TIFA presents Animal Conversations, with Joni Murphy, author of Talking Animals, and Laura Jean McKay. Interviewer: Jessica Johnson What if animals could talk? What would they tell us about our society? Australian author and lecturer Laura Jean McKay (The Animals in That Country) and American writer and artist Joni Murphy (Talking Animals) take us into the minds of wildlife […]

Join Another Story Bookshop and Book*hug Press for the virtual launch of You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked. by Sheung-King. Hosted by Mahak Jain. Featuring a reading by Sheung-King, a screening of the book trailer with an introduction by Maari Sugawara, and an interview with Mahak Jain. Registration is required to directly participate […]

TIFA presents 'Modern Love, Betrayal and Ourselves', with Shani Mootoo, author of Polar Vortex, and Noor Naga. Moderated by Jade Colbert. Can we ever truly know the people we love? Are we ever free from our pasts? These relationship questions and more are explored in Shani Mootoo’s latest novel, Polar Vortex, shortlisted for the 2020 […]

The Koffler’s Books & Ideas series is pleased to present the official launch of Shani Mootoo’s latest novel, Polar Vortex. The four-time Giller Prize-nominated writer and visual artist will appear in an online conversation with another of Canada’s best-loved writers, Jane Urquhart. In Polar Vortex, Shani Mootoo’s highly anticipated new novel, couple Priya and Alexandra move to […]

Book*hug Press invites you to join us for a virtual Poetry Salon. Featuring short readings by Angela Carr (Without Ceremony), Lise Downe (Propositions and Prayers), Beatriz Hausner (Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart), Julie Joosten (Nought), Kristen Renee Miller (Spawn), Erín Moure (This Radiant Life), Bahar Orang (Where Things Touch: A Meditation on Beauty), and Kate Sutherland (The […]

VerseFest 2020: Translate This, with Catherine Lalonde and Oana Avasilichioaei, author/translator duo of The Faerie Devouring. Featuring: CATHERINE LALONDE MAUDE PILON OANA AVASILICHIOAEI SIMON BROWN // VERSEFEST 2020 ONLINE Over 60 poets in English and French. Highlights include readings, slams, interviews, talks, and up-close festival firsts like our Dial-a-Poet and Writing Spaces segments. All events […]

VerseFest 2020: Transatlantic Showcase, with Julie Morrissy, author of Where, the Mile End. Featuring: ÁSTA FANNEY SIGURÐARDÓTTIR JULIE MORRISSY STEPHEN SEXTON // VERSEFEST 2020 ONLINE Over 60 poets in English and French. Highlights include readings, slams, interviews, talks, and up-close festival firsts like our Dial-a-Poet and Writing Spaces segments. All events free. Visit versefest.ca for […]

Librairie Drawn and Quarterly presents the New Reads Book Club: Talking Animals by Joni Murphy. The New Reads Book Club focuses on contemporary literature and is hosted by Drawn & Quarterly staff members. The book club meetings take place every few weeks on ZOOM, and are open to all.  

Join Markham Public Library as they interview author Sheung-King about his debut novel, You are Eating an Orange. You are Naked. This novel explores memory and longing that challenges Western tropes and Orientalism. Embracing the playful surrealism of Haruki Murakami and the atmospheric narratives of filmmaker Wong Kar-wai, Sheung-King’s debut is at once lyrical and punctuated, […]