Event Archives

Wednesday June 10, 2020 at 7:00 PM EDT

ONLINE READING

Write Who You Know: Making Fiction from Family History

Signature Editions Facebook Live (https://www.facebook.com/signatureeditions/)

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Join us in conversation with three novelists who have taken their families' stories and turned them into page-turning fiction. From Catherine Hunter's Ireland, New York and Holland, to Endre Farkas's Hungary and no-man's land, to Stella Leventoyannis Harvey's Turkey, Greece and Egypt, the unfolding of world events sent these authors' families on journeys that have shaped who they are today.

Wednesday June 3, 2020

ONLINE READING

Dead Poets Reading Series

Dead Poets Reading Series YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwf14_7V200shhNEAmThrEw)

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Elaine Woo will be doing a virtual reading from the Danish poet, Inger Christensen's, Butterfly Valley: A Requiem as part of the Dead Poets Reading Series.

Thursday May 28, 2020 at 7:00 CDT

ONLINE READING

Pandemic Response Reading Series

Zoom Webinar (https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yNKWF6hiT52zYOidn_E76A)

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Join us to celebrate the launch of two terrific books: Joel Robert Ferguson’s first poetry collection, The Lost Cafeteria, and Alexis Kienlen’s debut novel, Mad Cow.


Go to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yNKWF6hiT52zYOidn_E76A to register

Wednesday May 27, 2020 at 7:00 pm EDT

ONLINE READING

From the Road to the Writing Desk: Travel in Writing

Signature Editions Facebook Live (https://www.facebook.com/signatureeditions/)

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Genni Gunn, Linda Kenyon, and Denise Roig talk about how their travels influence their writing. Join the conversation!

Tuesday May 19, 2020 at 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM PDT

ONLINE READING

Spoken INK

Burnaby Writers Society Facebook Live (https://www.facebook.com/BurnabyWritersSociety)

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Elaine Woo will be reading from her poetry collection, Put Your Hand in Mine as part of the Spoken INK reading series.

Tuesday May 12, 2020 at 7:00 PM EDT

ONLINE READING

JPL's Open Books: A Virtual Literary Salon

Jewish Public Library Facebook Livestream (https://www.facebook.com/jpl.montreal/)

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Join us as Endre Farkas reads and discusses his first novel Never, Again.

Sunday April 26, 2020 at 7:00 PM CDT

ONLINE READING

Signature Editions Facebook Livestream (https://www.facebook.com/signatureeditions/)

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Join Joel Robert Ferguson for the virtual launch of his book, The Lost Cafeteria. He will be joined by special guests Cam Scott and Madelaine Caritas Longman.

Friday April 24, 2020 at 5:30 PM until 7:30 PM

ONLINE READING

Surrey Muse

Surrey Muse Facebook Livestream (https://www.facebook.com/surreymuse)

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Elaine Woo will be reading from her poetry collection, Put Your Hand in Mine, as part of the second virtual gathering of Surrey Muse

Friday April 17, 2020 at 7:00 PM

POSTPONED

McNally Robinson Booksellers (1120 Grant Ave)

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the launch of Joel Robert Ferguson's first poetry collection, The Lost Cafeteria, has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date.

Thursday April 9, 2020 at 6:00 PM

POSTPONED

Paragraphe Bookstore (2220 McGill College Avenue)

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the launch of Joel Robert Ferguson's first poetry collection, The Lost Cafeteria, has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date.

Saturday March 28, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Winnipeg, MB

POSTPONED

McNally Robinson Booksellers (1120 Grant Ave)

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the launch of Tamar Rubin's first poetry collection, Tablet Fragments, has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date.

Saturday March 21, 2020 at 10 AM until 2 PM

Cornwall, Ontario

POSTPONED

Coles Cornwall Square (1 Water Street E.)

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the signing of Louise Carson's latest novel, The Cat Between, has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date.

Wednesday March 11, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Whistler, BC

Whistler Public Library (4329 Main Street)

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Harvey and Hoogland, novelist and poet, are memoirists in the sense that their front-line reports are from deeply informed and passionate points of view. Two daughters of immigrants take long hard looks at what happens when families shift and relocate after displacement.

Wednesday March 11, 2020 at 8:00 PM

Montreal, QC

Expozine Awards Gala

Café Cléopâtre (1230 blvd. Saint-Laurent)

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Endre Farkas's novel Home Game has been short-listed for the Expozine English Literary Prize. This year, in partnership with the Festival Dans ta tête, the Expozine Awards Gala will recognize the best publications presented at last November’s Expozine small press fair in Montreal. The winners will be announced at the event, and some of the 36 short-listed publications will be available!

Wednesday March 11, 2020 at 1:30 PM

Beaconsfield, QC

Beaconsfield Library (303 Beaconfield Blvd)

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Endre Farkas will be reading from his latest novel, Home Game

Monday March 9, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Squamish, BC

Squamish Public Library (37907 Second Ave)

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Harvey and Hoogland, novelist and poet, are memoirists in the sense that their front-line reports are from deeply informed and passionate points of view. Two daughters of immigrants take long hard looks at what happens when families shift and relocate after displacement.

Friday March 6, 2020 at 1:45 PM until 3:00 PM

San Antonio, TX

AWP Conference 2020

Dual Citizens: Scientist-Poets on Intersections, Inquiry, and Creative Paths

Room 210A, Henry B. González Convention Center, Meeting Room Level (900 E Market Street)

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Adrienne Drobnies, joined by Lisa Rosenberg, Liz Howard, Zubair Ahmed, and Jim Johnstone, will discuss how scientific backgrounds intersect with creativity in the arts, and what emerges from dual immersion in fields with widely varied ways of seeing.

Sunday March 1, 2020 at 4:00 PM until 5:00 PM

Austin, TX

Malvern Books (613 West 29th Street)

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Adrienne Drobnies, joined by Lisa Rosenberg, will be reading from her poetry collection, Salt and Ashes

Saturday February 29, 2020 at 12 PM until 4 PM

Pointe-Claire, Quebec

Chapters Pointe-Claire (6321, autoroute Transcanadienne, bureau 141)

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Louise Carson will be signing copies of her latest novel, The Cat Between

Thursday February 27, 2020 at 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM

Vancouver, BC

Twisted Poets Literary Salon

Hood 29 (4468 Main Street)

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Adrienne Drobnies will be reading from her poetry collection, Salt and Ashes as part of the Twisted Poets Literary Salon

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