This Week in Book Events: January 12–18

Weeee’re baaaack! Holidays are officially over, munchkins: bundle up in your warmest and head out to one of these great book events, happening across the country this week.Are you hosting an event featuring an author whose titles are available on All Lit Up? Send the event details, including author, book, date, and time, to hello@alllitup.ca to be included in our listings.

Wednesday, January 14

Vancouver

Incite! Vancouver Writers’ Fest; featuring Patrick Lane, Arleen Paré, and Kayla CzagaWhere: Alice MacKay room, Central Library, VancouverWhen: 7:30pmMore information: Patrick Lane will be reading from Washita, Arleen Paré from her GG-winning Lake of Two Mountains (Brick Books), and Kayla Czaga from For Your Safety Please Hold On (Nightwood Editions).Admission is free. Please click here to register.

Thursday, January 15

Calgary

Single Onion Reading Series, featuring Cecelia FreyWhere: Shelf Life Books, 1302 – 4th Street SW Calgary ABWhen: 7:30pmMore information: Cecelia Frey, author of Reckless Women (Ronsdale Press), The Long White Sickness (Inanna Publications), and A Raw Mix of Carelessness and Longing (Brindle & Glass) reads at Shelf Life Books, Calgary.

Saturday, January 17

Vancouver

Inanna Publications Vancouver Book Launch: Susan McCaslin and Pamela GallowayWhere: Canadian Memorial Centre for Peace, the Great Hall, 1825 W. 16th Ave., Vancouver, BC:When: 3:30pmMore information: Vancouver Book Launch for Susan McCaslin, author of Into the Mystic: My Years with Olga, and Pamela Galloway, author of Passing Stranger.

Sunday, January 18

Salt Spring Island, BC

ArtSpring on Salt Spring Island, featuring Karen Enns and Anne ScowcroftWhere: ArtSpring: 100 Jackson Avenue, Capital, Subd. A, BCMore information: Karen Enns and Ann Scowcroft read from their collections Ordinary Hours and The Truth of Houses (both Brick Books) at ArtSpring on Salt Spring Island.TorontoHIJ House Reading Series: André Alexis, Baziju, aka: Roo Borson and Kim MaltmanWhere: BookThug HQ, 260 Ryding Avenue, Toronto, ONWhen: 2-5pmMore information: HIJ House Reading Series is turning one and to celebrate our birthday we present readings by André Alexis and Baziju, aka: Roo Borson and Kim Maltman. Please join us for an afternoon of wonderful readings and pie on Sunday January 18 from 2-5 pm.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/902323909791231/?fref=ts