Vancouver Writers Fest presents The Poetry Bash, with Billeh Nickerson (author of Duct-Taped Roses), and Chantal Gibson, Bertrand Bickersteth, Molly Cross-Blanchard, Joseph Dandurand, and Rob Taylor. Hosted by Aislinn Hunter. This is an in-person ticketed event. All speakers will appear in-person on stage, except in unforeseen circumstances. Presented in partnership with KPU Creative Writing. 8:00 […]

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents Edges and Changes: Aimee Wall (author of We, Jane) and Kavita Bedford, hosted and moderated by Stacey May Fowles. Tickets available via the TIFA website here.    

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents Maria Stepanova (author of the Booker Prize shortlisted In Memory of Memory) in conversation with Heidi Reitmaier. Tickets available via the TIFA website here.

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents The Body Poetic: Therese Estacion (author of Phantompains) and Charlie Petch in an evening of poetry and conversation. Hosted and moderated by Catherine Graham. Tickets available online via the TIFA website here.

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents Can You Hear Me Now? with Shani Mootoo (author of Giller Prize shortlisted Polar Vortex). Tickets available via the TIFA website here.  

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents Begin By Telling with Meg Remy (Juno and Polaris Prize-nominated musician and author of Begin by Telling) for a hybrid presentation of music, readings and conversation. Tickets available via the TIFA website here.

Join Book*hug Press to celebrate the virtual launch of award-winning poet Talya Rubin's latest collection, Iceland Is Melting and So Are You, which explores the urgency of the climate emergency. Wyn Cooper, author of The Way Back, writes, "Iceland Is Melting and So Are You is a fierce and melancholy collection of poems that both, […]

Join Book*hug Press on Saturday, November 13 to celebrate the virtual launch of Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language, edited by Eufemia Fantetti, Leonarda Carranza, and Ayelet Tsabari. In a review for Quill and Quire, Sheniz Janmohamed writes, “Astonishingly consistent in calibre, Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language is one of the finest […]

The Gender Matters Speaker Series at Queen's University presents a book launch for Permanent Revolution featuring a reading by Gail Scott and a conversation with Trish Salah. Hosted by the Department of Gender Studies. Wednesday, November 17, 2021 12 pm EST On Zoom. Reserve tickets here.