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  • On Oil: Don Gillmor at Ottawa Writers Festival

    Library and Archives Canada 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Join Don Gillmor as he speaks at the Ottawa Writers Festival about his new book On Oil, in which the journalist and former roughneck considers our long, complex, tortured relationship with […]

  • On Book Banning: Ira Wells at Ottawa Writers Festival

    Join Ira Wells as he speaks about his new book On Book Banning, a lively, accessible survey of the pressing question of literary censorship in our times of crisis and change, with host Adrian Harewood at the Ottawa Writers Festival. Book will be available for purchase from Perfect Books. This event will take place on […]

  • Baldwin, Styron, and Me: Ottawa Launch

    Library and Archives Canada 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Join author Mélikah Abdelmoumen and translator Catherine Khordoc for the Ottawa launch of Baldwin, Styron, and Me, in partnership with the Ottawa Writers Fest. Host Peter Schneider will sit down with Mélikah […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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: […]

  • 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, […]