WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3

Philippa Dowding: Signing and reading from her new novel, Carter and the Curious Maze. Fort York, 250 Fort York Blvd., Toronto. 10:30 a.m. With admission to Fort York

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4

Queer Confessions: LGBTQ reading series, with JP Larocque, Karen Lewis, Cat Grant, Janice Martin, Kelly Wilk, Katharine Angelina Love. 519 Church St., Toronto. 8 p.m. $5 www.queerconfessions.com

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7

Spoiler: Montreal launch of Spoiler’s first book, The Ashes of Howard Beach, with Kristina Mahler and Sara Sutterlin. Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, 211 Bernard W., Montreal. 7 p.m. Free

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