Events | Book*hug Press - Part 73

Toronto Public Library and Spark Poetry Festival present Silent No More: Chelene Knight in Conversation with Natasha Trethewey

Toronto Reference Library Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

Spark, The Toronto Public Library's inaugural Poetry Festival, presents Silent No More: Chelene Knight in Conversation with Natasha Trethewey. Natasha Trethewey, the Former US Poet Laureate with roots in Canada, has long been a voice for the lives of African-American working classes. Through her collections which include Domestic Work, Native Guard, Thrall, and Beyond Katrina, […]

Free

Spark Poetry Festival presents CanLit 2.0: Alicia Elliott in Conversation with Gwen Benaway and Chelene Knight

Toronto Reference Library Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

Toronto Public Library's presents the inaugural Spark Poetry Festival, featuring CanLit 2.0: Alicia Elliott in Conversation with Gwen Benaway and Chelene Knight. Writers Chelene Knight (poet & memoirist) and Gwen Benaway discuss their work with Alicia Elliott, exploring both new ways of writing and new ways of reading as CanLit matures. This event is part […]

Free

Blue Metropolis Literary Festival presents Lee Maracle, recipient of 2018 First Peoples Literary Prize

MUSÉE MCCORD 690 rue Sherbrooke ouest, Montreal, ON, Canada

Blue Metropolis Literary Festival presents an award ceremony for Lee Maracle, recipient of 2018 First Peoples Literary Prize. Lee Maracle, a member of the Stó:l ̄o nation, is a critically acclaimed and prolific author, as well as an activist, teacher and expert on First Nations culture and history. She receives the 2018 First Peoples Prize […]

$10.00

Ottawa Writers Festival presents Race, Repression and Resilience with Chelene Knight

Christ Church Cathedral 414 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa Writers Festival presents Race, Repression and Resilience with Chelene Knight and Robyn Maynard. When it comes to race in Canada, there is a tendency in the national discourse to assume that this country doesn’t face the same issues as our neighbours to the south. Join us for a taste of the personal and the […]

Book*hug Spring 2018 Launch Party

The Garrison 1197 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Book*hug invites you to celebrate the launch of our Spring 2018 season! Launching new books by Jacob Wren, Chelene Knight, Steven Zultanski, Aaron Giovannone, Catherine Fatima and two new translations by JC Sutcliffe. Doors at 7pm. Readings to begin at 7:50. Free and open to all. Enjoy readings by the authors. Books will be for […]

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The FOLD presents Lee Maracle

Brampton City Hall Main Atrium, 2 Wellington Street West, Brampton, ON

The FOLD (Festival of Literary Diversity) presents: Extraordinary Stories, featuring Lee Maracle, author of My Conversations with Canadians. Also with: Kim Thuy and Rabindranath Maharaj. Moderated by Carraianne Leung.

Atlantic Book Awards and Festival presents Oisin Curran, author of Blood Fable

Lane's Privateer Inn 27 Bristol Ave, Liverpool, NS, Canada

The 2018 Atlantic Book Awards and Festival presents readings by the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award nominees, including Oisin Curran (Blood Fable), as well Sarah Faber (All is Beauty Now) and Carol Bruneau (A Bird on Every Tree).

Tonic Reading Series presents Mallory Tater

The Heatley 696 East Hastings, Vancouver, BC, Canada

May Tonic presents Mallory Tater, author of This Will Be Good. Also reading: Stevie Howell, Ali Blythe, and Beni Xiao.

Free
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