Word Vancouver presents Finding Home with Derek Mascarenhas, author of Coconut Dreams. Also with Nilofar Shidmehr and Souvankham Thammavongsa. Hosted By: Kaie Kellough. Enjoy these three authors who read and speak to their short story collections examining how identity shifts between old world traditions and new world identities. Free registration via Eventbrite.

Speakeasy Reading Series presents Derek Mascarenhas, author of Coconut Dreams. Also reading: Canisia Lubrin and Eufemia Fantetti, Jonathan Bessette, and Evren Sezgin. ***Zoom info will be posted in this Facebook event on Sunday, September 20.***

Word Vancouver presents Writing Through the Generations with Lee Maracle, Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter, co-authors of Hope Matters.   Keeping it in the family—What do we pass on to our kids? What do our kids pass on to us? In today's world, we need to pass on hope for tomorrow for everyone. This family […]

Toronto Word on the Street, in partnership with the Toronto Book Awards, presents Writing Healthcare: Impressions from a Pandemic, with Bahar Orang, author of Where Things Touch: A Meditation on Beauty. Also with Cathy Crowe, Dr. James Maskalyk, and Dr. Kwame McKenzie. Hosted by Mark Bulgutch. This free event will be live-streamed on the WOTS […]

Toronto Word on the Street presents Joyous or Sorrowful: Three Toronto Poets of Today, with Beatriz Hausner, author of Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart. Also with Natasha Ramoutar and Joe Fiorito. Hosted by A.F. Moritz. This free online event will be livestreamed on the our WOTS Toronto YouTube channel

Word Vancouver presents Poetics of Place with Alex Leslie, author of Vancouver for Beginners.  Also with Betsy Warland and Trevor Carolan. Hosted by Rob Taylor. Join three accomplished poets as they take you into some of their deepest thoughts while walking various neighbourhoods, whether it is in their own backyard or halfway around the world. […]