Events | Book*hug Press - Part 12

Vancouver Writers Fest presents Lee Maracle

The NEST (formerly Studio 1398) 3rd Floor, Festival House, 1398 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Writers Fest presents Lee Maracle: A Life’s Work. “A walking history book,” one of the most prolific Indigenous authors in Canada, recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal and an Officer of the Order of Canada, mentor, teacher and Stó:lo— mythmaker/storyteller: Lee Maracle’s work in art and activism places her amongst the most influential—and […]

Vancouver Writers Fest presents Derek Mascarenhas

Performance Works 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Vancouver Writers Fest presents The Fiction of Belonging, with Derek Mascarenhas, author of Coconut Dreams. Canada’s new generation of authors write powerfully to the challenge of balancing cultures and communities. Derek Mascarenhas’ nationally lauded Coconut Dreams traces Indian Canadian Aiden and Ally Pinto’s youth, growing up in a predominantly white Canadian suburb. First-generation cultural expectations […]

Librairie Drawn and Quarterly presents Johanna Skibsrud

La Petite Drawn and Quartlery 176 Rue Bernard Ouest, Montreal, Quebec

Librairie Drawn and Quarterly presents a Double Book Launch for Johanna Skibsrud, author of The Nothing That Is, and Karen Houle, author of The Grand River Watershed: A Folk Ecology. Hosted by Erin Moure. Join these two fab writers for readings and conversation! Johanna and Karen descend on D&Q to launch new books in Montreal […]

Free

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents Lee Maracle, Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter

Harbourfront Centre, Lakeside Terrace Room 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents Hope Matters, with Lee Maracle, Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter. Throughout their youth, Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter wrote poetry with their mother, 2018 Harbourfront Festival Prize winner, Lee Maracle. The three always dreamed that one day they would write a book together. Hope Matters is the result of […]

Zinc Bar 82 West 3rd Street, New York City, New York

Segue Reading Series presents Divya Victor, author of Kith. Also reading: Zaina Alsous. Segues Reading Series is curated by Andrea Abi Karam and Rebecca Teich.

Free

Vancouver Writers Fest presents Derek Mascarenhas

Performance Works 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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

Union Station, West Wing 65 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario

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 […]

Free

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents Julie Morrissy

Harboufront Centre, Brigantine Room 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON, Canada

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents An Evening of Poetry, with Julie Morrissy, author of Where, the Mile End. Also reading: Jay MillAr, Co-Publisher at Book*hug Press. The mighty spoken word will ignite the night air with razor-sharp work by some of the world’s leading contemporary poets. This is a showcase of the poetry world’s […]

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents Rune Christiansen

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents Rune Christiansen, author of Fanny and the Mystery in the Grieving Forest. The writers in this forum tackle the difficult themes of grief and loss in childhood, in their latest works. Acclaimed Norwegian poet and novelist Rune Christiansen presents Fanny and the Mystery in the Grieving Forest, Taiwanese author […]

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents a Reception to Celebrate Book*hug’s 15th Anniversary

Harbourfront Centre, Lakeside Terrace Room 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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 […]

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