Thanks to the National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts, celebrated author Shani Mootoo will be doing a livestream reading from her the comfort of her home on Thursday, April 23, at 3pm EST on Instagram Live. Shani will read from her new novel, Polar Vortex. Join Shani on Instagram at @shani_mootoo/ The #CanadaPerforms […]

Join Shannon Webb-Campbell, author of I am a Body of Land, LIVE on Instagram at @we.are.visitors from 12 pm (Atlantic) on Thursday, April 30th for a #nationalpoetrymonth reading.

Join us on Zoom for the virtual launch of Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart by Beatriz Hausner. Please RSVP to hazel@bookhugpress.ca. You will be mailed a link to join the invite closer to the actual date.  

All Lit Up brings you its first-ever Indie Reading Room, a series dedicated to bringing readings into the comfort of your home twice a week! About this Event Join us on Zoom for our virtual readings from authors Brad Casey who will read from his debut short story collection The Handsome Man (Book*hug Press) and […]

McGill University's 'Poetry Matters' Series presents Tact, Distance, Excavation: An Evening with Kim Trainor, author of Ledi, Jason Camlot, and Avleen K. Mokha. Featuring readings and a Q&A. Kim Trainor will also present, Integument, a 10-minute poetry film she made based on Ledi, with original music score by Hazel Fairbairn.

Eden Mills Writers Festival In Your Own Backyard presents Looking Backward, Looking Forward, a panel with Shani Mootoo, author of Polar Vortex. Also with Souvankham Thammavongsa and John Elizabeth Stinzi. Moderated by Farzana Doctor. Navigating the present with one foot in the past, these three new works of fiction explore the dizzying and transformative effect […]