Events for October 5, 2025 - June 28, 2025

  • 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 […]

  • Graeme Macrae Burnet at MOTIVE Festival

    Emmanuel College 75 Queen's Park Crescent, Rm 119, Toronto, ON, Canada

    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 […]

  • Steven Beattie at the Books & Brews Book Fair

    Jobsite Brewery 45 Cambria Street, Stratford, ON, Canada

    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 […]

  • Caroline Adderson at Denman Island Festival: Workshop

    Denman Island BC, Canada

    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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: […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]