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 […]

Ira Wells: Controversy @ Noon 2025 – Banned Books: What’s Next?

Ira Wells, author of On Book Banning, will be joining this virtual event held by the Writers Guild of Alberta as a panelist, to discuss book banning in the Canadian literary community, particularly in Alberta where certain books are slated to be pulled from school shelves this Fall. What do these types of bans mean for […]

stephanie roberts at the LOGOS Lecture Reading Series

stephanie roberts, author of the poetry collection UNMET, will be a guest at the LOGOS Lecture Reading Series! The event, hosted by H. Nigel Thomas, will take place on Sunday, September 8. Time and more details TK. Grab a copy of UNMET here! ABOUT UNMET This is what comes of taking dreams / off the horizon. It […]

Caroline Adderson at Greenwood Storyfest

Greenwood's StoryFest 254 rue Main, Hudson, QC, Canada

Caroline Adderson will be appearing at the Greenwood Storyfest to speak about her latest collection of short stories, A Way to Be Happy! The event will take place on Thursday, September 11 - Friday, September 12. Time and more details TK Grab a copy of A Way to Be Happy here! ABOUT A WAY TO BE HAPPY  Longlisted […]

Colleen Coco Collins at the Antler River Poetry Series

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 at the event on Wednesday, September 17. Time and more details TK. Grab Sorry About the Fire here! ABOUT SORRY ABOUT THE FIRE A CBC Books’ Poetry Collection to Watch for […]