		if evt.Name() != name {
-			return fmt.Errorf(`expected "%s" event; got "%s"`, name, evt.Name())
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func TestEventBus_Subscribe_cancel(t *testing.T) {
 	bus := chanbus.New()
 
@@ -135,11 +125,119 @@ func TestEventBus_Subscribe_cancel(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// events should be closed
 	select {
-	case _, ok := <-events:
+	case evt, ok := <-events:
 		if ok {
-			t.Fatal("events channel should be closed")
+			t.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("event channel should be closed; got %v", evt))
 		}
 	case <-time.After(10 * time.Millisecond):
 		t.Fatal("didn't receive from events channel after 10ms")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestEventBus_Subscribe_canceledContext(t *testing.T) {
+	bus := chanbus.New()
+
+	// given a canceled context
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	cancel()
+
+	// when subscribing to "foo" events
+	events, err := bus.Subscribe(ctx, "foo")
+
+	// it should fail with context.Canceled
+	if !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
+		t.Error(fmt.Errorf("err should be context.Canceled; got %v", err))
+	}
+
+	// events should be nil
+	if events != nil {
+		t.Error(fmt.Errorf("events should be nil"))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEventBus_Publish_multipleEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	foo := event.New("foo", eventData{A: "foo"})
+	bar := event.New("bar", eventData{A: "bar"})
+	baz := event.New("baz", eventData{A: "baz"})
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		subscribe []string
+		publish   []event.Event
+		want      []event.Event
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "subscribed to 1 event",
+			subscribe: []string{"foo"},
+			publish:   []event.Event{foo, bar},
+			want:      []event.Event{foo},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "subscribed to all events",
+			subscribe: []string{"foo", "bar"},
+			publish:   []event.Event{foo, bar},
+			want:      []event.Event{foo, bar},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "subscribed to even more events",
+			subscribe: []string{"foo", "bar", "baz"},
+			publish:   []event.Event{foo, bar},
+			want:      []event.Event{foo, bar},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "subscribed to no events",
+			subscribe: nil,
+			publish:   []event.Event{foo, bar, baz},
+			want:      nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			bus := chanbus.New()
+			ctx := context.Background()
+
+			events, err := bus.Subscribe(ctx, tt.subscribe...)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("subscribe to %v: %w", tt.subscribe, err))
+			}
+
+			if err = bus.Publish(ctx, tt.publish...); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("publish: %w", err))
+			}
+
+			var received []event.Event
+			for len(received) < len(tt.want) {
+				select {
+				case <-time.After(100 * time.Millisecond):
+					t.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("didn't receive event after 100ms"))
+				case evt := <-events:
+					received = append(received, evt)
+				}
+			}
+
+			// check that events channel has no extra events
+			select {
+			case evt := <-events:
+				t.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("shouldn't have received another event; got %v", evt))
+			default:
+			}
+
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(received, tt.want) {
+				t.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("expected events %v; got %v", tt.want, received))
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func expectEvent(name string, events <-chan event.Event) error {
+	select {
+	case <-time.After(100 * time.Millisecond):
+		return fmt.Errorf(`didn't receive "%s" event after 100ms`, name)
+	case evt := <-events:
+		if evt.Name() != name {
+			return fmt.Errorf(`expected "%s" event; got "%s"`, name, evt.Name())
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/event/mocks/bus.go b/event/mocks/bus.go
index df16bc12..6061c3bc 100644
--- a/event/mocks/bus.go
+++ b/event/mocks/bus.go
@@ -35,17 +35,22 @@ func (m *MockBus) EXPECT() *MockBusMockRecorder {
 }
 
 // Publish mocks base method
-func (m *MockBus) Publish(ctx context.Context, evt event.Event) error {
+func (m *MockBus) Publish(ctx context.Context, events ...event.Event) error {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
-	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "Publish", ctx, evt)
+	varargs := []interface{}{ctx}
+	for _, a := range events {
+		varargs = append(varargs, a)
+	}
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "Publish", varargs...)
 	ret0, _ := ret[0].(error)
 	return ret0
 }
 
 // Publish indicates an expected call of Publish
-func (mr *MockBusMockRecorder) Publish(ctx, evt interface{}) *gomock.Call {
+func (mr *MockBusMockRecorder) Publish(ctx interface{}, events ...interface{}) *gomock.Call {
 	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
-	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "Publish", reflect.TypeOf((*MockBus)(nil).Publish), ctx, evt)
+	varargs := append([]interface{}{ctx}, events...)
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "Publish", reflect.TypeOf((*MockBus)(nil).Publish), varargs...)
 }
 
 // Subscribe mocks base method