Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts presents Hope Matters: Tribute to Lee Maracle. Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter will be joined on stage by award-winning composer and traditional singer of the Lil’wat Nation, Russell Wallace, to celebrate Maracle’s incredible life, work and legacy. Read more here. Saturday, August 13, 2022 4 pm Rockwood Centre, 5511 Shorncliffe Ave, Sechelt […]

Join Ice Tha One & Shannon Webb-Campbell for a double performance live at the distillery on Wednesday night. Shannon Webb-Campbell will perform a poetry reading from Her latest collection, Lunar Tides. Ice Tha One will perform a set to celebrate the release of her new Hip-Hop album, MONSTAR. Wednesday, August 17, 2022 6 pm The […]

Join for Nico Paulo's Newfoundland Summer Tour! On Friday, August 19, Shannon Webb-Campbell will be opening the show, reading from her poetry collection Lunar Tides.  Friday, August 19, 2022 8 pm NL Bannerman Brewery Co. 90 Duckworth St, St. John's, NL Show tickets are for sale at Fred's Records and the night of the show at […]

The inaugural Waterloo Bookfest, organized by the KW Writers Alliance and the City of Waterloo, presents Nic Brewer, author of Suture. The festival will also showcase other authors from the Region of Waterloo at a free downtown market.

Join Argo Bookshop for an in-store Book Club with Anita Anand, author of A Convergence of Solitudes! Having read the book is encouraged, but not required (although there will probably be spoilers). Please note that Argo Bookshop still requires masks in the store.

For many writers, the publishing industry seems to glorify an unceasing outpouring of content. Nic Brewer (author of Suture) and Sienna Tristen see superstars with three, four, five books out in a year, or a poem published apparently every other week. It can feel worryingly like the best (only?) way to achieve satisfaction in publishing […]

After a three-year absence, Book*hug Press is pleased to return to the Athe Fisher Library's biennial Small and Fine Press Fair. The event features some of the country’s finest artists and bookmakers selling their books, illustrations and broadsides. All events at the Fisher are free to the public.

Supercrawl: Hamilton's Music  + Arts Festival presents Nic Brewer, author of Suture. Also featuring readings and discussion from Robert McGill, Sydney Hegele. Moderated by Andrew Wilmot. The event will take place at the reading tent on James Street North. Supercrawl is a free, not-for-profit outdoor music and arts festival that showcases the cultures, businesses and […]

The Eden Mills Writers' Festival presents Her Story, with Chelene Knight (Junie), Martha Bátiz (No Stars in the Sky), and Heather O’Neill (When We Lost Our Heads). Hosted by: Susan G. Cole, writer, activist and former Books Editor at NOW Magazine. Strong but damaged women in crisis. A complicated mother-daughter relationship. An intense and intoxicating […]

Eden Mills Writers' Festival presents What If?, with Cary Fagan (The Animals), Francine Cunningham (God Isn’t Here Today), and Robert McGill (A Suitable Companion for the End of Your Life). Host: Steven W. Beattie is a writer and critic from Stratford, Ontario. What if an ice cream vendor was driven insane by his truck’s song? What […]