The Ottawa Writers Festival presents Poetry Cabaret, with Shani Mootoo (author of Cane | Fire), Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Phoebe Wang, and Michael Crummey. Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of live poetry! Read more here. Sunday, October 23, 2022 4:30 pm ET Christ Church Cathedral 414 Sparks St. Ottawa, ON Ticket info: Tickets can be purchased here. *Ticket holders […]

Come celebrate the launch of Karl Jirgens' new book, The Razor's Edge. With special guest readers Beatriz Hausner (author of Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart and Enter the Raccoon), Gary Barwin, and Stan Rogal. Sunday, October 23, 2022 7 pm Supermarket 268 Augusta Ave Toronto, ON

 The Tranzac Club presents Minstrels and Bards: Halloween Edition, with Beatriz Hausner (author of Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart and Enter the Raccoon), Al Moritz, Kate Rogers, Stephen Humphrey, Clela Errington, and Maggie Fraser. We are celebrating Halloween with fine poetry and music. The features will be in costume. Anyone who comes to the event is encouraged […]

Tree Reading Series celebrates the release of Imminent Domains: Reckoning with the Anthropocene! With featured readers Alessandra Naccarato and Farah Ghafoor. Naccarato will also lead a special workshop called "The Lyric Essay as a Love Note to the World." Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Workshop at 7:00 pm ET Readings at 8:00 pm ET Followed by an […]

Wild Writers Festival presents Getting Published: The Things They Don’t Tell You, with Aimee Wall (author of We, Jane), Laura Rock Gaughan, Emmy Nordstrom-Higdon, and Pamela Mulloy. There are many unique industry quirks that factor into the experience of trying to get your book published. Find out from industry experts Laura Rock Gaughan, Emmy Nordstrom-Higdon, Pamela Mulloy, […]

Wild Writers Festival presents Echoes of History: Writing the Overlooked Stories, with Aimee Wall (author of We, Jane) and Pamela Mulloy, in conversation with Laura Rock Gaughan. Writers often look to the past to make sense of the present and use historical events as a way of examining contemporary life. So how do writers give […]

Join Eufemia Fantetti (co-editor of Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language) and Terri Favro for readings from their latest books and a lively discussion about how the Italian Canadian experience inspires their -creative non-fiction and speculative fiction. Thursday, November 3, 2022 6:00 pm ET Queen Books, 914 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON All are […]

Book*hug Press and Flying Books invite you to join us to celebrate the launch of Alessandra Naccarato's new book, Imminent Domains: Reckoning with the Anthropocene! Naccarato will be in conversation with Ian Keteku. Thursday, November 3, 2022 6:30 -8:00 pm ET Flying Books, 784 College St., Toronto, ON FB event page here. Admission is free. […]

Atwater Poetry Project presents the Holiday Book Fair Poetry Showcase, with River Halen (author of Dream Rooms), Prathna Lor, and Trynne Delaney. Presented in partnership with the Association of English language Publishers of Quebec. Event page here. Thursday, November 3, 2022 7:00 - 8:00 pm Atwater Library Adair Auditorium, 1200 Atwater Ave, Westmount, QC (Use 4023 Tupper St. entrance)