Mike Barnes, author of Sleep Is Now a Foreign Country, will be at Word on the Street Toronto on Saturday, September 28. Time and more details TBA. Grab a copy of Sleep Is Now a Foreign Country here! ABOUT SLEEP IS NOW A FOREIGN COUNTRY Finalist for the 2024 Trillium Book Award • One of CBC Books’ Canadian Nonfiction […]
Join Caroline Adderson, author of Giller-longlisted A Way to Be Happy (Sep 10, 2024) at WORD Vancouver for the panel "Short Stories Exploding Pages"! Caroline will be joined by fellow writer Shashi Bhat for a conversation on short story craft, moderated by Taslim Jaffer. The event will take place on Saturday, September 28 at 3:45PM. […]
Join Alex Pugsley, author of The Education of Aubrey McKee (May 7, 2024), at the Toronto International Festival of Authors! Alex will be in conversation with Jean Marc Ah-Sen to talk about writing books about writers falling in love with other writers and the emotional turmoil that comes from it. With both novels set in the […]
Join Colleen Coco Collins, author of the poetry collection Sorry About the Fire (Apr 4, 2024), at Word on the Street Toronto! Coco will be on the panel "#ActuallyAutistic: Neurodivergent Storytelling" alongside fellow authors Maggie North and Paige Layle, with moderator Kerry C. Byrne, as they explore how their neurodivergence influences the way they tell stories, […]
Richard Kelly Kemick, author of Hello, Horse (Aug 6, 2024), will be appearing at the Calgary Wordfest's Imaginairium Festival's event, "Turtle Island Reads." Richard will be joined by a number of fellow writers, including Carleigh Baker, Shashi Bhat, Fanny Britt, Sig Burwash, and Conor Kerr. At turns edgy, humorous, experimental, complex, and raw, the tales […]
Michael Lista, author of poetry collection Barfly (June 6, 2024) will be at the Calgary Wordfest's Imaginairium Festival's "Poetry Cabaret"! Michael will be joined by fellow poets Conor Kerr, Canisia Lubrin, and Benjamin Hertwig on stage to regale the audience in verse with readings and short interviews. Join them to fill your Friday night with […]
Join Caroline Adderson, author of Giller-longlisted A Way to Be Happy (Sep 10, 2024) at Whistler Writers Fest for the reading event "Compassion and Happiness: A Conversation with Writers of Fiction." Caroline will be joined by fellow fiction writers Jowita Bydlowska and the winner of the Whistler Independent Book Award for fiction winner, in an […]
Michael Lista, author of poetry collection Barfly (June 6, 2024) will be at the Calgary Wordfest's Imaginairium Festival's event, "Rocking the Boat." Michael will join authors Catherine Hernandez and Danny Ramadan for a conversation hosted by Zain Velji about what it costs—professionally and personally—when you decide to make waves. Art cannot be separated from human […]
Richard Kelly Kemick, author of Hello, Horse (Aug 6, 2024), will be appearing at the Calgary Wordfest's Imaginairium Festival's event, "The Way We... Wear." Richard will be joined by fellow writers Anne Enright, Holly Gramazio, Jenny Heijun Wills, Sarah Leavitt, Canisia Lubrin, Marissa Stapley, and Tanya Talaga. The eight writers tell a story about a […]
Join Caroline Adderson, author of Giller-longlisted A Way to Be Happy (Sep 10, 2024) at Whistler Writers Fest for the reading event "Sunday BookTalk and Breakfast." Caroline will be moderating a conversation between authors Conor Kerr, Bob McDonald, and Leanne Toshiko Simpson in a conversation about their new releases. The event will take place on […]
Michael Lista, author of poetry collection Barfly (June 6, 2024) will be at the Calgary Wordfest's Imaginairium Festival's event, "How to . . . Investigate." Michael will be interviewed in a 60-minute conversation by friend and fellow long-form award-winner Christina Frangou who will uncover the secrets of how he gets the story. A priceless interview […]
Join Caroline Adderson, author of Giller-longlisted A Way to Be Happy (Sep 10, 2024) at Vancouver Writers Fest for the reading event "Short Stories, Infinite Identities." Caroline will be in conversation with authors Shashi Bhat and Aaron Kreuter, for this event moderated by Shaena Lambert. Good short stories can share expansive truths with the smallest […]
