Pride 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 […]

Join Nic Brewer (Suture), Emily Kellogg, Anuja Varghese, and Andrew Wilmot for a reading and discussion on queer literary horror, at specialty Toronto bookstore and cafe Little Ghosts! (This event has been rescheduled from its original date on June 28). Sunday, July 3, 2022 5 pm EDT Little Ghosts 930 Dundas Street West Toronto, ON […]

Ochre Fest presents Come Home Characters. Featuring readings from three stellar authors home to Newfoundland: Aimee Wall, author of We, Jane, Gerard Collins and Olivia Robinson & live music by Zay Nova. Friday, July 8, 2022 8 pm Newfoundland time | 6:30 pm EDT Route 70, Ochre Pit Cove, NL A0E 3E0, Canada Tickets $25 […]

Join us to celebrate the launch of Daniel Sarah Karasik's new poetry collection, Plenitude! With guest readers Bahar Orang (Where Things Touch) and Jody Chan. Tuesday, July 19, 2022 7 - 9 pm ET Read more on the FB event page Bickford Park Toronto, ON All are welcome. There is a covered area beneath the […]

Join Syd Hegele and Nic Brewer (Suture) for an evening of reading and conversation! This event is hosted by Another Story Bookshop, located in Roncesvalles Village in the west end of Toronto. EVENT POSTPONED - NEW DATE/TIME TBC Another Story Bookshop 315 Roncesvalles Ave Toronto, ON FB event page here

WE, JANE. WE, THE NORTH: SMUTBURGER ABORTION TEACH-IN with AIMEE WALL With the overturning of Roe v Wade in the US, what can we learn and relearn about the practice of abortion in Canada? Aimee Wall, the author of the 2021 Giller-longlisted novel We,Jane, about woman-led, unsanctioned abortion care in rural Newfoundland, joins us to […]

Royal City Literary Arts Society presents Poetry in the Park with Hasan Namir, author of Umbilical Cord, and Evelyn Lau. This reading is part of a summer poetry series -  two feature poets and an open mic each week. Wednesday, August 3, 2022 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm PT Queen's Park Band Shell New Westminster, […]

Join for the inaugural FERTILE FESTIVAL: Blasted Tree Garden Party with Aaron Tucker, author of Catalogue d'oiseaux, and Kyle Flemmer, w/ Leslie Joy Ahenda and MA|DE. Curated by The Blasted Tree, Gap Riot Press & KFB Saturday, August 6, 2022 3 pm ET Great Escape Book Store (KFB East) Back Lane space 957 Kingston Road Toronto, ON Buy tickets, […]

Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts presents Hope Matters: Tribute to Lee Maracle. Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter will be joined on stage by award-winning composer and traditional singer of the Lil’wat Nation, Russell Wallace, to celebrate Maracle’s incredible life, work and legacy. Read more here. Saturday, August 13, 2022 4 pm Rockwood Centre, 5511 Shorncliffe Ave, Sechelt […]