Events for September 19 - October 24, 2025

  • 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 […]

  • 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: A Conversation on Democracy." Mark will be in conversation alongside David A. Robertson, Andrew Coyne, Ariel Sim, and Karin Wells, as well as host Jessica […]

  • Colleen Coco Collins at the Antler River Poetry Series

    Landon Branch London Public Library 167 Wortley Road, London, ON, Canada

    Colleen Coco Collins, author of the poetry collection Sorry About the Fire, will be a guest reader at the Antler River Poetry Series! Coco will be joined by fellow poets Erín Moure and Chantel Neveu. The event takes place at the Landon Branch of the London Public Library on Wednesday, September 17 at 7PM. Grab Sorry […]

  • 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 Fog Lit Festival

    BMO Theatre 112 Princess Street, Saint John, NB, Canada

    Join Richard Kelly Kemick, author of Hello, Horse, at the Fog Lit Festival, where he'll be hosting the Opening Reception & Literary Trivia! The event will take place on Thursday, September 25 at 7PM. More details here. Get Hello, Horse here! ABOUT HELLO, HORSE Taut, stylish stories take on big moral questions from surprising perspectives. A teenager’s […]

  • Colleen Coco Collins at the Fredericton Poetry Weekend

    UNB Fredericton Fredericton, NB, Canada

    Catch Colleen Coco Collins, author of the poetry collection Sorry About the Fire, at the Fredericton Poetry Weekend! Book available for sale by Westminster Bookmark. The all-day event takes place […]

  • Caroline Adderson at Greenwood Storyfest: Writing Worksop

    Stephen F. Shaar Community Centre 394 rue Main, Hudson, QC, Canada

    Caroline Adderson, author of A Way to Be Happy, will be leading a writing workshop at the Greenwood StoryFest! The workshop is for adults wishing to learn more about how to create believable characters in their stories. She will be sharing her insight into aspects of characters to highlight in terms of descriptions, development, and […]

    $60
  • Caroline Adderson at Greenwood Storyfest

    Stephen F. Shaar Community Centre 394 rue Main, Hudson, QC, Canada

    Caroline Adderson will be appearing at the Greenwood Storyfest to speak about her latest collection of short stories, A Way to Be Happy! The event will take place on Sunday, October 12 at 1:30 PM. Tickets and more details here. Grab a copy of A Way to Be Happy here! ABOUT A WAY TO BE HAPPY  Longlisted for […]

    $20
  • Precarious: Marcello Di Cintio at Edmonton LitFest

    Muttart Theatre Stanley A Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Marcello Di Cintio, author of Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers, will be appearing at the Edmonton LitFest! Marcello in conversation with LitFest board treasurer Danielle Paradis to talk about […]

    $5 – $15
  • Precarious: Marcello Di Cintio at Calgary Wordfest

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

    Marcello Di Cintio, author of Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers, will be appearing at Calgary Wordfest for the panel "Othering & Empathy." Marcello will be joined by fellow writers […]

    $25