Events for November 24, 2025 - November 25, 2025

  • Best Canadian Poetry 2025: Vancouver Writers Fest

    Performance Works 1218 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Aislinn Hunter, editor of this year's Best Canadian Poetry 2025 anthology, will be hosting "The Poetry Bash" event at Vancouver Writer's Fest! Poets joining the event include Evelyn Lau, contributor to and representative of Best Canadian Poetry 2025, alongside fellow poets Stephen Collis, Jess Housty, Zehra Naqvi, Michael Turner, shō yamagushiku, and Daniel Zomparelli. Entrancing, surprising, and […]

    $27
  • Jón Kalman Stefánsson at Vancouver Writers Fest: The Conversations

    Granville Island Stage 1585 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Award-winning Icelandic novelist Jón Kalman Stefánsson, author of Your Absence Is Darkness, trans. by Philip Roughton, will be at Vancouver Writers Fest for the panel "The Conversations." Jón will be joined by Anne Enright and Myriam J. A. Chancy for a discussion moderated by Aislinn Hunter (Best Canadian Poetry 2025). Back-to-back conversations with the three […]

    $27
  • Jón Kalman Stefánsson at Vancouver Writers Fest: The Literary Cabaret

    Performance Works 1218 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Award-winning Icelandic novelist Jón Kalman Stefánsson, author of Your Absence Is Darkness, trans. by Philip Roughton, will be at Vancouver Writers Fest for the Literary Cabaret! Jón will be joined by fellow authors Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Richard Powers, Brandon Taylor, and Ayelet Tsabari. At the helm of the Vancouver Writers Fest flagship event is […]

    $50
  • Jón Kalman Stefánsson at the National Nordic Museum (Seattle)

    National Nordic Museum 2655 NW Market St, Seattle, WA, United States

    Award-winning Icelandic novelist Jón Kalman Stefánsson will be appearing at the National Nordic Museum for a discussion of his novel, Your Absence Is Darkness, translated from Icelandic by Philip Roughton. Stefánsson will […]

    $5
  • 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 […]

  • Richard Kelly Kemick at Fraser Valley Writers Fest

    University of the Fraser Valley 33844 King Rd, Abbotsford, BC, Canada

    Richard Kelly Kemick, author of the short story collection Hello, Horse, will be appearing at the Fraser Valley Writers Fest for the panel "Revise." Richard will be joined by Carleigh […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Caroline Adderson at AfterWords Festival: Open Secrets

    The Carleton 1685 Argyle St, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Caroline Adderson (A Way to Be Happy) we be joining the AfterWords Festival's event, "Open Secrets." When Andrea Skinner wrote in the Toronto Star about being assaulted by her stepfather when she was a child, and about how her mother chose to stay with the man instead of to stand by her daughter, many survivors […]

  • Caroline Adderson at AfterWords Festival: Creating Believable Characters

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

    Caroline Adderson (A Way to Be Happy) will be hosting a workshop at the AfterWords Festival: "Creating Believable Characters." Caroline will be teaching how to people your stories and novels with characters who might walk right off the page. She will cover the meaning of names, explore techniques to deepen characterization, examine the hidden motivations […]

  • 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 […]