Spring launches, readings, and the GritLit festival in Hamilton, Ontario – all kicking off 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.
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Spring launches, readings, and the GritLit festival in Hamilton, Ontario – all kicking off 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.
Tuesday, April 7th
Toronto
Art Bar Poetry SeriesWhere: The Black Swan (upstairs), 154 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, ONWhen: 8pmMore information: Art Bar Poetry Series presents Jimmy McInnes, author of A More Perfect [, Nikkie Reimer and Teresa Ott. Free. Donations for the authors welcome.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1833766506848363/
Wednesday, April 8th
Whistler, BC
Book Launch for The Little Washer of SorrowsWhere: Whistler, British ColumbiaWhen: 12-1pmMore information: Celebrate the launch of Katharine Fawcett’s new collection of stories, The Little Washer of Sorrows(Thistledown Press), in Whistler, BC.TorontoSpeakeasy Reading SeriesWhere: The Steady, 1051 Bloor St W (at Dufferin), Toronto, ONWhen: 7:30pmMore information: Speakeasy Reading Series presents Jimmy McInnes, author of A More Perfect [, Russell Smith, Mahak Jain, and dalton derkson.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/822594894484970/Vancouver
Secrets, Booze, and Rebellion: Vancouver’s Unknown HistoryWhere: Lynn Valley Main Library, Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver, BCWhen: 7:30pmMore information: Secrets, Booze & Rebellion: Vancouver’s Unknown History features a reading from Eve Lazarus, author of Sensational Vancouver.
Thursday, April 9th
Toronto
Toronto New School of Writing presents: An evening with Erina Harris and Julie JoostenWhere: The Central, 603 Markham Street, Toronto, ONWhen: 7-9pmMore information: Please join us for an evening of readings and discussion by Erina Harris, author of The Stag Head Spoke (Wolsak and Wynn) and Julie Joosten, author of Light Light (BookThug). As part of TNSoW’s Occasional Reading Series, this reading will feature the poetics of two women poets using the long form to challenge and engage readers with the languages of ecology and feminism.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/849316565125301/VancouverAn Evolving City: Writing Vancouver’s Past, Present & Future, with George Bowering and Wayde ComptonWhen: 7:30pmMore information: Join George Bowering and Wayde Compton, two of Canada’s literary heavyweights, for a conversation exploring Vancouver’s vast networks of people, streets, and change over time. From the storied streets of East Vancouver in the 1960s to a haunting, speculative vision of the city of glass, these two renowned authors reveal their probing impressions of a beloved yet flawed city. FREE.This event is made possible by Read Local BC, a celebration of local books and authors from April 1 – 22nd.Calgary
Flywheel Reading Series presents the Calgary launch for Lesley Battler, author of Endangered HydrocarbonsWhere: Pages on Kensington, 1135 Kensington Road NW., Calgary, ABWhen: 7:30pmMore information: Flywheel Reading Series presents the Calgary launch for Lesley Battler, author of Endangered Hydrocarbons. Reading with: Ian Williams, Rebecca Geleyn, and Benjamin Groh.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/717310518366337/Hamilton, ONGritLit Festival Featuring Deanna YoungWhere: Hamilton, ONMore information: Deanna Young reads from her collection, House Dreams at GritLit in Hamilton, Ontario.
Sunday, April 12th
Hamilton, ONGritLit Festival Featuring André AlexisWhere: Hamilton, ONMore information: André Alexis will read from Fifteen Dogsas part of the gritLIT festival. Book sales by Bryan Prince.Windsor, ON
Notes/Books presents an afternoon of wild poetry and prose in honour of National Poetry MonthWhere: Art Gallery of Windsor, Valiant Room, 401 Riverside Drive West, Windsor, ONWhen: Join at 1:00pm for a curatorial tour of Border Cultures Part 3 and then readings will take place from 2-4pmMore information: Notes/Books presents an afternoon of wild poetry and prose in honour of National Poetry Month. Featuring readings by Kate Hargreaves, author of Leak, Jessica Popeski, Vanessa Shields, Melanie Janisse Barlow, Priscilla Bernauer, Gillian Cott and special musical guest Crissi Cochrane.Free.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/793226610764427/
