Join us for the Event Horizon: Celebrating Books Published in Spring 2020! Launch from the black hole with Marianne Apostolides, author of I Can’t Get You Out of My Mind, Jean Marc Ah-Sen, Mike Chaulk, Faye Guenther, Mathew Henderson. With host Faisal Butt. Tuesday, June 14, 2022 7 pm Et Mandy's Bistro 123 Danforth Avenue Toronto, […]

Join Beatriz Hausner and Luciano Iacobelli for an in-person launch of their new and recent books: Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart by Beatriz Hausner (Book*hug Press, 2020). Learn more: https://bookhugpress.ca/.../beloved-revolutionary.../ Noctograms by Luciano Iacobelli (Quattro Books, 2022) When: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 Time: 7 - 9 pm EST Where: The Houndstooth, Toronto, ON Free. All are welcome. Books […]

Motherfigure presents The Intersection of Motherhood and Creativity Virtual Panel Discussion with co-editors Stacey May Fowles (@missstaceymay) and Jen Sookfong Lee (@jenleefur) from the new essay collection, Good Mom on Paper: Writers on Creativity and Motherhood (@bookhug_press), in a free, virtual panel discussion event. In celebration of this fundamental conversation and the Motherfigure community, all […]

Book*hug Press, in partnership with De Stiil Books, invites you to celebrate the launch of Celine Huyghebaert's Governor General's Literary Award-winning novel, Remnants, translated from the French by Aleshia Jensen. Join us in person or virtually via a live stream. All are welcome. People attending in person are asked to please consider wearing a mask. […]

Book*hug Press, in partnership with Another Story Bookshop, invites you to celebrate a night of prose, poetry, and comedy. Readings by Therese Estacion (author of Phantompains), Bahar Orang (author of Where Things Touch), Liz Howard, and Andrea Werhun. Hosted by comedian Courtney Gilmour. Wednesday, June 29, 2022 7 - 9 pm ET Now & Later 1007 […]

Pride In The Word is hosted by its renowned co-founder, Billeh Nickerson, author of Duct-Taped Roses. The largest Pride literary event in Canada features six writers bringing an intersectional lens to our 2SLGBTQIA+ communities with words and performance. Featuring: Tawahum Bige, who is Lutselk’e Dene and Plains Cree and Two-Spirit, reading from his new collection, Cut to […]

Join Nic Brewer (Suture), Emily Kellogg, Anuja Varghese, and Andrew Wilmot for a reading and discussion on queer literary horror, at specialty Toronto bookstore and cafe Little Ghosts! (This event has been rescheduled from its original date on June 28). Sunday, July 3, 2022 5 pm EDT Little Ghosts 930 Dundas Street West Toronto, ON […]

Ochre Fest presents Come Home Characters. Featuring readings from three stellar authors home to Newfoundland: Aimee Wall, author of We, Jane, Gerard Collins and Olivia Robinson & live music by Zay Nova. Friday, July 8, 2022 8 pm Newfoundland time | 6:30 pm EDT Route 70, Ochre Pit Cove, NL A0E 3E0, Canada Tickets $25 […]