Event Archives

Saturday October 17, 2015

Whistler, BC

Whistlers Readers and Writers Fest 2015

Fairmont Chateau Whistler (4599 Chateau Boulevard)

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Stella Leventoyannis Harvey will be launching her new novel, The Brink of Freedom. Party! Free admission.

Saturday October 17, 2015 at 2:00pm

Windsor, ON

Windsor BookFest 2015

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Denise Roig, author of the short-story collection Brilliant, will be at BookFest Windsor, in conversation with Dionne Brand and moderator Dorothy Mahoney.

Friday October 16, 2015 at 4pm

Whistler, BC

Whistlers Writers Festival

Reading Event 2: Gibbons Literary Salon

The Mountain Club at the Westin

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Avid readers unite! The Gibbons Literary Salon is a session designed specifically for booklovers who crave frank and stimulating discussion about books, and want to learn how to create open and honest conversations in their book clubs. Cozy up with a drink and appetizer in the casual setting of the Mountain Club, as guest author Shelley A. Leedahl leads this workshop on how to be an astute book club reader. Discussion will revolve around how to formulate provocative questions, spur collaborative discourse and encourage diverse opinions about the books you’re reading. Admission: $20

Monday October 5, 2015 at 7:30pm

Hudson, QC

StoryFest 2015

Poetry in Performance

Hudson Village Theatre (28 rue Wharf)

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Louise Carson will be reading from her new poetry collection A Clearing at StoryFest 2015, along with Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Marco Fraticelli. $15

Saturday October 3, 2015

Val-David, QC

Le festival International de Val-David (1045 rue de Renard et du Corbeau)

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Louise Carson will be reading at Le festival international de Val-David from her new poetry book, A Clearing.

Sunday September 27, 2015 at 2:40pm

Vancouver, BC

Word Vancouver 2015

Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library (350 W Georgia St, Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1)

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Stella Leventoyannis Harvey will be reading from her new novel, The Brink of Freedom.

Monday September 21, 2015

Winnipeg, MB

ThinAir 2015 - The Winnipeg International Writers Festival

Shaw Performing Arts Centre (MTYP) (2 Forks Market Rd)

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Part of Thin Air 2015 - The Mainstage

September 21, 2015 - 7:30 pm

Mainstage – Everyday Treacheries
Featuring Catherine Hunter, Elizabeth Hay, Greg Hollingshead, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Mike Steeves

At the Shaw Performing Arts Centre (MTYP)

Admission: $12, $10 students/seniors

Thursday September 17, 2015 at 2:00pm

Hamilton, ON

Hamilton Public Library, Locke Branch (285 Locke Street South)

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Denise Roig will be doing a reading at the Hamilton Public Library from her latest collection of short stories, Brilliant.

Saturday August 29, 2015 at 5:30pm

Montreal, QC

Cafe Shaika (5526 Sherbrooke Rue O )

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Café Shaika, 5526 Rue Sherbrooke W. will be hosting two evenings of prose and poetry with award-winning and notable writers from NDG and beyond. Cora Siré will be featured with her latest poetry book, Signs of Subversive Innocents on the second day of the event - Saturday, August 29th at 5:30 pm.

Signed copies of her book will be available for purchase.

Sunday August 16, 2015 at 2pm to 4pm

Westmount, Quebec

Mots et Musiques / Words & Music in Westmount Park

The Gazebo in Westmount Park (Westmount Park )

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Cora Siré will be reading from her book, Signs of Subversive Innocents at the Words and Music (Mots et Musiques) event at Westmount Park in Quebec.

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Friday July 24, 2015 at 8:30 pm

Victoria

Planet Earth Reading Series

Hillside Coffee and Tea (1633 Hillside)

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Shelley A. Leedahl and Steve Noyes will be reading.

Wednesday July 8, 2015 at 7:30 pm

Toronto

Wild Writers Word Wednesday

Poetry Jazz Café (224 Augusta Avenue)

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Sheila Stewart, author of The Shape of a Throat, and Cassandra Thompson will read at Poetry Jazz Café in Kensington Market. SLAM will follow. Hosted by Georgia Wilder.

Friday May 22, 2015
to Sunday May 24, 2015

Moncton

Writers' Federation of New Brunswick WordSpring 2015

Four Points Sheraton Hotel (40 Lady Ada Boulevard)

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Michael Pacey will be will be the first reader at the Book Launch Readings Friday morning, starting at 10:00AM. Other authors reading at this event include Janet Fraser, Roger Moore and Elizabeth Copeland.  He will also be reading during the Open Mic Event which takes place Sunday, May 24th morning from 10:00AM until 12 noon at the Old Triangle Irish Pub, 751 Main Street, Moncton. This event will feature other writers attending WordSpring 2015.

Thursday May 21, 2015 at 7 pm

Moncton

Attic Owl Reading Series

La Louche (376 St. George Street )

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Michael Pacey will be reading from his new poetry collection, Electric Affinities, along with Robyn Sarah from Montreal and M. Travis Lane of Fredericton. Music by Jesse Cox. Free admission.

Saturday May 9, 2015 at 2 pm

Saint-Lazare

Book signing

St. Lazare Library (1275 rue du Bois)

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Louise Carson will be signing and selling copies of her books Executor, a mystery set in Canada and China, and A Clearing, a collection of her poems. 

Sunday May 3, 2015 at 3 pm

Fredericton

Odd Sundays Reading Series

Molly's Coffee House (554 Queen Street)

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Michael Pacey will be reading with Beth Powning of Sussex and Jennifer Houle of Fredricton

Saturday May 2, 2015 at 12 pm

Hudson

Book signing

War Memorial Library (50 rue Elm)

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Louise Carson will be signing and selling copies of her books Executor, a mystery set in Canada and China, and A Clearing, a collection of her poems. 

Thursday April 30, 2015 at 9 pm

Ottawa

A B Series

Ottawa Art Gallery (Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue)

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Steven Artelle, author of Metropantheon, joins fellow poet Cameron Anstee for a reading in celebration of National Poetry Month. Free admission.

Monday April 27, 2015 at 8 pm

Hamilton

How-To Festival

Hamilton Public Library, Turner Park Branch (352 Rymal Road East)

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As part of the Hamilton Public Library's April How-To Festival, Denise Roig will talk about how to write a short story and will read one of the short stories from her new collection, Brilliant.

Saturday April 25, 2015

Montreal, QC

National Poetry Month

Atwater Market (138 Avenue Atwater)

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Louise Carson will be reading from her new poetry collection A Clearing in this National Poetry Month event.

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