Caroline Adderson at AfterWords Festival: Long Short Story

Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS, Canada

Caroline Adderson will be reading from her Giller-longlisted story collection, A Way to Be Happy, at the AfterWords Festival's event, "Long Short Story." Caroline will be in conversation with fellow short story writer Alexander MacLeod about her latest collection, and will also be joined in reading by Elliott Gish, Fawn Parker, and Deepa Rajagoplan. The event […]

Caroline Adderson at AfterWords Festival: Open Secrets

The Carleton 1685 Argyle St, Halifax, NS, Canada

Caroline Adderson (A Way to Be Happy) we be joining the AfterWords Festival's event, "Open Secrets." When Andrea Skinner wrote in the Toronto Star about being assaulted by her stepfather when she was a child, and about how her mother chose to stay with the man instead of to stand by her daughter, many survivors […]

Caroline Adderson at AfterWords Festival: Creating Believable Characters

Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS, Canada

Caroline Adderson (A Way to Be Happy) will be hosting a workshop at the AfterWords Festival: "Creating Believable Characters." Caroline will be teaching how to people your stories and novels with characters who might walk right off the page. She will cover the meaning of names, explore techniques to deepen characterization, examine the hidden motivations […]

Catherine Leroux at AfterWords Festival: Fantastic Ideas

Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS, Canada

Join Catherine Leroux, author of Canada Reads-winning The Future, at the AfterWords Festival's event, "Fantastic Ideas." Catherine will be reuniting with her Canada Reads champion Heather O'Neill in conversation about their their respective dark fairy tales The Future and The Capital of Dreams. The event will also feature readings from Elizabeth Renzetti, Charlene Carr, and […]

UNMET: stephanie roberts at Ottawa VerseFest

The Manx 370 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON, Canada

stephanie roberts, author of the forthcoming poetry collection UNMET, will be at the Ottawa VerseFest! stephanie will be part of the Plan 99 Reading Series, and will be joined by fellow poets Bridget Huh and Sara Berkeley. The event will take place at the Manx Pub on Saturday, March 29 at 5PM. More details here. Preorder […]

Kev Lambert and Donald Winkler at Blue Metropolis Festival: Translation Bliss

Hôtel 10 - Salle Jardin 10 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, Canada

Author Kev Lambert and translator Donald Winkler (May Our Joy Endure, Querelle of Roberval, You Will Love What You Have Killed) will be attending the Blue Metropolis Festival! They will be joining a discussion on the art of translation with author Anne Michaels and translator Dominique Fortier, moderated by Katia Grubisic. How to read a […]

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Baldwin, Styron, and Me: AfterWords Spring Foreword

Park Place Theatre 5480 Point Pleasant Drive, Halifax, NS, Canada

Mélikah Abdelmoumen, author of Baldwin, Styron, and Me (trans. Catherine Khordoc), will be a part of the AfterWords Spring Foreword event! Mélikah will be in conversation with Vinh Nguyen and host Fazeela Jiwa. Books will be available courtesy of King's Co-op Books. The event will take place at Park Place Theatre on Saturday, April 26 at […]

Lisa Alward at the Frye Festival

Aberdeen Cultural Centre 140 rue Botsford, Moncton, NB, Canada

Come on out to this year's Frye Festival, where Lisa Alward, author of Cocktail, will be doing a Flash Frye reading of the collection for the panel 'Who Do You Think You Are?' The panel, which features books that wrestle with bodily autonomy and the impossible expectations that come with being a woman, will be moderated […]

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 oil. This event, hosted by Jennifer Baker, will take place on Saturday, May 3 at 4PM. Tickets and more details here. Grab On Oil here! ABOUT ON […]

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 […]