Toronto Poet Laureate Al Moritz, the City of Toronto, The Art bar and the League of Canadian Poets are teaming up to create a series of book launches to celebrate the Toronto poets and poetry collections that were published throughout the pandemic. This series aims to highlight the work of these poets and their works, […]

Please join us for a memorable night of poetry, featuring Talya Rubin, author of Iceland is Melting and So Are You, Wyn Cooper, Klara du Plessis, and Alexei Perry Cox, who is launching PLACE. Wednesday, June 1, 2022 7:30 - 9 pm ET On Zoom: Meeting ID: 816 3870 3435 Passcode: 400627 FB Event page […]

Join Martha Sharpe, owner of Flying Books, for an evening of conversation and insight into the minds of three independently published debut novelists, all of whom are shortlisted for the 2022 Amazon First Novel Award: Aimee Wall, author of We, Jane, Brian Thomas Isaac, and Conor Kerr. Thursday, June 2, 2022 6 pm ET Flying Books […]

Please join us to celebrate the new journal Nigredo. With readings by Beatriz Hausner, author of Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart, Andrei Codrescu, Valery Oisteanu, Allan Graubard and Paul McRandle. Friday, June 3, 2022 7 PM The Red Room, KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St. New York City, NY Copies of the first issue will be available […]

The Giller Foundation presents Aimee Wall, author of We, Jane in conversation with author and 2021 jury member Megan Gail Coles as part of the The Giller Book Club. Guests will be given the opportunity to ask Aimee questions via the Q&A feature. June 6, 2022. 7 - 8 pm EST Zoom webinar. Free to […]

Join us for the Event Horizon: Celebrating Books Published in Spring 2020! Launch from the black hole with Marianne Apostolides, author of I Can’t Get You Out of My Mind, Jean Marc Ah-Sen, Mike Chaulk, Faye Guenther, Mathew Henderson. With host Faisal Butt. Tuesday, June 14, 2022 7 pm Et Mandy's Bistro 123 Danforth Avenue Toronto, […]

Join Beatriz Hausner and Luciano Iacobelli for an in-person launch of their new and recent books: Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart by Beatriz Hausner (Book*hug Press, 2020). Learn more: https://bookhugpress.ca/.../beloved-revolutionary.../ Noctograms by Luciano Iacobelli (Quattro Books, 2022) When: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 Time: 7 - 9 pm EST Where: The Houndstooth, Toronto, ON Free. All are welcome. Books […]

Motherfigure presents The Intersection of Motherhood and Creativity Virtual Panel Discussion with co-editors Stacey May Fowles (@missstaceymay) and Jen Sookfong Lee (@jenleefur) from the new essay collection, Good Mom on Paper: Writers on Creativity and Motherhood (@bookhug_press), in a free, virtual panel discussion event. In celebration of this fundamental conversation and the Motherfigure community, all […]

Book*hug Press, in partnership with De Stiil Books, invites you to celebrate the launch of Celine Huyghebaert's Governor General's Literary Award-winning novel, Remnants, translated from the French by Aleshia Jensen. Join us in person or virtually via a live stream. All are welcome. People attending in person are asked to please consider wearing a mask. […]

Book*hug Press, in partnership with Another Story Bookshop, invites you to celebrate a night of prose, poetry, and comedy. Readings by Therese Estacion (author of Phantompains), Bahar Orang (author of Where Things Touch), Liz Howard, and Andrea Werhun. Hosted by comedian Courtney Gilmour. Wednesday, June 29, 2022 7 - 9 pm ET Now & Later 1007 […]

Pride In The Word is hosted by its renowned co-founder, Billeh Nickerson, author of Duct-Taped Roses. The largest Pride literary event in Canada features six writers bringing an intersectional lens to our 2SLGBTQIA+ communities with words and performance. Featuring: Tawahum Bige, who is Lutselk’e Dene and Plains Cree and Two-Spirit, reading from his new collection, Cut to […]

Join Nic Brewer (Suture), Emily Kellogg, Anuja Varghese, and Andrew Wilmot for a reading and discussion on queer literary horror, at specialty Toronto bookstore and cafe Little Ghosts! (This event has been rescheduled from its original date on June 28). Sunday, July 3, 2022 5 pm EDT Little Ghosts 930 Dundas Street West Toronto, ON […]