This Week in Lit Events: October 23-29th

Tons of launches and reading events going down this week in Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, and Vancouver. Go, won’t you?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, October 23rd

TorontoWonderful Women Writers’ SeriesWhere: OISE/UofT, Centre for Women’s Studies in Education, 252 Bloor St. W., rm, 2-227 (2nd floor), Toronto, ONWhen: 5:15pmMore information: Terri Favro reads from Once Upon a Time in West Toronto at the Wonderful Women Writers’ Series.

Tuesday, October 24th

TorontoAn In Her Voice Night of Historical FictionWhere: Dora Keogh, 141 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ONWhen: 6pmMore information: Please join us at Dora Keogh for an In Her Voice night of historical fiction. Alison Watt will be discussing her new novel Dazzle Patterns. She will be joined by Kelley Aitken, author of the short story collection Canadian Shield.Link: https://benmcnallybooks.com/event/alison-watt-in-conversation-with-kelley-aitken-at-dora-keogh-in-her-voice/Art Bar Poetry SeriesWhere: Free Times Cafe, 320 College Street, Toronto, ONWhen: 8-11pmMore information: Margo LaPierre will be reading from her first poetry collection, Washing Off the Raccoon Eyes, at Art Bar Poetry Series.Link: https://www.guernicaeditions.com/event_details/157VancouverStrangers on a Train Reading SeriesWhere: The Kino, 3456 Cambie St., Vancouver, BCWhen: 7pmMore information: Lise Gaston has been invited to read from her collection Cityscapes in Mating Season at The Kino as part of Langara College’s Strangers on a Train Reading Series.

Thursday, October 26th

MontrealThe Heart is Improvisational LaunchWhere: Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore, 2220 McGill College Avenue, Montreal, QuebecWhen: 5-8pmMore information: SUNY Professor Carol Lipszyc discusses and signs The Heart is Improvisational, a collection of poems from multiple poets, including Gillian Sze, Mary di Michele, and Robyn Sarah.Link: https://www.guernicaeditions.com/event_details/155EdmontonGarry Ryan Edmonton LaunchWhere: Blue Lamp Books, 10008 – 82 Ave NW, Edmonton, ABWhen: 7-9pmMore information: At 7 pm, join Calgary-based mystery author, Garry Ryan, to launch the ninth in his Detective Lane Mystery Series: Matanzas. Alongside Garry, mystery author Janice MacDonald will be reading from Confederation Drive, a travel memoir about the 1967 roadtrip that shaped her childhood. After the readings, there will be a Q&A and book signing.Link: https://newestpress.com/events/matanzas-edmonton-launch

Friday, October 27th

All Violet LaunchWhere: Progress Place Clubhouse, 576 Church Street, Toronto, ONWhen: 6:30pmLink: https://www.facebook.com/events/1338677012897924/Readings at knife | fork | bookWhere: Knife Fork Book, 244 Augusta Avenue, Second Floor, Toronto, ONWhen: 6:30-9:30pmMore information: Guernica poets Margo LaPierre (Washing Off The Raccoon Eyes, 2017) and Rocco de Giacomo (Every Night of Our Lives, 2016) will be reading at Knife Fork Book on October 27th.Link: https://www.guernicaeditions.com/event_details/166

Sunday, October 29th

MontrealBooks and BreakfastWhere: Le Centre Sheraton, 1201 Blvd. Rene-Levesque West, Montreal, QCWhen: 10amMore information: Sheila Kindellan-Sheehan (In the Shadows) is appearing with Ken Dryden, George Reinitz, and Richard King at Books and Breakfast.TorontoJunction ReadsWhere: Famous Last Words, 392 Pacific Ave, Toronto, ONWhen: 5pmMore information: Melinda Vandenbeld Giles (Clara Awake) and Claude Lalumiere (Venera Dreams) read at Junction Reads in Toronto.VancouverInanna Vancouver Book LaunchWhere: Cottage Bistro, 4470 Main Street Vancouver, BCWhen: 4-6pmMore information: Susan McCaslin, Jennifer Spruit, and Eliana Tobias launch their books and read from their works.