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, […]
Catherine Leroux, author of The Future, will be reuniting with her Canada Reads champion Heather O'Neill to discuss Heather's newest release, The Capital of Dreams. Catherine will be moderating the discussion and interviewing Heather, in the event presented in partnership with Words Worth Books in celebration of 40 years. The event will take place at the Waterloo […]
Join us at Biblioasis Bookshop for the North American launch of Roland Allen's The Notebook (Sep 3, 2024)! Roland Allen will be appearing and reading from his new book on the history of the notebook, followed by a discussion and audience Q&A. Books will be available for sale and signing, and refreshments will be provided. […]
Richard Kelly Kemick, author of Hello, Horse (Aug 6, 2024), will be running a short-fiction workshop and reading as part of the Hamilton Public Library's Author Series. The 90-minute fiction workshop, called A Short Class on Short Stories, analyzes classic and contemporary short stories, character development, plot structure, precise language, effective dialogue, impactful endings and […]
Join us at Biblioasis Bookshop for the double launch of Caroline Adderson's Giller-longlisted A Way to Be Happy (Sep 10, 2024) and Richard Kelly Kemick's Hello, Horse (Aug 6, 2024)! Both authors will be appearing and reading from their new short story collections, along with a discussion and audience Q&A. Books will be available for […]
Come out to Toronto for the double launch of Caroline Adderson's Giller-longlisted A Way to Be Happy (Sep 10, 2024) and Richard Kelly Kemick's Hello, Horse (Aug 6, 2024)! Both authors will be appearing and reading from their new short story collections, along with a discussion and audience Q&A. Books will be available for sale […]
Come out to Upstart & Crow for the Vancouver launch of Anne Hawk's The Pages of the Sea (Sep 17, 2024)! Anne will be reading from her debut novel, along with a discussion hosted by Jasmine Sealy. Books will be available for sale and signing. The launch will take place on Thursday, October 3 at 7PM. Grab The […]
