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Alex Leslie @ in/verse Monthly Poetry Reading

Online

Join us for In/Verse on Saturday, April 8th at 2:00 pm by registering here (bcwriters.ca/events-for-writers) and a Zoom link for the event will be sent to you. When it’s time for the event you can click on the Zoom link to join the event. Speakers: Kayla Czaga is the author of three poetry collections—For Your Safety […]

Free

Alessandra Naccarato @ gritLIT 2023 “Earth Day Conversations Pt. 2” Panel

Homewood Suites by Hilton 40 Bay Street South, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

gritLIT’s second Earth Day-themed event looks at whether ordinary people making small changes can have an impact. Poet ryan fitzpatrick (Sunny Ways) leads the conversation with short story writer Rebecca Campbell (Arboreality), essayist/poet Alessandra Naccarato (Imminent Domains: Reckoning with the Anthropocene) and Sheila Murray, author and co-founder of CREW (Community Resilience to Extreme Weather) about […]

$13.96

Adebe DeRango-Adem @gritLIT 2023 “On Belonging” Panel

Homewood Suites by Hilton 40 Bay Street South, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Adebe DeRango-Adem’s poetry collection (Vox Humana) explores the ways to reclaim voice from the de-voicing effects of racism and institutional violence. Jamie Chai Yun Liew’s debut novel (Dandelion) explores one immigrant family’s perseverance to survive despite the constant fear and uncertainty of being stateless. Join the authors and host Renata Hall for a discussion of […]

$13.96

Shani Mootoo @ Eden Mills Writers’ Festival

Online

Online Event Featuring Shani Mootoo and host Linda Morra Join the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival for a new series that explores the life of some of Canada’s most interesting storytellers. Take a deep dive into their early influences, what inspires their work, pivotal moments in their careers, and their writing habits and processes. Our fourth […]

Free

Marta Balcewicz on The First Thirty presented by Junction Reads

IGTV / Instagram Live

On April 27th Marta Balcewicz will be on Instagram Live with the folks from The First Thirty to chat about her novel, BIG SHADOW. . "In an unnamed town in the summer of 1998, Judy is an isolated and inexperienced teenager on the cusp of adulthood struggling to craft an identity for herself—especially as the […]

Free

River Halen @ The Violet Hour Reading (Blue Metropolis Festival)

Espace Godin 10 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

River Halen, author of Dream Rooms, will be participating in the Violet Hour Reading on April 28th as part of the 25th Blue Metropolis Festival. Join them on April 28th at Espace Godin (Hôtel 10) in Montréal. 10:00 PM ET. Come and hear some of the literary voices from the LGBTQ+ community!        

River Halen @ The Atwater Poetry Project (Blue Metropolis Festival)

Espace Godin 10 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

River Halen, author of Dream Rooms, will be participating in The Atwater Poetry Project as part of the 2023 Blue Metropolis Festival. Join them in Montréal on April 29th at Espace Godin (Hôtel 10) at 9:30 PM ET. This special Blue Metropolis festival edition of the Atwater Poetry Project features T. Liem, Kasia van Schaik and River […]

Places Like These Hybrid Book Launch

McNally Robinson Booksellers- Grant Park 1120 Grant Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Join Lauren Carter for the hybrid launch of her short story collection, Places Like These. Read more here. Thursday, May 4, 2023 7:00 pm McNally Robinson Booksellers, 4000-1120 Grant Ave, Winnipeg, MB FB event page here. Free. All are welcome. Streaming via YouTube

The FOLD 2023 presents Alessandra Naccarato @ The Great Readception

The Rose Theatre Brampton 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton, Brampton

The Festival of Literary Diversity 2023 (The FOLD) presents The Great Readception, with Alessandra Naccarato, author of Imminent Domains: Reckoning with the Anthropocene. Also with Ali Hassan, Anuja Varghese, Catherine Hernandez, Elamin Abdelmahmoud, and Jen Sookfong Lee. Hosted by Tea Mutonji. This in-person evening event, a unique sampling of festival authors read from their works […]

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