Events | Book*hug Press - Part 20

GritLIT: Hamilton’s Readers & Writers Festival presents Hana Shafi

HOMEWOOD SUITES BY HILTON 40 Bay Street South, Hamilton, ON

GritLIT: Hamilton’s Readers & Writers Festival presents Poetry Decoded, with Hana Shafi, author of It Begins with the Body. Also with Linda Frank, Shane Neilson, and Adam Sol. Metrophobia, or fear of poetry, is a surprisingly-common affliction, yet poetry predates written text as a form of communication. Poets Linda Frank, Shane Neilson, Hana Shafi and […]

gritLIT: Hamilton’s Readers and Writers Festival presents Derek Mascarenhas

HOMEWOOD SUITES BY HILTON 40 Bay Street South, Hamilton, ON

gritLIT: Hamilton's Readers and Writers Festival presents Author Speed Date (Special Format), with Derek Mascarenhas, author of Coconut Dreams. Also with: Jennifer Robson, Claire Tacon, Perparim Kapllani. Hosted by Annette Hamme and Melanie Cummings. A fun, new, interactive event! Authors will visit with guests at their tables for 15 minutes and then move on – […]

Toronto launch of Coconut Dreams by Derek Mascarenhas

Another Story Bookshop 315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON

Book*hug and Another Story Bookshop present the launch of Coconut Dreams by Derek Mascarenhas. Featuring a reading from the book, followed by a conversation with Terese Pierre. Free. Accessibility information: The entrance to Another Story Bookshop is accessible with an e-door but the bathroom is down a narrow flight of stairs.

Free

Colorado College’s Visiting Writing Series presents Divya Victor

Tutt Library, Colorado College 1021 N Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado College's Visiting Writing Series presents Divya Victor, author of Kith. This event will be a release celebration for Divya Victor’s new book, “Curb,” printed and published by The Press at Colorado College. Project/event desc: "CURB is an artist’s book commissioned by The Press at Colorado College, designed and made by the visionary printer Aaron […]

Free

TIFA presents Spring Debut: Fragmented Narratives, with Derek Mascarenhas

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents Spring Debut: Fragmented Narratives, with Derek Mascarenhas, author of Coconut Dreams. This spring, celebrate the budding voices of three Canadian debut authors: Tea Mutonji (Shut Up You’re Pretty, Arsenal Pulp Press), Derek Mascarenhas (Coconut Dreams, Book*hug) and Bindu Suresh (26 Knots, Invisible Publishing). The writers will join author Catherine […]

Book*hug Spring 2019 Launch Party

The Garrison 1197 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Book*hug invites you to celebrate the launch of our Spring 2019 season! There is much to celebrate! This year marks our 15th anniversary -- 15 years of adventures in literary publishing! -- and we have a stellar line-up of books coming your way, this season and next. Please join us in Toronto on Wednesday, May […]

Free

Epic Books presents Adrienne Gruber

Epic Books 226 Locke Street South, Hamilton, ON

Epic Books presents an evening of readings. Poets Adrienne Gruber, author of Q&A, will read wiht Emma McKenna (Chenille or Silk, Caitlin Press) and Elizabeth Ross (After Birth, Palimpsest Press) will read from their newest collections.

Free

DESS récits et médias autochtones presents a talk with Lee Maracle

DESS récits et médias autochtones Pavillon 3744 Jean-Brillant, Room 104, Montrael, QC

DESS récits et médias autochtones,presents 'Hope Matters', a Conference and Reading with Lee Maracle. Renowned Sto:lo writer and speaker Lee Maracle will give a talk entitled "Hope Matters" and read from her forthcoming book of the same title (Book*hug). As part of her Montreal visit to promote the translation of her novel Ravensong (Le chant […]

Free

University of Chicago presents a reading by Divya Victor

The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society 5701 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL

The Department of English Language and Literature at University of Chicago presents A Poetry Reading & Panel Discussion on Contemporary Writing and the Migrant Experience, with Divya Victor, author of Kith, and Edourdo Corral. Panel also featuring Rachel DeWoskin, Edgar Garcia and Vu Tran. To celebrate the launch of the Undergraduate Research Module on Poetry […]

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