Happy Halloween! If you don't have plans, check out the scary-good events happening this week, including Wordstock Sudbury!
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See more details belowHappy Halloween! If you don't have plans, check out the scary-good events happening this week, including Wordstock Sudbury!
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.
Toronto
Stan Dragland and Mack Furlong in Conversation
Where: Gladstone Hotel, Queen Street West, Toronto, ON
When: 7:30pm
More information: Stan Dragland and Mack Furlong discuss Stan's new book, Strangers and Others: The Great Eastern, hosted by Paul Moth of the beloved CBC Radio program, The Great Eastern, which aired nationally from 1994 - 1999.
Ottawa
Author Visit with Peter Kirby
Where: Ottawa Library, Main branch, 120 Metcalfe, Ottawa, ON
When: 7-8pm
More information: Join us as Peter Kirby, winner of the 2016 Arthur Ellis award for Best Novel, discusses his Luc Vanier mystery series.
Link: https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/author-visit-peter-kirby
Toronto
Pivot Readings at the Steady
Where: The Steady Cafe and Bar, 1051 Bloor Street W, Toronto, ON
When: 8pm
More information: Pivot enters the back half of its Fall season with four writers from all genres and coasts. We have the Nova Scotia-based essayist and CWILA Chair Erin Wunker, along with BC blogger and poet Rob Taylor, transplanted ex-Torontonian and story writer Leesa Dean, and the return of a Constant Pivot Favourite in Stevie Howell.
Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1869017636707672/
Sudbury, ON
Wordstock Sudbury
Where: Various Locations, Sudbury, ON
When: November 3-5, 2016
More information: Wordstock Sudbury is Sudbury’s festival for readers, writers and lovers of words. This year, featuring George Elliott Clarke, Samuel Archibald, Matthew Heiti, Alana Wilcox, and more.
Link: http://www.wordstocksudbury.ca/
Calgary
Rea Tarvydas Reading
Where: Shelf Life Books, 4 Street Southwest, Calgary, AB
When: 7pm
More information: Rea Tarvydas reads from her newest, How to Pick Up a Maid in Statue Square, at Shelf Life Books in Calgary.
Lethbridge, AB
Rudy Wiebe Reading
Where: Lethbridge Public Library, 810 5 Ave South, Lethbridge, AB
When: 7-9pm
More information: Rudy Wiebe reads and fields questions for his newest book, Where the Truth Lies.
Vancouver
Cluck Book Launch
Where: Frankie’s Jazz Club, 765 Beattie St, Vancouver, BC
When: 4:30pm-7pm
More information: Book launch for Lenore Rowntree's Cluck, at Frankie's Jazz Club in Vancouver.
Vancouver
“The Art of the Column” Workshop
Where: SFU Harbour Centre Room 1520, 515 W Hastings, Vancouver, BC
When: 1:30pm-4:30pm
More information: Author Stephen Henighan leads this column workshop, in partnership with Geist magazine.
Galiano Island, BC
Stephen Henighan Reading
Where: Galiano Island Books, 76 Madrona, Galiano Island, BC
When: 2pm
More information: Stephen Henighan reads from his latest work, The Path of the Jaguar.
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