Wanda Campbell reads from Hat Girl.

Free event. Books will be available for purchase.

Rona Shaffran, author of Ignite, will be reading, along with Elizabeth Greene.

Vanessa Farnsworth will be launching her new book Rain on a Distant Roof.

Place the ground beneath your feet in a joint reading from Rona Shaffran and Yvonne Blomer.

Susan Andrews Grace, author of Philosopher at the Skin Edge of Being, will be reading at the Vertigo reading series, along with Anne Campbell and Gerald Hill, with music from Rob Young & Patrick Andrews.

Joël Des Rosiers will speak on "From Diaspora to Metaspora: Journey to the Intimate Homelands."

Susan Andrews Grace, author of Philosopher at the Skin Edge of Being, will be leading a writing workshop.

Participants will explore the cross fertilization between written and visual forms and have the opportunity to create new work in response to the exhibition, 7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc.

Any new work inspired by this session can be presented at the Vertigo Series Open Stage at the MacKenzie Art Gallery on November 21, 2013.

Registration is required. Call 584.4250 ext. 4292 to register for this FREE session.

Come enjoy brunch and listen in on Jian Ghomeshi’s chat with Genni Gunn, author of Tracks, Lisa Moore, Sue Oakey Baker, Jane Silcott, Richard Wagamese, and Meg Tilley. Tickets: $35, includes brunch.

Rona Shaffran, author of Ignite, joins fellow poets Elizabeth Bachinsky, Evelyn Lau, and Michael Crummey for readings and conversation about where poetry comes from and what is a poet’s time. Moderated by Mary MacDonald

Susan Andrews Grace, author of Philosopher at the Skin Edge of Being, will give a lunch-hour reading at WordHarvest, "Slow Writing in a Fast World," a day of writing, conversation and inspiration.

Susan Andrews Grace, author of Philosopher at the Skin Edge of Being, reads at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Culture and Creativity MFA programme.

Susan Andrews Grace, author of Philosopher at the Skin Edge of Being, visits Professor Hilary Clark’s poetry class.

Lapalabrava begins a new season with Carolyn Souaid, Endre Farkas, Nathalie Boisvert, Carole David, Fernando Noy, and Damián Nisenson. With music from Damián Niesenson.

A trilingual poetry series. Open mic after the readings. Free entry.

Wanda Campbell will be launching her first novel, Hat Girl.

Stella Harvey, author of Nicolai's Daughters joins the Sunday line-up of authors reading in the Canada Writes Tent.

Vanessa Farnsworth, author of Rain on a Distant Roof, will be discussing her experiences with Lyme Disease with Lil Anderson. Admission is free.

George Carlin said, “Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.” Tonight’s dance partners: loneliness, age, race, memory, family, history, trauma… Genni Gunn, author of the travel memoir Tracks cuts the rug with Lewis DeSoto, Wayne Grady, Olive Senior, and Andrew Steinmetz.

Vanessa Farnsworth, author of Rain on a Distant Roof: A Personal Journey Through Lyme Disease in Canada, talks about her experience with this devastating and misunderstood illness. With Lyme disease on the rise across the country, the information she presents on prevention, diagnosis and treatment is useful — possibly life-saving — for anyone who spends time in cottage country.

Genni Gunn, writer, translator, musician, and peripatetic spirit, will read from Tracks, her new collection of travel-meets-life essays before taking on local contenders in the Haiku Death Match, a contest of wit and wisdom parcelled out in 17-syllable units.

Join some of the hottest English-language poets in Quebec for Language Matters! (The Show). Included in the book are: Mark Abley, Maxianne Berger, Stephanie Bolster, Jason Camlot, Brian Campbell, Moe Clark, Mary di Michele, Endre Farkas, Gabe Foreman, Susan Gillis, Charlotte Hussey, kaie kellough, Catherine Kidd, Angela Leuck, Steve Luxton, David McGimpsey, Erín Moure, Robyn Sarah, Richard Sommer, Gillian Sze, and Mahamud Togane. See their creative process on display. Experience live spoken word performances, poetry readings & live music. And see the world premiere of the videopoem, “Language Cops.”