Toronto Lit Up and Book*hug Press invite you to join Lindsay Zier-Vogel for the virtual launch of her debut novel, Letters to Amelia. Hosted by Michelle Arbuckle, and featuring a reading by Dani Kind of Netflix’s Working Moms, and an interview moderated by CBC Radio’s Angela Antle! Online via Zoom Webinar. Pre-registration is required to […]

Word Vancouver presents an In Conversation and Poetry Reading with LGBTQ2S+ Guest Curator Hasan Namir, author of Umbilical Cord, and Indigenous Guest Curator Molly Cross-Blanchard. Reading and talk with Indigenous Guest Curator Molly Cross-Blanchard (Exhibitionist, Coach House Press) and LGBTQ2S+ Guest Curator Hasan Namir (Umbilical Cord, Book*hug Press). Hosted by Betsy Warland. 7:00–8:00 PM PST

Word on the Street Toronto presents Lindsay Zier-Vogel for an outdoor book signing event for Letters to Amelia at Another Story Bookshop! Another Story Bookshop Safety Protocols: Book signings will take place outside the front door of the store. There is an area under a small awning where there will be a 4-foot table. The author […]

  Word on the Street Toronto presents Epistolary Fiction: Letters of Hope & Heartbreak with Lindsay Zier Vogel (author of Letters to Amelia), Francesca Ekwuyasi, and Wayne Ng. Tickets are available via Eventbrite here.

Join us to celebrate the virtual launch of Suture, the exciting novel by Nic Brewer, which Canisia Lubrin calls, "a nimble, fearless debut”! With special guest Sienna Tristen! This virtual event will be held via Zoom Webinar. Free to attend. All are welcome. Closed captions will be available. Pre-registration for the Zoom webinar is required. […]

  Word on the Street Toronto presents Tender: the Unsung Work of Caregivers with Aimee Wall (author of We, Jane), Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, and Moira Welsh in conversation with Bahar Orang (author of Where Things Touch). Tickets are available via Eventbrite here.

  Word on the Street Toronto presents an outdoor book signing event for Hana Shafi, author of Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty: Affirmations for the Real World at Queen Books Toronto.

  Word Vancouver and ABPBC, in partnership with TransLink and BC Transit, launches Poetry in Transit 2021/22 with readings from Billeh Nickerson (author of Duct-Taped Roses), along with Tanja Bartel, Marita Dachsel, Junie Désil, Patrick Friesen, Dallas Hunt, Donna Kane, and Barbara Nickel. Event hosted by Rob Taylor. A poem from Duct-Taped Roses will also […]

  Word on the Street Toronto presents How to be Human: Illustrated Wisdom for Modern Times with Hana Shafi (author of Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty: Affirmations for the Real World) and S. Bear Bergman. Tickets are available via Eventbrite here.

  Kingston WritersFest presents Fantastic Figures: the Magic in All Bodies with Therese Estacion (author of Phantompains) and Amanda Leduc in conversation with Erin Ball. Free. Register here.  

Victoria Festival of Authors presents Birth, Death, The Restlessness In Between, featuring: Hasan Namir (author of Umbilical Cord), Andrea Actis, and Jen Sookfong Lee. Moderated by John Barton. Co-curated by Planet Earth Poetry. In person event.  Livestream option also available. Tickets are available via Eventbrite here. Time: 7:30 PDT / 10:30 EDT.

Read Between the Vines 1st Anniverary Wine Cruise Shannon Webb-Campbell will read from her forthcoming collection Lunar Tides, and I Am a Body of Land, on Read Between the Vines anniversary Harbour Queen boat cruise around the Great Harbour.  Sunday, October 3 1-3 PM Atlantic time. For tickets: https://readbetweenthevines.ca