Emily Urquhart at Trident Booksellers & Cafe

Trident Booksellers & Cafe 1256 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS, Canada

Emily Urquhart will be reading from her Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize-shortlisted essay collection, Ordinary Wonder Tales, at Trident Booksellers & Cafe in Halifax! The reading and conversation is hosted by the Dalhousie Creative Writing Program. There will be an array of treats, and books will be for sale and signing from King's Co-op Bookstore. The […]

Richard Kelly Kemick at Real Vancouver Writers Series

Iron Dog Books 2671 East Hastings St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Richard Kelly Kemick will be reading from his new short story collection Hello, Horse at the Real Vancouver Writers Series! Richard will be joined by fellow authors A-E Best, Matthew Walsh, Andrea Warner, Niloufar-Lily Soltan, and Jake Cardinal, along with hosts Dina Del Bucchia and Sean Cranbury. The event will take place at Iron Dog […]

Lisa Alward and Alex Pugsley at AfterWords Literary Festival

Cafe Lara 2347 Agricola St, Halifax, NS, Canada

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 fro, their recent books at the Wednesday night party, hosted by Sarah Mian, alongside fellow authors Amanda Peters, Deepa Rajagopalan, Cory Lavender, and Andrea Currie. […]

Caroline Adderson at AfterWords Festival: Long Short Story

Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS, Canada

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 story writer Alexander MacLeod about her latest collection, and will also be joined in reading by Elliott Gish, Fawn Parker, and Deepa Rajagoplan. The event […]

Catherine Leroux at AfterWords Festival: Fantastic Ideas

Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS, Canada

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 their their respective dark fairy tales The Future and The Capital of Dreams. The event will also feature readings from Elizabeth Renzetti, Charlene Carr, and […]

Lisa Alward at the Lorenzo Society Reading Series

Oland Hall Room 104, University of New Brunswick, NB, Canada

Lisa Alward, author of Cocktail, will be featured in the UNB Lorenzo Society's Reading Series, hosted by Gemma Marr. The reading will take place on Thursday, January 30 at 7PM. More details to come here. Grab a copy of Cocktail here! ABOUT COCKTAIL Winner of the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award • Longlisted for the 2024 Carol Shields […]

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 […]