Thin Air Winnipeg International Writers Festival presents Campus Program with Jennifer Still, author of Comma. Jennifer Still shares her latest poetry collection, Comma. Begun when her brother was in a lengthy coma, it is a private collaboration with his handwritten field guide of prairie grasses.

Thin Air Winnipeg International Writers Festival presents The Poem is Happening! with Jennifer Still, author of Comma. What are the connections between poetic form, composition, and environment? Engage in exploratory writing exercises with an aim to spur ideas, gather new language, and tweak your writing eye/ear to immediate, unexpected influences.

Victoria Festival of Authors presents "The Literary Twist": featuring Leanne Dunic, author of To Love the Coming End. Also with Zoe Whittall, and author/musician Geoff Berner. Emceed by Yasuko Thanh. Join us for an evening of cocktails provided by local Sheringham Distillery with a dash of poetry & song by Leanne Dunic, a novel splash […]

Thin Air Winnipeg International Writers Festival presents The Mainstage: Poetry Bash, featuring Jennifer Still, author of Comma. What keeps people coming back to the Poetry Bash year after year? A new group of wordsmiths, with wild ideas and fresh language! Featuring Natalie Appleton, Kate Cayley, Jeramy Dodds, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, and Jennifer Still. Tickets: $12.00 […]

Resonance Reading Series presents Leanne Dunic, author of To Love the Coming End. Other readings include Arjun Basu, Peter Dube, Alan Reed and Matt Robinson.

Wordfest presents Authors Unbound: M. NourbeSe Philip. Description Experience the full intellectual and creative force that is poet, writer, playwright, and former lawyer M. NourbeSe Philip in the 50-seat Motel. Internationally acclaimed, Philip is a Fellow of the Guggenheim and Rockefeller (Bellagio) Foundations and the MacDowell Colony. Her Festival book Blank: Essays and Interviews explores […]

Whistler Writers Festival presents the Literary Cabaret, featuring Sandra Ridley (Silvija) and Leanne Dunic (To Love the Coming End). Local musicians provide a vibrant and improvisational accompaniment to our guest authors as they read and perform from their masterworks. Featuring authors David Chariandy, Leanne Dunic, Terry Fallis, Steven Heighton, Helen Humphreys, Grant Lawrence, Mark Leiren-Young, […]

Whistler Writers Festival presents "Speaking Our Silence –The Poetry of Courage", featuring Sandra Ridley, author of Silvija. Roo Borson, Kevin Connolly, Sandra Ridley and Suzannah Showler. Life’s most meaningful experiences can leave us tongue-tied. But the inexpressible can also transform us. Poets Roo Borson (Cardinal in the Eastern White Cedar), Kevin Connolly (Xiphoid Process), Sandra Ridley […]

Wordfest presents Sane Takes on an Insane World, featuring M. NourbeSe Philip, author of Blank. Description This timely showcase features an uncensored conversation with authors whose works explore the vulnerability of human rights in an increasingly polarized world. Be prepared to be challenged, as they delve into hot-button topics such as the refugee crisis, extremist […]

Wordfest presents No Holds Barred, featuring M. NourbeSe Philip, author of Blank. Also with Michael Adams, and Lauren McKeon. Tickets $17 - $20

Draft Reading Series presents Jennifer LoveGrove, author of Beautiful Children with Pet Foxes. More info to come.

The IFOA joins its Etobicoke partners to bring Sylvain Prudhomme, one of the most exciting contemporary novelists in France, to the By the Lake Book Club! He will discuss his most recently translated book The Greats with Wendy O’Brien. In this work, Sylvain Prudhomme revisits the famous 70s music group Super Mama Djombo, as seen through […]

Vancouver Writers Festival presents "Dance to the Coming End", featuring Leanne Dunic, author of To Love the Coming End, The Open Book Art Collective, and The Deep Cove. Leanne Dunic is a multidisciplinary artist, musician and writer whose debut book, To Love the Coming End, has defied categorization—lyric novel or poetic prose or …? Slipping […]

Vancouver Writers Festival presents The Literary Cabaret, with Sylvain Prudhomme, author of The Greats. Also with Camille Bordas, John Boyne, Sarah Dunant, Omar El Akkad and Grace O'Connell. Host: Tom Keenlyside. Even if you’re a “Lit Cab” regular, you might not know that the chameleonic band Poetic License—an informal collection of some of the best […]

Vancouver Writers Festival presents "True Confessions and Tall Tales", featuring Leanne Dunic, author of To Love the Coming End. Also with Dina Del Bucchia, Hera Lindsay Bird and Dawn Dumont. A zany mix of quiz show, stand-up comedy, music, confessions and more is probably what’s in store tonight—but who knows? New Zealand poet Hera Lindsay […]

Stratford Writers Festival presents The Perfect Pairing: Combining Art and Literature, with Marianne Apostolides, author of Deep Salt Water, and artist Catherine Mellinger. Writing a successful novel takes patience, attention to detail, and a love for storytelling. The art of storytelling through the written word is creative and engaging—aspects to which visual artists can relate. […]

Vancouver Writers Festival presents Fact AND Fiction, with Sylvain Prudhomme, author of The Greats. Also with Cary Fagan and Akhil Sharma. Event Number: 77 Tickets: $20.00 Fact AND Fiction Cary Fagan, Sylvain Prudhomme, Akhil Sharma Saturday, October 21 2:00pm Studio 1398 1398 Cartwright St., 3rd Floor Real-life experiences: tether or springboard? Three authors who use […]

Open Sesame Gallery presents Marianne Apostolides, author of Deep Salt Water and artist Catherine Mellinger in converation. Featuring a reading and conversation and art exhibition of Catherine's original collages. Exhibition to run from October 22-November 5, 2017.

EUNIC @ IFOA New Literature from Europe, and IFOA, present Sylvain Prudhomme, author of The Greats. Encounter Italian author Nicola Lagioia, David Machado from Portugal, Immanuel Mifsud from Malta and French novelist Sylvain Prudhomme, and discover today’s European literature’s rising generation. The discussion will be moderated by Toronto-based author Martha Baillie. Hosted by Beatriz Hausner. […]

The International Festival of Authors presents Lee Maracle, author of My Conversations with Canadians. Award-winning journalist Duncan McCue and host of CBC Radio One Cross Country Checkup interviews Lee Maracle about her latest work, My Conversations with Canadians. Presented in partnership with CBC Books. Brigantine Room, Harbourfront Centre Cost: $18/$15 for IFOA Supporters, Free for […]

LitLive presents Shannon Bramer, author of Precious Energy. More info TBA.