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 […]
Join Mark Bourrie (author of Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre) as he speaks at the Eden Mills Writers Festival on the panel "The Kim Lang Set: True North Unsettled: A Conversation on Democracy." Mark will be in conversation alongside David A. Robertson, Andrew Coyne, Ariel Sim, and Karin Wells, as well as host Jessica […]
stephanie roberts, author of the poetry collection UNMET, will be a guest at the LOGOS Lecture Reading Series! stephanie will be joined by fellow guest readers Chanel Sutherland, Kelly Nora Drukker, Marlihan Lopez, Nathalie Batraville, Laura Doyle Péan and Uchenna Dike. There will be an open-mic session as well, with spaces for eight readers. The […]
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 joined by fellow poets Erín Moure and Chantel Neveu. The event takes place at the Landon Branch of the London Public Library on Wednesday, September 17 at 7PM. Grab Sorry […]
Come celebrate the publication of Robyn Sarah's new poetry collection We're Somewhere Else Now! Robyn will be reading from her new collection at Librairie Bertrand Bookstore, where copies will also be for sale and signing. The launch will take place on Thursday, September 18 at 5PM. More details here. Get a copy of We're Somewhere Else […]
Join us in celebrating the Toronto launch of Russell Smith's new novel, Self Care! Russell will be in conversation with Lydia Perovic and reading from the book, and copies will be made available for sale and signing by Another Story bookshop. The launch will take place at the Society Clubhouse on Thursday, September 18 at 7PM. […]
stephanie roberts, author of the poetry collection UNMET, will be reading at the Planet Earth Poetry Series! Doors at 1:30pm, with sign-up for open mic. The event will take place on Friday, September 19 at 2PM. More details here. Grab a copy of UNMET here! ABOUT UNMET This is what comes of taking dreams / off the […]
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, […]
Richard Kelly Kemick, author of Hello, Horse, will be reading at the Attic Owl Reading Series in Moncton! The event will take place on Wednesday, September 24. More details TK. Get Hello, Horse here! ABOUT HELLO, HORSE Taut, stylish stories take on big moral questions from surprising perspectives. A teenager’s job mucking stalls at a dog track takes […]
