Events | Book*hug Press - Part 64

Vacant Nobodies presents Moez Surani

Mây 876 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON

Vacant Nobodies #2, with Moez Surani, author of Operations. Also with Jowita Bydlowska, Khashayar Mohammadi Sarah Feldbloom and Rudrapriya Rathore. Hosted by Fawn Parker & Sophie McCreesh.

Free

Eden Mills Writers’ Festival presents David Goudreault and JC Sutcliffe

Eden Mills Writers' Festival Eden Mills, ON

Eden Mills Writers' Festival presents En Francais et En Anglais, with David Goudreault and JC Sutcliffe, author and translator of Mama's Boy. Also with Julie Demers and Mauricia Segura. The 30th annual Eden Mills Writers' Festival runs from 12pm-6pm. Tickets available: $20 in advance or $25 at the gate. Purchase online tickets here.

The Sawdust Reading Series presents Sandra Ridley

Bar Robo 692 Somerset St W, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

The Sawdust reading series presents Sandra Ridley, author of Silvija and The Counting House. Also with Alastair Larwill, Allie Duff, Manahil Bandukwala, Avonlea Fotheringham and Sanita Fejzić. The Sawdust Reading Series is celebrating four years of awesome poetry by bringing the incredible Sandra Ridley to the stage, as well as as many of the year's Poem-Off winners as we […]

Free

Toronto Lit Up presents The Unpublished City II

Harbourfront Centre, Lakeside Terrace Room 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Toronto International Festival of Authors and Book*hug presents the release of The Unpublished City, Volume  II, a follow up to The Unpublished City, finalist for the 2018 Toronto Book Awards. In this iteration, the collection features creative non-fiction from Toronto’s emerging literary talents as part of the Toronto Lit Up book launch series. The anthology […]

Free

Word on the Street Plus+ presents Lee Maracle

Harbourfront Centre, Studio Theatre 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON

Word on the Street Plus + presents Conversations + with Lee Maracle, author of My Conversations with Canadians, in conversation with Daniel Heath Justice.

Free

Fraser Valley Literary Festival presents Chelene Knight

University of the Fraser Valley, Student Union Building 33844 King Road, Abbotsford, BC

Fraser Valley Literary Festival presents (In)Formed, a panel featuring Chelene Knight, author of Dear Current Occupant. Also with Nicola Campbell, Kevin Spenst and Jen Currin. Moderated by Renee Saklikar. This event is Free for students (registration required) and $10 for the general public.

The Word on the Street presents Hana Shafi

Harbourfront Centre Toronto, ON, Canada

The Word on the Street presents 'Daily Affirmations,' with Hana Shafi, author of It Begins with the Body. Also with Najwa Zebian. Candid and in-demand poetry that unveils the wisdom hidden within ourselves and the everyday. Hana Shafi and Najwa Zebian offer readers work which converges with the diverse poetics of self-care, feminist conviction, and empowering […]

Free

Word on the Street presents Lee Maracle, 2018 Toronto Book Awards Finalist

Word on the Street Toronto Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Word on the Street presents Lee Maracle, author of My Conversations with Canadians, 2018 Toronto Book Awards Finalist. Lee will read from My Conversations with Canadians at 1:30 pm and again at 4:00 pm at the Toronto Book Awards Tent.

Free

The Word on the Street presents Gwen Benaway

Harbourfront Centre Queens Quay, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Word on the Street presents 'Transmission,' with Gwen Benaway, author of Holy Wild. Also with Casey Plett. Featuring a reading and Q&A. Hosted and moderated by Jael Richardson. Drawing on their real-life experiences and family histories, Gwen Benaway and Casey Plett present prose and poetry that explore different facets of trans identities. Vibrant Voices of Ontario […]

Free

The Word on the Street presents Catherine Fatima

Harbourfront Centre Toronto, ON, Canada

The Word on the Street presents 'The (Modern) Lives of Girls and Women,' with Catherine Fatima, author of Sludge Utopia. Also with Paige Cooper. Fierce debuts that tap into the resilience of a tested woman. Paige Cooper and Catherine Fatima bring us toughness and wit in stories about refusing to compromise and the struggles of living […]

Free
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