This Week in Book Events: May 11-17

We thought Rhonda Douglas’ Welcome to the Circus (launching this week in Toronto) was an appropriate feature title for this week’s This Week in Book Events, if only because it evokes:

1. The wide variety of super-fun events happening this week, all across Canada, and
2. That these events are going to bring you to your na-na-na-na-na-na-knees, knees.

Are you hosting an event featuring an author whose titles are available on All Lit Up? Send the event details, including author, book, date, time, and address to hello@alllitup.ca to be included in our listings.

Monday, May 11th

Saskatoon

Robert Currie, Mark Abley, & John Donlan Launch in SaskatoonWhere: McNally Robinson, 3130 8th Street East, Saskatoon, SK, CanadaWhen: 7pmMore information: Join Robert Currie and Mark Abley for the launch of their new poetry titles – The Days Run Away and The Tongues of Earth (both Coteau Books) – in Saskatoon! They will be joined by John Donlan, Saskatoon Public Library’s writer-in-residence, who will be reading from his work, Spirit Engine (Brick Books). Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/461583393990831/

Tuesday, May 12th

Saskatoon

Lynda Monahan launches verge, with special guest dee Hobsbawn-SmithWhere: McNally Robinson, 3130 8th Street East, Saskatoon, SK, CanadaWhen: 7pmMore information: Lynda Monahan is launching verge (Guernica Editions) and joined by dee Hobsbawn-Smith, author of What Can’t Be Undone (Thistledown Press), at McNally Robinson Books in Saskatoon.Link: http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-13907/Lynda-Monahan—–Book-Launch#.VUugTpN4UeCalgary

Marda Loop Fireside Chat Series with Garry Ryan and Lori HahnelWhere: MLCA Hall, 3130 16th Street SW, Calgary, ABWhen: 7-9pmMore information: The second annual Marda Loop Fireside Chat Series will feature an intimate panel of prominent, local authors. Our moderator, Chima Nkemdirim, will explore what influences their unique creativity and how innovation is flourishing in our city.Please note the date change for this event. This event will now take place on May 12th.Enjoy an appetizer or a glass of wine before the presentation, and stay and mingle with our panelists afterwards. We hope you’ll join us as we engage in these informed discussions on creativity and community.Link: http://www.mardaloop.com/multi-presenter-events/fireside-chat-series-may-12-2015

Wednesday, May 13th

Toronto

Freehand Books’ Spring Bash, Toronto Edition!Where: Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ONWhen: 7pmLink: https://www.facebook.com/events/1608195006084962/

Friday, May 15th

Toronto

Brentwood Library’s Thought Exchange: RM Vaughan and Bright EyedWhere: Brentwood Library, Brentwood Road North, Toronto, ON, CanadaWhen: 2pmMore information: Brentwood Library’s Thought Exchange program proudly presents: RM Vaughan and Bright Eyed: Insomnia and Its Cultures. RM Vaughan is a Canadian writer and video artist. His latest title, Bright Eyed: Insomnia and its Cultures will be published in July 2015. In shutting out shut-eye in favour of productivity, have we created an insomnia culture?Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/439410939561427/Calgary

Freehand Books’ Spring Bash, Calgary Edition!Where: Shelf Life Books, 4 Street Southwest, Calgary, AB, CanadaWhen: 7pmLink: https://www.facebook.com/events/587997904669729/Regina

Book Launch and a Writer’s Dilemma: You can dress us up but can you take us out (of the library)?Where: Creative City Centre, 1843 Hamilton Street, Regina, SKWhen: 7pmMore information: Come enjoy a relaxed evening basking in the well-crafted stories of three of Saskatchewan’s finest poets – Lynda Monahan, dee Hobsbawn-Smith, and Bruce Rice read from their collections verge (Guernica Editions), What Can’t Be Undone (Thistledown Press), and The Trouble with Beauty (Coteau Books).Link: http://www.creativecitycentre.ca/2015/04/24/may-15-book-launch-lynda-monahan-dee-hobsbawn-smith-bruce-rice/Montreal

Librairie Drawn and Quarterly presents the Montreal launch of Giving Up by Mike SteevesWhere: Librairie Drawn and Quarterly 211 rue Bernard Ouest Montreal, QCWhen: 7pmMore information: Librairie Drawn and Quarterly presents the Montreal launch of Giving Up by Mike Steeves. Following his reading, Mike Steeves will be joined in conversation with Jacob Wren, author of Polyamorous Love Song. Where: Librairie Drawn and Quarterly 211 rue Bernard Ouest Montreal, QC. Free.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/334978006711501/Toronto

BookThug presents the Toronto launch for The Thought House of PhilippaWhere: Videofag, 187 Augusta Avenue Toronto, ONWhen: 7:30pmMore information: BookThug presents the Toronto launch for The Thought House of Philippa by Suzanne Leblanc, Translated by Oana Avasilichioaei and Ingrid Pam Dick Also featuring a performance by Oana Avasilichioaei from her new poetry collection Limbinal (Talonbooks, 2015) and a reading from Metaphysical Licks by Gregoire Pam Dick. Free.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/371626766356885/Mawenzi House Authors at FSALA Toronto Festival of Literature and ArtsWhere: The Munk Centre and Trinity College at UofT, and Miles Nadal JCC. For more details please visit www.fsalatoronto.comWhen: May 15-17More information: 3 days of readings, seminars, music and dance. Celebrate World Literature as nowhere else!Attending Mawenzi House Authors: R Cheran, Safia Fazlul, C Fong Hsiung, Dannabang Kuwabong, Kagiso Molope, Dawn Promislow, Olive Senior, charles c. smith, Terry WatadaEvent locations: The Munk Centre and Trinity College at UofT, and Miles Nadal JCC. For more details please visit www.fsalatoronto.com.For tickets call (416)-483-7191 (10:00-4:00) or email info@fsalatoronto.com

Saturday, May 16th

Regina

Edward Willett Book LaunchWhere: Comic Readers (Downtown), 11 Avenue, Regina, SKWhen: 12pmMore information: Edward Willett launches The Lake in the Clouds (Coteau Books), the third in his modern Arthurian Legend series The Shards of Excalibur, at Comic Readers in Regina.