Events for May 9, 2026

stephanie roberts at the Planet Earth Poetry Series: PEP in the Afternoon

New Horizons Centre 234 Menzies St., James Bay

stephanie roberts, author of the poetry collection UNMET, will be reading at the Planet Earth Poetry Series! Doors at 1:30pm, with sign-up for open mic. The event will take place on Friday, September 19 at 2PM. More details here. Grab a copy of UNMET here! ABOUT UNMET This is what comes of taking dreams / off the […]

Ira Wells at Kingston Writers Fest: You Can’t Read That!

Kingston Marriott 285 King St E, Kingston

Ira Wells, author of On Book Banning, will be speaking at the Kingston Writers Fest event "You Can't Read That!" Ira will be joined by politics and culture critic David Moscrop in a robust discussion of public and private book banning. Is it wrong to embrace the books of people who do things we abhor? What […]

Steven Heighton’s Sacred Rage: Kingston Writers Fest

Kingston Marriott 285 King St E, Kingston

Steven Heighton's second posthumous story collection, Sacred Rage, will be included in the Kingston Writers Fest event, "Bushwacked by Inspiration: Short Stories." Excerpts from Sacred Rage will be read by Sarah Tsiang, who will also be joined for the event by Catherine Bush, Deepa Rajagopalan, and Jamal Saeed in a discussion of writing short-form fiction, […]