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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Richard Kelly Kemick, author of the short story collection Hello, Horse, will be appearing at the Fraser Valley Writers Fest for the panel "Revise." Richard will be joined by Carleigh Baker, Anita Lahey, and Loghan Paylor for discussions on new writing, chaired by award-winning writer Adrienne Gruber, followed by a Q&A. The event will take […]
Lisa Alward (Cocktail) and Alex Pugsley (The Education of Aubrey McKee) will be appearing at the AfterWords Literary Festival's "Now We Are Six" celebration! Alex and Lisa will be reading […]
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 […]
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 (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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
