Here are just a few of the literary events happening across the country in the next week:

• Padma Viswanathan reads from The Toss of a Lemon, Pages Books on Kensington, Calgary (May 20, 7:30 p.m., free)
• Nova Scotia poets, including Brian Bartlett and Lorri Neilsen Glenn, pay tribute to Elizabeth Bishop, Mo’s at Five Islands, 951 Highway 2 (May 21, 1-3:30 p.m., free)
• Julie Booker, Pasha Malla, Elyse Friedman, and Michael Winter read their short stories, Sneaky Dee’s, Toronto (May 24, 8 p.m., free)
• Words at the Well: a reading with poet Di Brandt, The Well, Victoria (May 25, 7 p.m., $3)
• Public Lending Right’s 25th anniversary celebration with The Writers’ Union of Canada, Toronto Reference Library (May 26, 7 p.m., free; RSVP to info@writersunion.ca)