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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Join us in celebrating the Windsor launch of On Book Banning by Ira Wells! Ira will be interviewed about his new book, followed by an audience Q&A. Books will be […]
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 […]
Join Ira Wells, author of On Book Banning, and Michael Lista, author of Barfly, for this Biblio Bash at the Toronto Reference Library! This event will take place on Thursday April […]
Join us in Ottawa for the launch of Mark Bourrie's Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre! Mark will be reading from his new book, along with a discussion with host Sean Wilson. Books will be available for sale and signing, courtesy of Perfect Books. The launch will take place at St. John the Evangelist Church on […]
Join poet Luke Hathaway for a reading at Steeple Green Books! Luke, author of several collections including The Affirmations and Years, Months, and Days (recently released in its 2nd edition), […]
