Republic of Consciousness Prize (US/CAN) Virtual Longlist Party

Celebrate the Republic of Consciousness Prize (US/CAN) longlisting of Your Absence Is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton, at this virtual longlist party!  The celebration is free and open to the public, and will feature the six judges as hosts, representatives from the longlisted presses as well as authors and translators reading […]

Ira Wells at the Toronto Public Library

Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, Canada

As part of Freedom to Read Week, Toronto Public Library presents critic, essayist, and associate professor at the University of Toronto, Ira Wells to celebrate the publication of his new title On Book Banning: Or, How the New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines Democracy, in conversation with host Charles Foran. The culture wars have […]

Mark Kingwell at the Toronto Public Library

Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, Canada

Mark Kingwell will be discussing his new book Question Authority at the Toronto Public Library, in conversation with host Randy Boyagoda. The event is free, and will take place on Thursday, February 27 at 7PM in the Jack Rabinovitch Reading Room at the Toronto Reference Library. More details here. Grab Question Authority here! ABOUT QUESTION AUTHORITY Philosopher […]

On Book Banning: Ira Wells at Words 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, in this virtual event with the Words Festival. Ira will be speaking in conversation with host Josh Lambier. This free virtual event will take […]

UNMET: stephanie roberts at the Third Thursday Reading Series

stephanie roberts, author of the forthcoming poetry collection UNMET, will be a readers for Cobourg's Third Thursday Reading Series! The event will take place on Thursday, April 17. More details to come. Preorder UNMET here! ABOUT UNMET This is what comes of taking dreams / off the horizon. It is the sun / or nothing else, you […]