Events for October 5, 2025 - September 19, 2025

  • Best Canadian Stories: Toronto Launch

    Queen Books 914 Queen St E, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Toronto friends: come on out for a night of short fiction, as we celebrate the launch of Best Canadian Stories 2026! Guest editor Zsuzsi Gartner, along with several writers featured […]

  • Dust: More Lives of the Poets (with Guitars): Windsor Launch

    Biblioasis Bookshop 1520 Wyandotte St E, Windsor, ON, Canada

    Join us in Windsor for the launch of Ray Robertson's Dust: More Lives of the Poets (with Guitars)! Ray will be reading from his new book, followed by a performance […]

  • Dust: More Lives of the Poets (with Guitars): Chatham Launch!

    Studio One 75 William St N, Chatham, ON, Canada

    Join us in Chatham for the launch of Ray Robertson's Dust: More Lives of the Poets (with Guitars)! Ray will be reading from his new book, followed by a performance […]

  • Best Canadian Poetry: St John’s Launch

    The Ship Pub 265 Duckworth St, St John's, NL, Canada

    Come on out for a night of poetry and fun, as we celebrate the launch of Best Canadian Poetry 2026! Guest editor Mary Dalton, along with several poets featured in the […]

  • Best Canadian Poetry: Combined Vancouver Launch

    Upstart & Crow 1387 Railspur Alley, Granville Island

    Come on out for a special combined launch of Best Canadian Poetry 2025 and 2026! Hosted by last year's 2025 editor Aislinn Hunter, several local poets featured in the anthologies […]

  • Robyn Sarah at Ottawa VerseFest

    Club Saw 67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    VerseFest Presents Robyn Sarah, author of We're Somewhere Else Now: Poems 2016–2024, will be appearing at Ottawa's VerseFest on Tuesday, March 24. She'll be joined by fellow poets David Galvaude and […]

    $15
  • Planet Earth Poetry Series: Garth Martens

    Russell Books 100-747 Fort St, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Garth Martens, author of Who Else in the Dark Headed There: Poems, will be reading for the Planet Earth Poetry Series! Hosted by Kyeren Regehr, the reading will take place at […]

  • Marcello Di Cintio at Polar Beak Books

    Polar Peak Books 482 2nd Ave., Fernie, BC, Canada

    Marcello Di Cintio, author of Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers, will be appearing at Polar Peak Books! The event, hosted by bookstore co-owner Melanie Jeannotte, will take place on Saturday, […]

  • WHO ELSE IN THE DARK HEADED THERE: Kelowna Launch

    Benvoulin Church 2279 Benvoulin Rd, Kelowna, BC, Canada

    Join us in Kelowna for the launch of Who Else in the Dark Headed There: Poems by Garth Martens! Hosted at the Benvoulin Church, the launch will take place on […]

  • WHO ELSE IN THE DARK HEADED THERE: Victoria Launch

    Caffe Fantastico 965 Kings Rd, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Join us in Victoria for the launch of Who Else in the Dark Headed There: Poems by Garth Martens! The launch will take place at Caffe Fantastico on Thursday, April […]

  • Caroline Adderson at the BOOKED! Fernie Writers’ Series

    Fernie Heritage Library 492 3 Ave, Fernie, BC, Canada

    Caroline Adderson, author of the short story collection A Way to Be Happy, is appearing as the last writer in the BOOKED! Fernie Writers' Series 25/26 season. Caroline will be […]