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 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, 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, 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 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, 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 […]
Join us in celebrating the Toronto launch of Russell Smith's new novel, Self Care! Russell will be reading from the book, and copies will be available for sale and signing. The launch will take place at the Society Clubhouse on Thursday, September 18 at 7PM. More details to come. Order a copy of Self Care here! […]
stephanie roberts, author of the poetry collection UNMET, will be reading at the Planet Earth Poetry Series! The event will take place on Friday, September 19. Time and more details TK. Grab a copy of UNMET here! ABOUT UNMET This is what comes of taking dreams / off the horizon. It is the sun / or nothing […]
Ira Wells, author of On Book Banning, will be speaking at the Kingston Writers Fest event "You Can't Read That!" Ira will be joined by politics and culture critic David Moscrop in a robust discussion of public and private book banning. Is it wrong to embrace the books of people who do things we abhor? What […]
Steven Heighton's second posthumous story collection, Sacred Rage, will be included in the Kingston Writers Fest event, "Bushwacked by Inspiration: Short Stories." Excerpts from Sacred Rage will be read by Sarah Tsiang, who will also be joined for the event by Catherine Bush, Deepa Rajagopalan, and Jamal Saeed in a discussion of writing short-form fiction, […]
