Versefest Ottawa presents Laila Malik, author of archipelago, as part of their Opening Night Session 1. Also featuring Anita Lahey, Marjorie Silverman, and Monty Reid. Hosted by Jennifer Baker/ARC Poetry Magazine. Thursday, March 21, 2024 7:00-8:30 pm ET Avant-Garde Bar, 135 Besserer St, Ottawa, ON Free to attend!  

Versefest Ottawa presents Sandra Ridley, author of Vixen, as part of their Third Night- Session 2 lineup! Also featuring Madeline Stratford and David O'Meara. Hosted by Zishad Lak. Saturday, March 23, 2024 9:00 - 10:00 pm ET Red Bird, 1165 Bank St, Ottawa, ON $12 admission.

  Art Bar Poetry Series presents an evening of Book*hug authors, featuring Laila Malik (archipelago), Hana Shafi (People You Know, Places You've Been), and Beatriz Hausner (She Who Lies Above). Monday, March 25, 2024 7:00 – 9:00 pm ET Free Times Café, 320 College St, Toronto, ON $10.00 Entry

Shannon Webb-Campbell, author of Lunar Tides and I am a Body of Land, will be reading at Medical Colonialism and Poetry as part of Poetry Month at the Waterloo Regional Campus. Also featuring Sarah de Leeuw. Wednesday, April 3, 2024 7:00 - 8:00 pm EST Waterloo Regional Campus, 10b Victoria St S, Kitchener, ON Free!

Olive Reading Series presents Beatriz Hausner, author of She Who Lies Above, Enter the Raccoon, and Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart as part of their April 2024 Edition. Also featuring Greg Bechtel. Wednesday, April 10, 2024 7:00 pm Rooster Kitchen, 10732 82 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB Free

Type Books Queen presents an evening of poetry in translation with Erín Moure, translator of you and This Radiant Life by Chantal Neveu. Wednesday, May 1, 2024 6:30 - 8:00 pm ET Type Books, 883 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON Free to attend!

gritLIT presents The Poetics of Resistance featuring Shani Mootoo, author of Oh Witness Dey! Also featuring Canisia Lubrin, and hosted by Kai Cheng Thom. Saturday, April 20, 2024 2:00 pm ET Homewood Suites by Hilton, 40 Bay St S, Hamilton, ON Entry is $11.98 + Tax Weekend Pass is $81.21  

Book*hug Press and Type Books Junction invite you to the Toronto launch of Play by Jess Taylor. Featuring a conversation with Marta Balcewicz, author of Big Shadow. With special musical guest Jenny Berkel. Tuesday, April 23, 2024 6:30-8:30 pm ET Type Books Junction, 2887 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON Admission is free. All are welcome to […]

Biblioasis presents Kate Cayley, author of Lent and How You Were Born. With special guest Jade Wallace. Thursday, April 25, 2024 7:00 - 9:00 pm ET Biblioasis, 1520 Wyandotte St E, Windsor, ON Free to attend!

Book*hug Press and Upstart & Crow present the Vancouver book launch for These Songs I Know By Heart by Erin Brubacher. With musical guest Suzie Ungerleider (formerly Oh Susanna). Plus a Q + A led by Leora Morris. Monday, April 29, 2024 7:o0 pm PT Upstart & Crow, 1387 Railspur Alley, Vancouver, BC Admission is free […]