Past Events

  • Graeme Macrae Burnet at MOTIVE Festival

    Emmanuel College 75 Queen's Park Crescent, Rm 119, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Come on out to MOTIVE Festival in Toronto, where Graeme Macrae Burnet will be appearing for the "Small Towns, Big Secrets" panel! Burnet will be discussing his recent book, A Case of Matricide, and will be joined by fellow writers Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti for a conversation moderated by Samantha Bailey. The event will take […]

  • Caroline Adderson at Denman Island Festival: Main Stage Discussion

    Denman Island BC, Canada

    Caroline Adderson (A Way to Be Happy) will be joining the discussion "Diving into Darkness to find our humanity/joy/compassion" on the Main Stage, alongside fellow writers Sarah Leavitt and Fiona Tinwei Lam. The discussion will take place on Saturday, July 19 at 7:30PM. More details here. Grab a copy of A Way to Be Happy here! ABOUT A […]

  • Ira Wells: Defending the Right to Read

    Ira Wells, author of On Book Banning, will be joining the virtual panel "Defending the Right to Read" alongside Authors Against Book Bans members Fin Leary, Padma Venkatraman, and Josh Cook. With Wells' new book as a launching point, the panelists will discuss the current rise of book bans in schools and libraries, the history of previous […]

  • Caroline Adderson at Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts

    Rockwood Centre 5511 Shorncliffe Ave, Sechelt, BC, Canada

    Caroline Adderson will be appearing at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts to speak about her latest collection of short stories, A Way to Be Happy! The event will take place on Friday, August 15 at 2:30 PM PST. More details and tickets here. Grab a copy of A Way to Be Happy here! ABOUT A WAY […]

  • Ira Wells: Controversy @ Noon 2025 – Banned Books: What’s Next?

    Ira Wells, author of On Book Banning, will be joining this virtual event held by the Writers Guild of Alberta as a panelist, to discuss book banning in the Canadian literary community, particularly in Alberta where certain books are slated to be pulled from school shelves this Fall. What do these types of bans mean for […]

  • Mark Bourrie at Eden Mills Festival

    Eden Mills Writers' Festival 19 Cedar Street, Eden Mills, Ontario, Canada

    Join Mark Bourrie (author of Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre) as he speaks at the Eden Mills Writers Festival on the panel "The Kim Lang Set: True North Unsettled: A Conversation on Democracy." Mark will be in conversation alongside David A. Robertson, Andrew Coyne, Ariel Sim, and Karin Wells, as well as host Jessica […]

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

    Kingston Marriott 285 King St E, Kingston, ON, Canada

    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, ON, Canada

    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, […]

  • Richard Kelly Kemick at ‘The Catch-Up’ Reading Series

    Westminster Books 88 York St, Fredericton, NB, Canada

    Richard Kelly Kemick, author of Hello, Horse, will be joining 'The Catch-Up' Reading Series hosted by Fawn Parker. Richard will be joined in conversation by Douglas Walbourne-Gough, and will be reading from his collection of short stories. The event will take place at Westminster Books on Sunday, September 28 at 3PM. More details here. Get Hello, […]

  • Precarious: Calgary Launch!

    Patricia A Whelan Performance Hall Central Library 800 3 St. SE, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Join us for an evening celebrating the launch of Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers by Calgary-based author Marcello Di Cintio. Hosted by Paul Haavardsrud, this event is presented by Shelf Life Books in partnership with the Calgary Public Library. The launch will take place on Wednesday, October 8 at 6PM. The event is free, but […]

  • Caroline Adderson at Greenwood Storyfest

    Stephen F. Shaar Community Centre 394 rue Main, Hudson, QC, Canada

    Caroline Adderson will be appearing at the Greenwood Storyfest to speak about her latest collection of short stories, A Way to Be Happy! The event will take place on Sunday, October 12 at 1:30 PM. Tickets and more details here. Grab a copy of A Way to Be Happy here! ABOUT A WAY TO BE HAPPY  Longlisted for […]

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  • “Lit Up Lunch” at Indigo with Alex Pugsley and Russell Smith

    Indigo Bay & Bloor 55 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Biblioasis authors Alex Pugsley (Aubrey McKee, The Education of Aubrey McKee) and Russell Smith (Self Care) will be in conversation together at the Indigo on Bay and Bloor in Toronto! The conversation also features author Jean Marc Ah-Sen, and will be hosted by Emily Weedon. The event will take place on Monday, October 20 at […]