HIJ House Reading Series #20 presents Andre Alexis, Gary Barwin and Alissa York. Join us at BookThug HQ for an intimate and cozy afternoon of readings and pie. All are welcome.

BookThug, in partnership with McNally Robinson Booksellers - Saskatoon, invite you to an evening with Adrienne Gruber, author of Buoyancy Control.

Resonance Reading Series presents Sandra Ridley, author of Silvija, and Joni Murphy, author of Double Teenage. Also featuring rob mclennan, Joseph Denham, Kasia Juno, and Owain Peach Nicholson.

BookThug invites you to the Peterborough, ON, launch of Involuntary Bliss by Devon Code. With special guest reader, Jonathan Bennett, author of The Colonial Hotel. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.

Mary Gervais, Windsor's Poet Laureate, presents an evening of Song and Spoken Word, featuring Phil Hall, author of Conjugation. Also featuring readings by Melanie Janisse-Barlow and Samantha Badao, and musicians Crissi Cochrane, Soul Brother Mike and Aaron Hrastovec.

BookThug invites you to celebrate the launch of the English translation of Testament by Vickie Gendreau, translated by Aimee Wall. With a reading by Aimee Wall and featuring special guests TBA. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Book sales courtesy of Librairie Le port de tête.

Wordfest presents a Poetry Cabaret, featuring Sandra Ridley, author of Silvija. Also reading: Shane Book, Jane Byers, Jillian Christmas, Anne Fleming, Helen Hajnoczky, Richard Harrison, Richard Kelly Kemick, and Lee Maracle.

Wordfest presents a Poetry Workshop with Sandra Ridley. Workshop Description: A ninety-minute session on the bodywork and fine-tuning of the mechanics and dynamics of your poems will help polish and over-haul them for submission. Your work will be read and discussed in a supportive environment facilitated by Sandra Ridley. Participants will be encouraged to provide […]

BookThug presents the Toronto launch for Involuntary Bliss by Devon Code. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.

International Festival of Authors Lit On Tour presents IFOA Woodstock with Jacob Wren, author of Rich and Poor. Also reading: Lisa de Nikolits and John Jantunen.

North Grenville Public Library presents an Ontario Public Library Week poetry reading by Sandra Ridley, author of Silvija. Also featuring local historian Dr. David Shanahan.

IFOA and The Literary Press Group present a Celebration of Independent Canadian Literary Publishers, as part of the 2016 International Festival of Authors. Featuring readings by Moez Surani, author of Operations, as well as Nyla Matuk and Matt Cahill. There will be refreshments, games, All Lit Up treat bags, and, of course, books! All can […]

International Festival of Authors (IFOA) presents Sound and Verse, featuring Phil Hall, author of Conjugation. Also reading: Maureen Hynes, Sylvia Legris and Mark Wagenaar.

Ottawa International Writers Festival presents a Poetry Cabaret, featuring Sandra Ridley, author of Silvija. Also with Stuart Ross, Stephen Brockwell and Gregory Scofield.

Open Sesame presents an evening with Moez Surani, author of Operations.

Lexicon Books presents an evening with Sandra Ridley, author of Silvija. Also reading: Talya Rubin.

Atwater Poetry Project presents a reading by Margaret Christakos, author of Her Paraphernalia: On Motherlines, Sex, Blood, Loss and Selfies. Reading with Shannon Webb-Campbell.

Resonance Reading Series presents a reading by Margaret Christakos, author of Her Paraphernalia: On Motherlines, Sex, Blood, Loss and Selfies. Reading with Ashley-Elizabeth Best, Michael Prior, Rob Taylor and Michelle Winters.

Pivot Reading Series presents Erin Wunker, author of Notes from a Feminist Killjoy: Essays on Everyday Life. Also reading: Stevie Howll, Rob Taylor and Leesa Dean.

St. Jerome’s University presents 'Confessions of a Feminist Killjoy', a talk and reading by Erin Wunker, author of Notes from a Feminist Killjoy. An event in support of HeForShe, UN Solidarity Women Movement for Gender Equality. Free. Open to all.

The U of Waterloo Women’s Studies Student Society and Women’s Studies Program invite you to a special event with feminist author, advocate for women in the literary arts, professor, and blogger Erin Wunker, author of Notes from a Feminist Killjoy. Dr. Wunker will be discussing her book and what it means to be a feminist […]

Open Sesame presents an evening with Erin Wunker, author of Notes from a Feminist Killjoy: Essays on Everyday Life.

BookThug invites you to the Toronto launch of How to Draw a Rhinoceros by Kate Sutherland.

Swoon Reading Series presents Swoon: A Literary Evening of Love, Sex, & Chocolate (& Cheesecake!), featuring Adrienne Gruber, author of Buoyancy Control. Also with Chelene Knight, author of the forthcoming Dear Current Occupant (BookThug 2018), Kamile Kapel, Claire Matthews & Laura Yan. Hosted by Ruth Daniell and Sierra Skye Gemma.

Off the Page Fest presents a book launch and reading with Erin Wunker, author of Notes from a Feminist Killjoy. Also with Johanna Skibsrud.

Off the Page Fest presents 'The Kitchen Table, or We Need to Talk About Lionel Shriver': a panel with Erin Wunker, author of Notes from a Feminist Killjoy, plus Madelyne Beckles, Kai Cheng Tom, Fariha Roisin, Trish Salah. This panel brings together some of Canada’s leading academics, writers, and artists to discuss issues of cultural […]