Caroline Adderson (A Way to Be Happy) we be joining the AfterWords Festival's event, "Open Secrets." When Andrea Skinner wrote in the Toronto Star about being assaulted by her stepfather when she was a child, and about how her mother chose to stay with the man instead of to stand by her daughter, many survivors […]
Caroline Adderson (A Way to Be Happy) will be hosting a workshop at the AfterWords Festival: "Creating Believable Characters." Caroline will be teaching how to people your stories and novels with characters who might walk right off the page. She will cover the meaning of names, explore techniques to deepen characterization, examine the hidden motivations […]
Join Catherine Leroux, author of Canada Reads-winning The Future, at the AfterWords Festival's event, "Fantastic Ideas." Catherine will be reuniting with her Canada Reads champion Heather O'Neill in conversation about their their respective dark fairy tales The Future and The Capital of Dreams. The event will also feature readings from Elizabeth Renzetti, Charlene Carr, and […]
Catherine Leroux, author of The Future, will be in conversation with CBC Canada Reads producer Lucy Mann to discuss the book's 2024 Canada Reads win. The discussion will take place at the Women's Canadian Club of Montreal on Tuesday, November 19 at 12:30PM. More details here. Grab a copy of The Future here! ABOUT THE FUTURE Winner of Canada […]
Editors Steven W. Beattie (Best Canadian Stories 2025) and Emily Urquhart (Best Canadian Essays 2025) will be hosting a reading and conversation at Fanfare Books in Stratford! The two editors will be joined by contributors James Cairns (Essays) and Alexander Hollenberg (Best Canadian Poetry 2025) for an evening of fun. Books will be available for […]
Lisa Alward, author of Cocktail, will be featured in the UNB Lorenzo Society's Reading Series, hosted by Gemma Marr. The reading will take place on Thursday, January 30 at 7PM. More details to come here. Grab a copy of Cocktail here! ABOUT COCKTAIL Winner of the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award • Longlisted for the 2024 Carol Shields […]
As part of Freedom to Read Week, Toronto Public Library presents critic, essayist, and associate professor at the University of Toronto, Ira Wells to celebrate the publication of his new title On Book Banning: Or, How the New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines Democracy, in conversation with host Charles Foran. The culture wars have […]
Join Ira Wells, author of On Book Banning, in a Freedom to Read Week conversation with Centre for Free Expression Director James L. Turk, at this time when censorship is becoming popular and pervasive. The event is co-sponsored by Canadian School Libraries, Edmonton Public Library, PEN Canada, Toronto Public Library, Vancouver Public Library. This free virtual […]
Mark Kingwell will be discussing his new book Question Authority at the Toronto Public Library, in conversation with host Randy Boyagoda. The event is free, and will take place on Thursday, February 27 at 7PM in the Jack Rabinovitch Reading Room at the Toronto Reference Library. More details here. Grab Question Authority here! ABOUT QUESTION AUTHORITY Philosopher […]
Join Ira Wells as he speaks about his new book On Book Banning, a lively, accessible survey of the pressing question of literary censorship in our times of crisis and change, in this virtual event with the Words Festival. Ira will be speaking in conversation with host Josh Lambier. This free virtual event will take […]
