Events | Book*hug Press - Part 80

Vancouver Writers Festival presents Leanne Dunic, author of To Love the Coming End

Revue Stage 1601 Johnston St., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Vancouver Writers Festival presents "True Confessions and Tall Tales", featuring Leanne Dunic, author of To Love the Coming End. Also with Dina Del Bucchia, Hera Lindsay Bird and Dawn Dumont. A zany mix of quiz show, stand-up comedy, music, confessions and more is probably what’s in store tonight—but who knows? New Zealand poet Hera Lindsay […]

$20

Stratford Writers Festival presents Marianne Apostolides and Catherine Mellinger

Revel Cafe 37 Market Pl., Stratford, ON, Canada

Stratford Writers Festival presents The Perfect Pairing: Combining Art and Literature, with Marianne Apostolides, author of Deep Salt Water, and artist Catherine Mellinger. Writing a successful novel takes patience, attention to detail, and a love for storytelling. The art of storytelling through the written word is creative and engaging—aspects to which visual artists can relate. […]

Stratford Writers Festival presents Marianne Apostolides

Knox Presbyterian Church, Amphitheatre 142 Ontario St., Stratford, ON, Canada

Stratford Writers Festival presents My Life: Memoirs as Told By Grief, with Marianne Apostolides, author of Deep Salt Water. Also with Glenn Dixon and Lorina Mapa. Moderated by Alison Wearing. Glenn Dixon travels to Verona to deal with the devastation of a broken heart. Marianne Apostolides describes searching far and wide for a way to […]

Vancouver Writers Festival presents Sylvain Prudhomme, author of The Greats

Studio 1398 3rd Floor, 1398 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Vancouver Writers Festival presents Fact AND Fiction, with Sylvain Prudhomme, author of The Greats. Also with Cary Fagan and Akhil Sharma. Event Number: 77 Tickets: $20.00 Fact AND Fiction Cary Fagan, Sylvain Prudhomme, Akhil Sharma Saturday, October 21 2:00pm Studio 1398 1398 Cartwright St., 3rd Floor Real-life experiences: tether or springboard? Three authors who use […]

Stratford Writers Festival presents Lee Maracle

Knox Presbyterian Church, Amphitheatre 142 Ontario St., Stratford, ON, Canada

Stratford Writers Festival presents History and the Need to Heal, with Lee Maracle, author of My Conversations with Canadians. Also with Eden Robinson and Drew Hayden Taylor. Moderated by Candy Palmater. Drew Hayden Taylor introduces readers to a robot that feels grief for brutality against First Nations peoples. Lee Maracle brings us into the lives […]

IFOA presents Jennifer LoveGrove and David B. Goldstein

International Festival of Authors 235 Queen's Quay West, Toronto, ON, Canada

IFOA presents "Poetic New Worlds", with Jennifer LoveGrove (Beautiful Children with Pet Foxes) and David B. Goldstein (Lost Originals). Also reading: Roo Borson, Mireia Calafell, Amanda Earl,  John Nyman, Nicholas Power, Stuart Ross and Dane Swan. This event will feature 2016 CBC Poetry Prize winner Michael Fraser. Hosted by Phoebe Wang. Presented in partnership with […]

IFOA presents Toronto Lit Up Launch of Launches with Jennifer LoveGrove and Shannon Bramer

Harbourfront Centre Toronto, ON, Canada

Celebrate with the Toronto Arts Council and IFOA the first year of the Toronto Lit Up programme. Meet authors Jennifer LoveGrove (Beautiful Children with Pet Foxes), Shannon Bramer (Precious Energy), Diana Biacora, David Bradford, Claire Cameron, Domenico Capilongo, Nicole Chin, Dalton Derkson, Jane Farrow, Maureen FitzGerald, Joanna Goodman, Barbara Gowdy, Catherine Graham, Laurie D. Graham,  […]

Free

Ottawa International Writers Festival presents Christine McNair

The Manx 370 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Ottawa International Writers Festival, in partnership with Plan 99, present Christine McNair, author of Charm. Plan 99: Poetry and Prose with Christine McNair, Barbara Sibbald, and Michael Blouin.

Free

Open Sesame Gallery presents Marianne Apostolides, with Catherine Mellinger

Open Sesame 220 King Street West, Kitchener, ON, Canada

Open Sesame Gallery presents Marianne Apostolides, author of Deep Salt Water and artist Catherine Mellinger in converation. Featuring a reading and conversation and art exhibition of Catherine's original collages. Exhibition to run from October 22-November 5, 2017.

Free

IFOA presents Sylvain Prudhomme, author of The Greats

Harbourfront Centre Toronto, ON, Canada

EUNIC @ IFOA New Literature from Europe, and IFOA, present Sylvain Prudhomme, author of The Greats. Encounter Italian author Nicola Lagioia, David Machado from Portugal, Immanuel Mifsud from Malta and French novelist Sylvain Prudhomme, and discover today’s European literature’s rising generation. The discussion will be moderated by Toronto-based author Martha Baillie. Hosted by Beatriz Hausner. […]

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