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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Join Best Canadian Stories 2025 editor Steven Beattie at the Books & Brews Book Fair in Stratford! Beattie will be selling copies of the anthology at the fair, joined by a fun assortment of other small presses. The book fair will take place at the Jobsite Brewery on Saturday, July 5 starting at 12PM. More about Best […]
Caroline Adderson (A Way to Be Happy) will be hosting a workshop at the Denman Island Readers & Writers Festival! The workshop, "Ending It All" will explore what makes a story ending successful, looking at planned vs. discovered endings, common pitfalls, and how plot and character arcs guide satisfying conclusions. The workshop will take place […]
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 […]
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 […]
