Rowers Reading Series presents Kate Sutherland, author of How to Draw a Rhinoceros. Also reading: Veena Gokhale, James Lindsay, and Ele Pawelski.

Zutique Reading Series presents Divya Victor, author of Kith. Also reading: Mark Francis Johnson and Nicole Faziya Fong. ZUTIQUE is an occasional reading series focused on poetry, poetics, performance, and sound curated by Michael Nardone

Knife Fork Book presents Liz Worth (The Truth is Told Better this Way), Julie Morrissy (author of the forthcoming Where, The Mild End), and Sam Cheuk.    

The Book Pub presents: Oisín Curran (Blood Fable) and Sarah Faber (All Is Beauty Now) who will read from their Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award shortlisted novels.

Frye Festival presents Atlantic Writers Today, with Oisin Curran, author of Blood Fable. Also reading: Eva Crocker.

Codex Books presents a reading with Steven Zultanski, author of Honestly. Also reading: Hannah Black.

Ottawa Writers Festival presents Decolonizing the Dialogue with Lee Maracle. We gather on unceded Algonquin territory to explore the true history of this country and to discuss what a decolonized future might look like and how we can get there. Harkening back to her first book tour at the age of 26–for the autobiographical novel […]

Blue Metropolis Literary Festival presents Blue Met Talks: On Fear, with Lee Maracle. In these unsettling times, Blue Met asks a number of writers and thinkers to consider and shed light on the topic of Fear, be it a fear of white supremacy, fear of the Other, or fear as a psychological or sociological phenomenon. […]

Blue Metropolis presents IN CONVERSATION: LEE MARACLE AND NICOLE BROSSARD. An encounter between two powerful poets and 2018 Blue Met prizewinners: Lee Maracle and Nicole Brossard. Moderated by Katia Grubisic.

span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents: span-o (the small press action network - Ottawa) presents: The Factory Reading Series, with Christine McNair (Charm) and Aaron Tucker (Irresponsible Mediums) and also Brecken Hancock and rob mclennan. Lovingly hosted by rob mclennan.

Spark, The Toronto Public Library's inaugural Poetry Festival, presents Silent No More: Chelene Knight in Conversation with Natasha Trethewey. Natasha Trethewey, the Former US Poet Laureate with roots in Canada, has long been a voice for the lives of African-American working classes. Through her collections which include Domestic Work, Native Guard, Thrall, and Beyond Katrina, […]

Toronto Public Library's presents the inaugural Spark Poetry Festival, featuring CanLit 2.0: Alicia Elliott in Conversation with Gwen Benaway and Chelene Knight. Writers Chelene Knight (poet & memoirist) and Gwen Benaway discuss their work with Alicia Elliott, exploring both new ways of writing and new ways of reading as CanLit matures. This event is part […]