UNMET: Montreal Launch

L'Euguelionne 1426 Rue Beaudry, Montreal, QC, Canada

Come out and celebrate the launch of stephanie roberts new poetry collection UNMET! stephanie will be reading from her collection at L'Euguelionne, with additional readings by poets Sarah Burgoyne and Leslie Roach. Books will be available for sale and signing. The launch will take place on Tuesday, May 6 at 5:30PM. Get a copy of […]

Baldwin, Styron, and Me: Ottawa Launch

Library and Archives Canada 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Join author Mélikah Abdelmoumen and translator Catherine Khordoc for the Ottawa launch of Baldwin, Styron, and Me, in partnership with the Ottawa Writers Fest. Host Peter Schneider will sit down with Mélikah and Catherine for a discussion on their acclaimed book. Copies will be available for sale and signing from Perfect Books. The launch will take place […]

UNMET: stephanie roberts at the Halifax Public Library

Halifax Public Library 5440 Spring Garden Rd, Halifax, NS, Canada

Come out for an afternoon of poetry with stephanie roberts, who will be reading from her new poetry collection UNMET! Local poet Annick MacAskill will join the event. Books will be available for sale and signing by King's Co-op. The event will take place at the Halifax Central Library on Sunday, May 18 at 2PM. […]

Lazer Lederhendler at the French-American Translation Awards Ceremony!

New York Society Library 53 E 79th St, New York, NY, United States

Lazer Lederhendler, whose translation of Christophe Bernard's The Hollow Beast won the French-American Translation Prize for Fiction will be honored at the annual Awards Ceremony in New York, along with Nonfiction winner John Lambert and the finalists. Following an opening cocktail hour, the event will begin with a special conversation featuring keynote speaker Paul LeClerc. […]

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 of Matricide, and will be joined by fellow writers Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti for a conversation moderated by Samantha Bailey. The event will take […]

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 fun assortment of other small presses. The book fair will take place at the Jobsite Brewery on Saturday, July 5 starting at 12PM. More about Best […]

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 story ending successful, looking at planned vs. discovered endings, common pitfalls, and how plot and character arcs guide satisfying conclusions. The workshop will take place […]

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 […]

Ira Wells: Defending the Right to Read

Ira Wells, author of On Book Banning, will be joining the virtual panel "Defending the Right to Read" alongside Authors Against Book Bans members Fin Leary, Padma Venkatraman, and Josh Cook. With Wells' new book as a launching point, the panelists will discuss the current rise of book bans in schools and libraries, the history of previous […]

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 […]