The Giller Foundation Book Club presents Aimee Wall
Zoom WebinarThe Giller Foundation presents Aimee Wall, author of We, Jane in conversation with author and 2021 jury member Megan Gail Coles as part of the The Giller Book Club. Guests will be given the opportunity to ask Aimee questions via the Q&A feature. June 6, 2022. 7 - 8 pm EST Zoom webinar. Free to […]
Toronto Word on the Street presents Nic Brewer
Queen's Park Circle: Across the UniverseToronto Word on the Street presents Worthy Sacrifices, featuring Nic Brewer, author of Suture, alongside Assiyah Jamilla Touré and Sydney Hegele. Moderated by Terese Mason Pierre. Read more here. Sunday, June 12, 2022 10 am - 11 am ET Across the Universe Queens Park Circle Toronto, ON
Toronto Word on the Street presents Shani Mootoo
Queen's Park CircleToronto Word on the Street presents Life's Poetic Turns with Shani Mootoo, author of Cane | Fire, Natalie Wee, and Andrew Faulkner. The intersections, reinventions, and growing pains we so often experience in life won’t keep these poets down. Sunday, June 12, 2022 4 pm - 5 pm ET Vibrant Voices of Ontario Queens Park Circle Toronto, […]
Toronto Word on the Street presents Shannon Webb-Campbell
Queen's Park CircleToronto Word on the Street presents Storming the Street: Lee Maracle's Legacy with Shannon Webb-Campbell, author of Lunar Tides and I Am a Body of Land, Cody Caetano, and Drew Hayden Taylor. Lee Maracle’s stories are bold, honest, and gentle where it counts. Lee has given generations of writers inspiration, and readers a truly incredible oeuvre. We […]
Event Horizon presents Marianne Apostolides
Mandy's Bistro 123 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, ON, CanadaJoin us for the Event Horizon: Celebrating Books Published in Spring 2020! Launch from the black hole with Marianne Apostolides, author of I Can’t Get You Out of My Mind, Jean Marc Ah-Sen, Mike Chaulk, Faye Guenther, Mathew Henderson. With host Faisal Butt. Tuesday, June 14, 2022 7 pm Et Mandy's Bistro 123 Danforth Avenue Toronto, […]
Precipice of Words: A Book Launch at the Houndstooth with Beatriz Hausner
The Houndstooth 818 College Street, Toronto, ONJoin Beatriz Hausner and Luciano Iacobelli for an in-person launch of their new and recent books: Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart by Beatriz Hausner (Book*hug Press, 2020). Learn more: https://bookhugpress.ca/.../beloved-revolutionary.../ Noctograms by Luciano Iacobelli (Quattro Books, 2022) When: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 Time: 7 - 9 pm EST Where: The Houndstooth, Toronto, ON Free. All are welcome. Books […]
Motherfigure presents Stacey May Fowles and Jen Sookfong Lee
OnlineMotherfigure presents The Intersection of Motherhood and Creativity Virtual Panel Discussion with co-editors Stacey May Fowles (@missstaceymay) and Jen Sookfong Lee (@jenleefur) from the new essay collection, Good Mom on Paper: Writers on Creativity and Motherhood (@bookhug_press), in a free, virtual panel discussion event. In celebration of this fundamental conversation and the Motherfigure community, all […]
Launch for Remnants by Celine Huyghebaert, translated by Aleshia Jensen
De Stiil Books 351 Avenue Duluth E, MontréalBook*hug Press, in partnership with De Stiil Books, invites you to celebrate the launch of Celine Huyghebaert's Governor General's Literary Award-winning novel, Remnants, translated from the French by Aleshia Jensen. Join us in person or virtually via a live stream. All are welcome. People attending in person are asked to please consider wearing a mask. […]
Troubling and Dreamy: A Night of Prose, Poetry and Comedy with Therese Estacion and Bahar Orang
Now & Later 1007 Bloor Street West, TorontoBook*hug Press, in partnership with Another Story Bookshop, invites you to celebrate a night of prose, poetry, and comedy. Readings by Therese Estacion (author of Phantompains), Bahar Orang (author of Where Things Touch), Liz Howard, and Andrea Werhun. Hosted by comedian Courtney Gilmour. Wednesday, June 29, 2022 7 - 9 pm ET Now & Later 1007 […]
Pride in the Word: Hosted by Billeh Nickerson
Victoria Conference Centre 720 Douglas Street, Victoria, BCPride In The Word is hosted by its renowned co-founder, Billeh Nickerson, author of Duct-Taped Roses. The largest Pride literary event in Canada features six writers bringing an intersectional lens to our 2SLGBTQIA+ communities with words and performance. Featuring: Tawahum Bige, who is Lutselk’e Dene and Plains Cree and Two-Spirit, reading from his new collection, Cut to […]
