Vancouver Writers Fest presents The Sunday Brunch, with Derek Mascarenhas, author of Coconut Dreams. What could be a more blissful way to spend a Sunday morning than sipping mimosas and eating freshly baked pastries with good friends? Why, listening to internationally acclaimed authors read to you live from their most recent works, of course. Authors […]

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents a Festival Pop-up: Union Station, with Julie Morrissy, author of Where, the Mile End. The Toronto International Festival of Authors has partnered with Union Station again to bring the second annual "Festival Pop-up" to Toronto's busiest commuter interchange. Hosted by Antanas Sileika, the pop-up will spotlight a select line-up […]

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents a Reception to Celebrate Book*hug's 15th Anniversary. Book*hug (formerly BookThug) launched in 2004, with the commission of its first title from the International Festival of Authors. Since then, it’s continued to publish innovative and daring works that meaningfully contribute to and reflect contemporary culture. Join us in toasting Book*hug’s […]

Antigone Bookstore presents Johanna Skibsrud, author of The Nothing That Is. Reading with Brandon Shimoda.

Verb Wellington Festival presents By the Stars: Writing Place, with D. Nandi Odhiambo, author of Smells Like Stars. Writers Diane Comer and D. Nandi Odhiambo talk with Ella Borrie about how place informs their writing and the stories they want to tell. Diane is author of The Braided River: Migration and the Personal Essay and […]

Verb Wellington Festival presents a reading with D. Nandi Odhiambo, author of Smells Like Stars. Nandi Odhiambo won the 2018 Elliot Cades Award for Literature for an Established Writer. His latest novel Smells like Stars is set in a Pacific tourist haven and follows four characters who are each fighting for love against layers of […]

McNally Robinson Booksellers and Winnipeg International Writers Festival, as part of their Voices in the Circle initiative celebrating Indigenous writing in Canada, present An Evening with Lee Maracle, Columpa Bobb & Tania Carter, co-authors of Hope Matters.