Events for June 6 - October 18, 2025

  • Richard Kelly Kemick at Calgary Wordfest: Turtle Island Reads

    DJD Dance Centre 111 12 Ave SE, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Richard Kelly Kemick, author of Hello, Horse (Aug 6, 2024), will be appearing at the Calgary Wordfest's Imaginairium Festival's event, "Turtle Island Reads." Richard will be joined by a number of fellow writers, including Carleigh Baker, Shashi Bhat, Fanny Britt,  Sig Burwash, and Conor Kerr. At turns edgy, humorous, experimental, complex, and raw, the tales […]

    $25
  • Michael Lista at Calgary Wordfest: Poetry Cabaret

    Memorial Park Library Festival Hub, 2nd Flr, 1221 2 St SW, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Michael Lista, author of poetry collection Barfly (June 6, 2024) will be at the Calgary Wordfest's Imaginairium Festival's "Poetry Cabaret"! Michael will be joined by fellow poets Conor Kerr, Canisia Lubrin, and Benjamin Hertwig on stage to regale the audience in verse with readings and short interviews. Join them to fill your Friday night with […]

    $25
  • Mark Jarman at the Cork Short Story Festival

    Cork Arts Theatre Carroll's Quay, Cork, Ireland

    Mark Anthony Jarman, author of Burn Man: Selected Stories, will be appearing at the Cork Short Story Festival in Ireland! Mark will be joined by fellow writer Adam Marek in a discussion moderated by Patrick Holloway. The event will take place on Friday, October 18 at 7:30PM. Tickets and more details here. Grab your copy of Burn […]

    €5
  • Caroline Adderson at Whistler Writers Fest: A Conversation with Writers of Fiction

    Fairmont Chateau Whistler 4599 Chateau Blvd, Whistler, BC, Canada

    Join Caroline Adderson, author of Giller-longlisted A Way to Be Happy (Sep 10, 2024) at Whistler Writers Fest for the reading event "Compassion and Happiness: A Conversation with Writers of Fiction." Caroline will be joined by fellow fiction writers Jowita Bydlowska and the winner of the Whistler Independent Book Award for fiction winner, in an […]

    $27
  • Michael Lista at Calgary Wordfest: Rocking the Boat

    DJD Dance Centre 111 12 Ave SE, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Michael Lista, author of poetry collection Barfly (June 6, 2024) will be at the Calgary Wordfest's Imaginairium Festival's event, "Rocking the Boat." Michael will join authors Catherine Hernandez and Danny […]

    $25
  • Richard Kelly Kemick at Calgary Wordfest: The Way We… Wear

    DJD Dance Centre 111 12 Ave SE, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Richard Kelly Kemick, author of Hello, Horse (Aug 6, 2024), will be appearing at the Calgary Wordfest's Imaginairium Festival's event, "The Way We... Wear." Richard will be joined by fellow […]

    $25
  • Caroline Adderson at Whistler Writers Fest: Sunday BookTalk and Breakfast

    Fairmont Chateau Whistler 4599 Chateau Blvd, Whistler, BC, Canada

    Join Caroline Adderson, author of Giller-longlisted A Way to Be Happy (Sep 10, 2024) at Whistler Writers Fest for the reading event "Sunday BookTalk and Breakfast." Caroline will be moderating […]

    $60
  • Michael Lista at Calgary Wordfest: How to . . . Investigate

    Memorial Park Library Festival Hub, 2nd Flr, 1221 2 St SW, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Michael Lista, author of poetry collection Barfly (June 6, 2024) will be at the Calgary Wordfest's Imaginairium Festival's event, "How to . . . Investigate." Michael will be interviewed in […]

    Free
  • Caroline Adderson at Vancouver Writers Fest

    Performance Works 1218 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Join Caroline Adderson, author of Giller-longlisted A Way to Be Happy (Sep 10, 2024) at Vancouver Writers Fest for the reading event "Short Stories, Infinite Identities." Caroline will be in […]

    $27
  • Best Canadian Poetry 2025: Vancouver Writers Fest

    Performance Works 1218 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Aislinn Hunter, editor of this year's Best Canadian Poetry 2025 anthology, will be hosting "The Poetry Bash" event at Vancouver Writer's Fest! Poets joining the event include Evelyn Lau, contributor to and representative of Best Canadian Poetry 2025, alongside fellow poets Stephen Collis, Jess Housty, Zehra Naqvi, Michael Turner, shō yamagushiku, and Daniel Zomparelli. Entrancing, surprising, and […]

    $27
  • Jón Kalman Stefánsson at Vancouver Writers Fest: The Conversations

    Granville Island Stage 1585 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Award-winning Icelandic novelist Jón Kalman Stefánsson, author of Your Absence Is Darkness, trans. by Philip Roughton, will be at Vancouver Writers Fest for the panel "The Conversations." Jón will be joined by Anne Enright and Myriam J. A. Chancy for a discussion moderated by Aislinn Hunter (Best Canadian Poetry 2025). Back-to-back conversations with the three […]

    $27
  • Jón Kalman Stefánsson at Vancouver Writers Fest: The Literary Cabaret

    Performance Works 1218 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Award-winning Icelandic novelist Jón Kalman Stefánsson, author of Your Absence Is Darkness, trans. by Philip Roughton, will be at Vancouver Writers Fest for the Literary Cabaret! Jón will be joined by fellow authors Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Richard Powers, Brandon Taylor, and Ayelet Tsabari. At the helm of the Vancouver Writers Fest flagship event is […]

    $50