Events | Book*hug Press - Part 2

Real Vancovuer Writers’ Series presents Chelene Knight.

Russian Hall 600 Campbell Avenue, Vancovuer, BC

Real Vancovuer Writers' Series presents Chelene Knight, author of Dear Current Occupant. Also with Meghan Bell, Lindsay Wong, Isabella Wang, Molly Cross-Blanchard and Sara Graefe. Hosted by Dina Del Bucchia and Sean Cranbury. This event will occur in the lower venue. The space is accessible, has accessible bathrooms, ramps/elevator, wide doors and etc. More detailed […]

Free

Wordfest Calgary presents Hana Shafi

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor 1221 2nd Street SW, Calgary, AB, Canada

Wordfest Calgary presents 'Tasty Bites,' with Hana Shafi, author of It Begins with the Body. Also with Andrea Dorfman. Moderated by Rea Tarvydas. Filmmaker Andrea Dorfman and poet Hana Shafi dissect the intricacies of body image and identity in their visually arresting new books: Flawed and It Begins with the Body. The honesty and humour will be refreshing and provocative for […]

Wordfest Calgary presents Hana Shafi

DJD Dance Centre 111 12 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Wordfest presents 'Poetry Cabaret,' with Hana Shafi, author of It Begins With the Body. Also with Dionne Brand, Benjamin Hertwig, Alice Major, Michael V. Smith, Katherena Vermette and Najwa Zebian. Moderated by Dymphny Dronyk.  Always a Wordfest highlight, we’re particularly thrilled about this year’s cabaret, which highlights Canada’s great breadth of poetic talent and technique. Diverse, […]

Wordfest Calgary presents Chelene Knight

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor 1221 2nd Street SW, Calgary, AB, Canada

Wordfest Calgary presents 'Bionic Women Writers,' with Chelene Knight, author of Dear Current Occupant. Also with Paula Morris, Liz Nugent and Katherena Vermette. As part of our commitment to promote fierce, fearless writing, we’re thrilled to bring back the Bionic Women Writers Showcase for the fourth year. From New Zealand to Ireland and Canada, women are […]

Wordfest Calgary presents Chelene Knight and Hana Shafi

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor 1221 2nd Street SW, Calgary, AB, Canada

Wordfest presents 'Dick Lit's Festival Edition,' with Chelene Knight (Dear Current Occupant) and Hana Shafi (It Begins with the Body). Also with Andrea Dorfman. Moderated by Richard Kelly Kemick. Prove you’re the smartest person in the Imaginarium! Win big-league bragging rights and tasty beverages. All trivia questions are loosely inspired by a particular author’s work, […]

Vancouver Double Book Launch for Kim Trainor and Jennifer Zilm

The Cottage Bistro 4470 Main Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Book*hug and Guernica Editions invite you to a Double Book Launch for Kim Trainor (Ledi, Book*hug) and Jennifer Zilm (The Missing Field, Guernica Editions). Refreshments will be served. All are welcome. Free Book sales by The Paper Hound Bookshop.

Free

Toronto Launch of It Begins with the Body by Hana Shafi

Glad Day Bookshop 499 Church Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

Book*hug and Glad Day Books invite to you join us for the launch party of It Begins with the Body, Hana Shafi's (a.k.a Frizz Kid) debut poetry and illustration book, edited for the press by Vivek Shraya. The night will begin with a performance by the incredible Manghoe Lassi, a queer Muslim drag queen who has been featured on […]

Vancouver Writers Fest presents Chelene Knight

Waterfront Theatre 1412 Cartwright St, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver Writers Fest presents 'Politics & Prose,' with Chelene Knight, author of Dear Current Occupant. Also with Waubgeshig Rice and Javier Zamora. Moderated by John Freeman. Massive economic divides in our world’s wealthiest countries show that the system is broken. It’s evident as one walks along the streets of our most-celebrated cities and along the roads of our smallest […]

Winnipeg Launch of Smells Like Stars by D. Nandi Odhiambo

McNally Robinson Booksellers 3130 8 St E., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Book*hug and McNally Robinson Booksellers present the Winnipeg launch of Smells Like Stars by D. Nandi Odhiambo. Grant Park location, in the Travel Alcove.

Free

Vancouver Writers Fest presents Chelene Knight

Granville Island Stage 1585 Johnston St., Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Writers Fest presents 'The Things We Inherit', with Chelene Knight, author of Dear Current Occupant. Also with Peter Gajdics, Elizabeth Hay and Lindsay Wong. Moderated by Betsy Warland. The lives of our parents are an inextricable stream running through our own, whether we like it or not. This brook of memories may include psychological […]

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